Livestreaming meetings or webinars on a custom site

If configured by your account administrator, you can livestream a meeting or webinar to a custom platform. If you configure this before the event, you can begin streaming with one click after your webinar begins.

You can also live stream to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, or Facebook Workplace. 

Note: Livestreaming URLs must be public for Zoom to stream to these servers. 

This article covers:

Prerequisites for livestreaming meetings or webinars on a custom site

Streaming for meetings

Streaming for webinars

How to enable custom livestreaming for meetings  

Account 

To enable all members of your organization to livestream meetings with a custom livestream service:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit account settings.
  2. Click Account Management and then select Account Settings.
  3. Click the Meeting tab.
  4. Under In Meeting (Advanced), verify that Allow livestreaming of meetings is enabled.
  5. Select the Custom Live Streaming Service check box.
  6. Click Save to save the changes.
  7. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in your account, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.
  8. (Optional) Update the instructions so that the meeting organizer can configure the required settings when they schedule the meeting.

Group

To enable all members of a specific group to livestream meetings with a custom livestream service:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit groups.
  2. Click User Management and then select Groups.
  3. Click the name of the group you want to edit.
  4. Click the Meeting tab.
  5. Under the In Meeting (Advanced) section, verify that Allow livestreaming of meetings is enabled.
  6. Select the Custom Live Streaming Service check box.
  7. Click Save to save the changes. 
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at the account level and needs to be changed at that level.
  8. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in this group, click the lock  icon and then click Lock to confirm the setting.
  9. (Optional) Update the instructions so that the meeting organizer can configure the required settings when they schedule the meeting.

User

To enable customer livestreaming meetings that you host.

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. Click Settings. 
  3. Click the Meeting tab.
  4. Under In Meeting (Advanced), verify that Allow livestreaming of meetings is enabled.
  5. Select the Custom Live Streaming Service check box.
  6. Click Save to save the changes. 
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom administrator to make changes.
  7. (Optional) Update the instructions so that the meeting organizer can configure the required settings when they schedule the meeting.

How to enable custom live streaming for webinars  

Account

To enable all members of your organization to livestream webinars with a custom livestream service:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit account settings.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Account Management and then select Account Settings.
  3. Click the Webinar tab.
  4. Under In Webinar, verify that Allow livestreaming is enabled.
  5. Select the Custom Live Streaming Service check box.
  6. Click Save to save the changes. 
  7. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in your account, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.
  8. (Optional) Update the instructions so that the meeting organizer can configure the required settings when they schedule the meeting.

Group

To enable all members of a specific group to livestream webinars with a custom livestream service:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit groups.
  2. Click User Management and then select Groups.
  3. Click the name of the group you want to edit. 
  4. Click the Webinar tab.
  5. Under In Webinar, verify that the Allow livestreaming is enabled.
  6. Select the Custom Live Streaming Service check box.
  7. Click Save to save the changes. 
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at the account level and needs to be changed at that level.
  8. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in this group, click the lock icon and then click Lock to confirm the setting.
  9. (Optional) Update the instructions so that the meeting organizer can configure the required settings when they schedule the meeting.

User

To enable livestreaming webinars that you host with a custom livestream service:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. Click Settings. 
  3. Click the Webinar tab.
  4. Under In Webinar, verify that Allow livestreaming is enabled.
  5. Select the Custom Live Streaming Service check box.
  6. Click Save to save the changes. 
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom administrator to make changes.
  7. (Optional) Update the instructions so that the meeting organizer can configure the required settings when they schedule the meeting.

How to set up custom livestreaming for LinkedIn

  1. Sign in to the LinkedIn web portal to manage your streams page.
    Note: Sign in to your LinkedIn account no sooner than an hour before your scheduled live stream.
  2. Click Prepare to go live next to your scheduled event.
  3. In the LinkedIn customer stream page, under Stream settings tab, pick your region.
    Note: Not all regions have a dedicated source in the Region dropdown list. If you don’t see your region, you can still go live by selecting the region closest to you. Each region is allocated a certain bandwidth, and sometimes regions run out of available bandwidth. If this happens, try selecting another region close to you.
  4. Click Get URL.
    Note:

For scheduled Meetings

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. Click Meetings.
  3. Click Schedule a Meeting and enter the required information to schedule a meeting.
  4. Click Save to display a set of tabs with advanced options.
  5. Click the Live Streaming tab, then click Configure custom streaming.
  6. Copy the Stream URL and Stream Key from LinkedIn’s custom stream tool, and paste them into Zoom.
  7. Under Live streaming page URL, copy the link for where you want to drive people to see your stream (i.e. LinkedIn Page or Profile).
  8. (Optional) If the livestreaming service requires authentication, enable the Custom streaming service requires authentication to broadcast. The username and password for this service will be requested during the meeting. 
  9. (Optional) Under Resolution, select Standard HD (720P) or Full HD (1080P).
  10. Click Save to save your livestreaming settings.
    The host will be able to livestream this meeting without needing to add these settings after the meeting begins.

For scheduled Webinars

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. Click Webinars.
  3. Click Schedule a Webinar and enter the required information.
  4. Click Schedule to display a set of tabs with advanced options.
  5. Click the forward icon, then click the Live Streaming tab and click Configure custom streaming.
  6. Copy the Stream URL and Stream Key from LinkedIn’s custom stream tool, and paste them into Zoom.
  7. Under Live streaming page URL, copy the link for where you want to drive people to see your stream (i.e. LinkedIn Page or Profile).
  8. (Optional) If the livestreaming service requires authentication, enable the Custom streaming service requires authentication to broadcast. Username and password for this service will be requested during the webinar.  
  9. (Optional) Under Resolution, select Standard HD (720P) or Full HD (1080P).
  10. Click Save to save your livestreaming settings.
    The host will be able to livestream this webinar without needing to add these settings after the webinar begins.

How to start the custom livestream during a meeting or webinar

  1. Start the meeting/webinar as the host, by doing one of the following:

How to start the the livestreaming from LinkedIn

  1. Access the LinkedIn custom stream web portal.
  2. You should see a preview of your Zoom feed, your audience will not see your feed during the preview.
  3. Make sure to mute from the LinkedIn stream screen (this will allow you to use the microphone and speaker from your Zoom event).
  4. The Preview shows the live feed that you’ve connected on the LinkedIn custom stream page.
  5. Click Go live when you’re ready to live stream. This will broadcast the event to your audience.
  6. Click End stream when you're done streaming.
    Note: The replay will be available on your LinkedIn Event page shortly after ending the stream.
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