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Streaming tips for a professional show
Your pre-show activities are complete and your setup is rock solid. Next step? It’s time to go live – and look like a seasoned veteran in the process! Use these streaming tips to make your live show as professional as possible.To get more news about 39bet-xì dách-phỏm miền bắc-tiến lên miền bắc-xóc đĩa-game bắn cá, you can visit official website.
Monitor your stream with an external display. Confidence monitoring is essential to ensure a reliable and professional live stream. An extra display provides valuable perspective by letting you see your live show through the eyes of your viewers. For example – with our social media streaming device, Webcaster X2, you can monitor your stream, see comments, and engage with your audience.
Look at the camera – not the monitor! Reference monitors are a fantastic tool for confidence monitoring purposes. Many live streamers (us included) like to place the reference monitor directly below the camera for easy access, but this location makes the monitor very tempting to look at for longer than needed. Resist the urge to stare at the monitor to ensure your eyelines into the camera lens are correct!
Respond to comments live (if possible). Comments have a short shelf life, so get to it! Respond to comments live if possible, and if you can’t, do so immediately following the show. Interacting with your viewers in this way helps boost engagement with your audience and keeps them coming back to your show for more.
Give yourself lots of pre-show prep time Getting prepared for a professional-quality live show can eat up more time than you think! Being organized and mentally ready is essential for delivering a top-quality live stream. Allow yourself more pre-show prep time to reduce stress levels and help ensure you deliver the best possible broadcast.
Avoid placeholders – start right away. In the past, we used pre-roll placeholder images when our live streams began to give ourselves a bit of extra prep time. For example, we often used an overlay with text “Stream will start soon!”. We quickly learned this pre-roll method isn’t ideal for Facebook Live in particular, where live video is featured in newsfeeds and therefore easy to scroll past and miss.
Have someone monitor your stream (if possible). Having an extra set of eyes on your live stream is very important. The extra person helps provide support and informs you of any problems you can’t see, such as audio sync issues and choppy frame rates.
Add an extra host or guest. Not only is live streaming more fun and engaging with two or more people, but the added company offers fresh insights and perspectives to make your live show more interesting. Having a guest on your live stream is also an excellent opportunity for cross-promotion (i.e. you promote the guest with your audience and the guest promotes your show with their audience!).
Trim heads and tails if needed. If you’re streaming to YouTube and had a rocky start – don’t worry. You can trim out the heads (and tails) in the VOD version for a polished and professional intro/outro.
Record your show locally. It’s always better to be safe than sorry when it comes to live streaming. That’s why we always recommend recording your live stream locally so you’ll be fully prepared in the worst case scenario with a full, high-resolution backup. You can live stream and record at the same time using a versatile encoder, such as our “all in one” live production switcher, Pearl-2.