Internet related News · 2018-03-21

Now ‘live’ stream from desktop for YouTube without encoders

…is today rolling out a feature that will allow video creators to start a ‘live’ stream from their desktop Web cameras without downloading any encoding software, as it was earlier.

Just go to the “Go Live” button in the YouTube header to start the stream, or visit the URL youtube.com/webcam. No additional configuration will be required, the company said. The feature for now works only in the Google Chrome browser, but will expand to other browsers in time.

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