How to Live Stream from Your ATEM Switcher

Streaming straight from the switcher

ATEM models with built-in streaming — the ATEM Mini and ATEM SDI ranges — send an RTMP stream directly to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and others. No capture card, no encoding software, no separate streaming computer.

What the video covers

• Creating the live stream in YouTube and copying the stream key
• Finding the Live Stream output in ATEM Software Control and picking your platform
• Pasting the key into the primary stream slot
• Using primary and secondary streams for redundancy — a backup connection takes over if the main one falters
• Choosing a streaming quality to match your upload speed
• Going live from software or the hardware button
• Watching bitrate and cache status in the multiview to confirm the stream is healthy

The redundancy setup is worth understanding before an event that matters — a second stream over a separate connection is cheap insurance. See the ATEM switchers we stock.