Summary
Written and video tutorial on how to stream with Lightstream Studio.
Table of Contents
What is Lightstream Studio?
Lightstream Studio is a cloud based streaming studio, that you can access from your web browser! No powerful streaming PC’s or capture cards necessary.
How to connect Lightstream Studio to my Twitch account (or any other platform)
If you signed up with Twitch, you’ll already be connected. But should you want to add another stream destination you can do so by heading to the Settings menu in the top right hand side of Studio. From here you can select the “Add Destination” button to log in to your chosen streaming platform.
You can also toggle which platforms you want to stream to from the Settings menu.
Quick set up with Templates
Simply hit the “Add scene” button in the bottom left of Studio to view templates.
You can select “Add all” to add all 5 scenes we offer inside a Template, or just click the thumbnail for your desired scene if you want to mix and match!
Use the drop down menu at the top of the templates to browse our Template offerings.
Full set up guide
We’ve covered a few bits of key information about but lets walk through step by step how to go live from your console with Lightstream, where we’ll you can add overlays like chat and event lists. We’ll also walk you through the basics of setting up scenes for streaming.
To get started, navigate to studio.lightstream.com and sign in with your Twitch account. The first time you log into Lightstream, you’ll be met with an onboarding process which should get you through what you need to know, but let’s start from scratch and build up a scene together.
To get started, we’re gonna focus on the left side of the screen, which is gonna be where our sources, as well as our layers will go. We’re gonna click the big green add button, this will show us everything we can add to our Scene, from gameplay to alerts.
While you can just add overlays from inside Studio, you can also add third party browser sources if you’ve got an overlay service outside of Lightstream like StreamElements or Tiltify you need to use. You can add these by selecting them from the layer menu and pasting their URL in.
For now, we’re going to start off with the basics and go with a game source. A game source shows us where you’d like to show gameplay on your stream. Go ahead and add a Game source layer from the menu we just walked through on the left.
How to connect my Xbox to Lightstream Studio
To send your Xbox feed to us, you’ll need to do the following:
- Hit the Xbox Guide button on your controller – Capture & share tab → Live streaming → More options
- Destination – Set your Destination to Lightstream
- Go live! – Your stream will appear in Lightstream Studio’s Game Source layer and go live to your selected destinations
You can find instructions as shown below to help you set up by selecting the Xbox and PlayStation buttons under the Settings menu in the top right of Studio, or in the left panel when you have a Game Source selected.
To go live from Xbox, you must toggle on Auto Live in the Stream Settings menu in the top right of Studio. This setting is what allows us to pick up your stream once you start your broadcast from your console.
How to connect my PlayStation to Lightstream Studio
To send your PlayStation feed to us, you’ll need to do the following:
- Select your internet connection-Go to Advanced Settings
- DNS Settings – Choose manual and enter the numbers surfaced to you inside studio. You can also find the appropriate DNS numbers on our website.
- Broadcast to Twitch – Your stream will appear in Lightstream Studio’s Game Source layer and go live to your selected destinations
You can find instructions as shown below to help you set up by selecting the Xbox and PlayStation buttons under the Settings menu in the top right of Studio, or in the left panel when you have a Game Source selected.
To go live from PlayStation, you must toggle on Auto Live in the Stream Settings menu in the top right of Studio. This setting is what allows us to pick up your stream once you start your broadcast from your console.
Note: After setting up your game source it will still say Game Source Offline. This is completely normal! Your Game Source will only come online once you start a broadcast from your console.
Now that your game source is set up, you might want to add a camera. We’re going to hit the green “(+) Add” button on the left hand panel again and select Camera. From there you can select your camera and then move it around and resize it how you like on the Canvas. If you’re running into any trouble finding your cameras, you’ll want to make sure you’ve allowed permission for us to access your mic and camera in your browser settings.
If you want to be more precise, you can go use the position button at the top of Studio to pick an exact height/width/ and location. You can also can find some extra tools to align your camera(or any other layer) to specific spots on the canvas.
Now that you’ve got the basics in, we’ll let you play around with the overlays available to you and find the look you want!
Let’s talk scenes. You can find your Scenes at the bottom of Studio. While live, you can click on each scene to switch to it on stream. To add some more scenes to your stream, hit the “Add Scene” button on the left hand side of your Scenes.
With the free plan, you can only go live with your first three scenes. However, you can still play around with Studio and created more than three. You can freely switch which scenes are available to you when live by clicking and dragging them to reorder them. If you have a premium subscription, you do not have this limitation. You can also hover over existing scenes to see options like renaming, duplication, and deletion.
Note: The Scene on the far left will always be the Scene you go live with, so add any Starting Soon screens here!
If you’d like to get set up a little quicker, you can also add a Template from the “Add scene” menu as listed above. Just remember to adjust your camera settings to include your camera!
Your should be looking pretty ready to go live at this point. So let’s run you through the panel on the right. Everything you need to keep track of your stream while you’re live can be found here! You’ll find your Platform Chat, Guest chat (If you have any guests added to your stream) and your Events List.
Your Events List allows you to see your recent Twitch activity. So you can keep track of follows, your subscribers, raids and more. You can also add this as an overlay to your stream.
Lastly, we’ll walk you through the stream settings menu. You can find the Stream Settings menu in the top right of Studio. 
You can find some settings here like your resolution and add any destinations you’d like to stream to. You can Simulcast to up to 5 destinations at once, just toggle your chosen destinations on and off in this menu!
If you’re streaming from console, you must toggle on Auto Live. This setting is what allows us to pick up your stream once you start your broadcast from your console.
I have questions! Who can I ask for help?
Feel free to pop a message in our Discord, our community and support team are always happy to help! You can also open a support ticket in Discord, email us at [email protected], or click on the chat bubble in the bottom right hand of Studio if you’re running into any trouble!
