How to setup Sametime Meetings Live Stream on YouTube

1. ALEŠ LICHTENBERG
twitter: @a_lichtenberg
blog: www.alichtenberg.cz
HCL Sametime Meetings 11.5
Setup Live Stream
Step by Step
Ver. 1.0

2. About author
I am a technical consultant of HCL Digital Solutions software: Domino/Notes,
Sametime, Nomad, Verse. I am a Member of Czech Lotus User Group =
Sutol. I am a Bloger and a Speaker. I have been primarily engaged in the
Lotus software family since 1994. I remember the era when these products
were owned by Lotus, then IBM, and now I am looking forward to another
successful years with HCL Software.
Contacts:
e-mail: ales@alichtenberg.cz
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3. HCL Sametime V11.5 – Resources
Current resources:
➢ Installation and Administration Guide
https://help.hcltechsw.com/sametime/11.5/admin/administrator_doc.html
➢ HCL Customer Support
https://hclpnpsupport.hcltech.com/csm
➢ Knowledge DB
https://hclpnpsupport.hcltech.com/csm?id=search&spa=1&t=kb&q=sametime%20v11
➢ Discussion HCL Sametime
https://hclpnpsupport.hcltech.com/community?id=community_forum&sys_id=e3c946d01b80841077761fc58d4bcb04
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4. Before start…
Prerequisites for Livestream:
• There is no requirement to install additional software.
• To use the live stream feature, you must have meeting recordings enabled on the Sametime Meeting Server.
• Only meeting moderators can start the live stream. Meeting moderators are indicated with a small star on
their participant tile.
• Most of the live stream requirements are on the YouTube account that belongs to the user who moderates
the meeting.
• In the context of YouTube live streaming, consider the Sametime Meeting server as an “encoder” for
YouTube
YouTube Requirements for Live Streaming
• The person who moderates the meeting must have a YouTube publishing enabled account. It can take up to
24 hours for YouTube to enable this feature on an account
• Your YouTube channel needs to be verified
• You require a YouTube Studio tool to create a live stream and obtain a streaming key. The stream name/key
and YouTube Live URL are necessary for the Sametime meeting
Disabling Live stream:
• Disabling live stream is a server-wide setting; there is no user-based policy available to disable the feature
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5. • Open web browser and youtube.com website
• From the top right, click Create and Go live
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6. • If you haven't already done so, you'll need to verify your channel
• It can take up to 24 hours to allow the first live broadcast
• Click to „Enable“
• Click to „Verify“ your phone number
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7. • Select the phone number verification option
• For example: Text me the verification code
• Fill in the phone number
• Click to „GET CODE“
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8. • Your phone will immediately receive a PIN, which you fill in on the following page
• Click to „SUBMIT“
• This completes the verification of your phone number
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9. • Wait 24 hours for your channel to complete verification, then return to YouTube
• From the top right, click Create and Go live
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10. • Get set up to live stream now or schedule a stream for a later time.
• For example: „Get set up to live stream now“ click to „START“
• Select „Streaming software“ and click to „GO“
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11. • Fill in your new stream information and click to „SAVE“
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12. • Now sign in to your Sametime Meeting server
• Create a new meeting and start it.
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13. • Click to „More actions“ and „Start live stream“
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14. • Copy from your stream to YouTube Stream key
• Put it in a meeting in Sametime Meeting
• Click to „Start live stream“
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• After starting the Live Stream, the icon „Live“ will be displayed and you will see
information about the start of the Live Stream in the chat

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• Now on you can watch a Live Stream from your Sametime Meeting on your YouTube
channel. For example, sharing a presentation

17. DONE!
HCL Sametime Meetings 11.5 Live Stream using YouTube
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