Applies to: Multicast Video. Not sure which panel you have? See Which radio or video panel do I have?

You don't always need OBS to go live. From the panel's Live page you can broadcast straight from your browser, using your computer's camera and microphone or a USB webcam. There's nothing to install. It's ideal for quick announcements, impromptu interviews, a short message to your viewers, or when you're on a computer that isn't yours.

Browser streaming works exactly like live streaming from OBS: it has the highest priority, it interrupts the playlist and any restream, and when you stop, the channel goes back to them by itself. For professional production with several cameras, graphics and scenes, use OBS or vMix instead.

What you need

• A computer with a camera and microphone (built-in or USB).
• A recent version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Mozilla Firefox. We recommend Chrome or Edge.
• A stable internet connection. For 720p at 1500-2000 kbps you need a steady upload of at least 3 Mbps. Use a cable rather than Wi-Fi.
• The channel must be running: the Dashboard status must be Active. If not, click Start (see Dashboard).

Where to find it

In the menu, under Streaming, click Live. At the top of the page, next to the Output Preview, is the Browser Streaming card. Just below it is the Stream Settings card, where you choose the camera, microphone and quality. The settings in this card apply only to browser streaming.

1. Allow camera and microphone access

As soon as you open the Live page, your browser asks whether the page may use your camera and microphone. Click Allow. This lets the panel see which devices you have and put them in the lists.

If you clicked "Block" by mistake, the lists will only show "Select camera..." and "Select microphone...". To fix this, click the padlock icon (or site settings) to the left of the page address, turn on Camera and Microphone, and reload the page.

2. Choose devices and quality

In the Stream Settings card:

Suggested combinations:

• 720p at 1500-2000 kbps: the best choice for most people.
• 480p at 1000 kbps: if your connection is slow or you're on a mobile network (hotspot).
• 1080p at 3000-4000 kbps: only with a good camera, fast upload and a package that allows it.

Whatever resolution you send, viewers see the channel at the resolution in your Output Settings, because the server re-encodes the picture. You gain nothing by sending a higher resolution than the output.

3. Preview

1. In the Browser Streaming card, click Preview.
2. You'll see the camera picture. The badge at the top right changes from Ready to Preview. At this stage you're not broadcasting yet: only you can see the picture.
3. A level meter for the microphone appears below the settings. Speak normally: the bar should move mostly in the green. Yellow means a loud voice; red means the level is too high and the sound may distort.
4. Next to the microphone icon there's a volume slider from 0% to 300% (default 100%). If people hear you too quietly, raise it. If the bar often reaches red, lower it. The change applies immediately, even while you're broadcasting.
5. If you want to change camera or resolution, close the preview with ✕, change the setting and click Preview again.

The browser automatically turns on echo cancellation and noise suppression for the microphone. This helps with built-in laptop microphones, but with a professional microphone or mixer the sound may come across slightly "processed". For full control over the audio, use OBS.

4. Go live

1. With the preview open, click Go Live. (The button is disabled until you open the preview.)
2. Within a few seconds you'll see the message Stream started. The card's badge turns into a red LIVE.
3. Within a few seconds the Output Preview badge changes to ● LIVE. There you see what viewers see, with the usual delay set by your Stream Latency.
4. While you're broadcasting, the camera, microphone, resolution and bitrate lists are locked. To change any of them, stop first.

Don't close the tab. The broadcast runs from this browser page. If you close the tab, reload the page, go to another panel page, or the computer goes to sleep, the live broadcast stops and the channel returns to the playlist. If you want to work in the panel while broadcasting, open it in a second tab.

5. Stop

1. Click Stop in the Browser Streaming card.
2. You'll see Stream stopped. The badge goes back to Preview: the camera stays on, visible only to you, in case you want to go live again.
3. The channel returns automatically to the restream (if there is one) or the playlist.
4. To switch the camera off completely, click ✕.

Good practice

• Wear headphones if you're listening to the channel preview, to avoid echo.
• Close other programs that may be using the camera (Zoom, Teams, Skype, OBS). Usually only one program at a time can use the camera.
• Don't use browser streaming and OBS at the same time. Both send to the same channel, with the same Stream Key.
• Do a test at a time with few viewers before an important show.
• Your channel's overlays and watermark also appear on top of the live camera picture.

The same feature, with more audio options (e.g. a music / line-in mode), is also on the Camera tab of the Mixer.

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