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# YouTube streaming is not working when I go live

> Why is Youtube streaming not working?

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W0f2pruijlc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" className="w-full aspect-video rounded-xl" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen />

1. **Confirm that your YouTube is set up properly to stream.  LIV doesn't bypass YouTube's requirements.**\
   **Age**: You must be at least 16 years old to live stream on your own.\
   **Channel Verification**: Your channel must be verified, usually by phone number, in YouTube Studio.\
   **No Restrictions**: You must not have any live streaming restrictions in the past 90 days.\
   **24-Hour Wait**: After enabling and verifying for live streaming, there is often a 24-hour waiting period before you can go live for the first time. \
    
2. **Verify that your YouTube account has been setup and enabled for Live Streaming.  Your YouTube must be eligible in order to stream.**\
   Sign in to YouTube and go to [YouTube Studio](https://studio.youtube.com/).\
   Navigate to **Settings**, then **Channel**, and select Feature eligibility.\
   Verify that Intermediate features level 2 is **enabled**.\
   YouTube account has been enabled for at **least 24 hours** 

   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/liv-creators/Uk7H8cZTaX7vCjmG/images/livhub/livhub_yt_eligibility.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Uk7H8cZTaX7vCjmG&q=85&s=458bce76abc313667e6da1b94f5d5467" alt="Livhub Yt Eligibility" width="1492" height="914" data-path="images/livhub/livhub_yt_eligibility.png" />
3. **Ensure you've granted permission for LIV Hub to have access to your YouTube account when you connected.** If you didn't, you may have to disconnect and start again.  If needed, you can reset your LIV Hub and YouTube account link at [https://myaccount.google.com/connections](https://myaccount.google.com/connections)

   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/liv-creators/DAvMDjPUkIxUMhOy/images/livhub/youtube_scope_warning.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=DAvMDjPUkIxUMhOy&q=85&s=1abe6584f4542aca3fa68e597bfb9f5e" alt="Youtube Scope Warning" width="865" height="538" data-path="images/livhub/youtube_scope_warning.png" />
4. **(OPTIONAL) Go to **[**YouTube Studio**](https://studio.youtube.com/)** in your web browser, select Create (top right), Go live, then you can start streaming from LIV hub or from in game using LIV camera.**

   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/liv-creators/Uk7H8cZTaX7vCjmG/images/livhub/livhub_yt_startstream.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Uk7H8cZTaX7vCjmG&q=85&s=d12461231c80aa69bb4b1394f7a436d2" alt="Livhub Yt Startstream" width="932" height="583" data-path="images/livhub/livhub_yt_startstream.png" />
5. **Use RTMP**. As a last resort, you can set up a manual RTMP connection to YouTube rather than using the YouTube connection. You can find how to get your stream key from [YouTube's tutorials](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9854503?hl=en#zippy=%2Cstream-key).  

   The URL would look something like rtmp\://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/Y**ourPrivateStreamkey**\
   **Example: rtmp\://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx**\
   \
   Note: You can copy/paste with Meta Quest by holding down the trigger until the copy or paste option shows.