Streaming a Sermon in OBS
- Wake up the camera keyboard by clicking the CAM ON/OFF button
- Wake up the camera itself by clicking and holding the CAM ON/OFF button for 3 seconds
- Launch Chrome and go to YouTube
- Make sure the Faith Baptist Church account is logged in (look for shield in top right of window)
- Click on Create button (the little movie camera), then click Go Live
- Click on the Schedule Stream button
- The next window may ask to use the last streaming settings; click Create New
- For the new stream enter the following:
- Worship Service [Date]
- Optional: Title the message with the sermon title and date, eg, “Fear vs Faith – 03/22/2020”
- Public
- Nonprofits & Activism
- Set the service start time
- Yes, It’s made for kids
- Save
- Now if you open YouTube on a different device, you should see the thumbnail for the stream
- In the next window, look for “Stream key (paste in encoder)” and click the Copy button
- Launch OBS
- Click Settings
- Click Stream
- Paste the stream key into the “Stream Key” box and hit Apply
- About 15 minutes before the service set the Scene to Overhead
- click ‘Start Streaming’ (NOT ‘Start Recording’)
- Go to the YouTube page and click the red “Start Stream” button (it may take a couple of minutes)
- After the sermon click ‘Stop Streaming’ in OBS
- Click the red “End Stream” button in YouTube
Recording A Sermon in OBS
- Launch OBS
- Launch PowerPoint
- Hit F5 to play PowerPoint presentation
- Alt-Tab to go back to OBS
- Have the speaker test the mic and make sure you see input on the Mic/Aux audio input
- Make sure everyone’s phones/watches/devices/keys are silenced
- Let the speaker know you will give them a 3-2-1 countdown with your fingers
- Click ‘Start Recording’ (NOT ‘Start Streaming’)
- Alt-Tab back to the PowerPoint slideshow window (the black full screen one) (otherwise the clicker won’t work)
- After sermon, alt-tab back to OBS
- Click ‘Stop Recording’
- Open Chrome
- Go to YouTube
- Make sure YouTube is logged in as the church’s account
- Click Create
- Click Upload
- Title the message with the sermon title and date, eg, “Fear vs Faith – 03/22/2020”
Follow the prompts - Once it is ready to finish uploading, you can just leave it.
- A 1GB video will take about 2 hours to upload to YouTube, and about 30 minutes for YouTube to process.
OpenLP: Using Themes
This video will demonstrate how to create, edit, export and import themes in OpenLP: