Xbox and PlayStation

Connect the channel you use for console Broadcast while the console remains the encoder. Open Live Center on a phone, tablet, or laptop to view chat, apply timeouts on the source platform, use automod and Actions, and read viewer briefs. These tools do not require a capture card. See the Xbox and PlayStation.

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1. Create an account at signup. Free on one platform, no card.
2. Open the app. Settings, Channels. Xbox: connect Twitch, that is the only native destination. PlayStation: connect Twitch or YouTube, whichever you Broadcast to. Connect both if you switch nights.
3. Go live from the console the way you already do: Twitch app on Xbox, or PS5 Broadcast to Twitch or YouTube.
4. Keep Live Center open on the other screen. Timeouts, deletes, and bans apply on the source platform.

StreamChum does not install on Xbox or PlayStation. Native Broadcast is still one destination. Kick and a second platform on the same picture wait until you add a capture card.

Next step: capture card

Connect the console's HDMI output to a USB capture card when you want a webcam in the layout, branded overlays, or Twitch, YouTube, and Kick from one encode. Then go live from Studio on Windows or Mac. Your existing Live Center setup remains the same.

1. HDMI from the console into a USB capture card (Elgato, AVerMedia, and similar). Most people send 1080p60 into the card.
2. Open Studio and add a Camera source. Pick the capture card. Add a webcam if you want a facecam.
3. Add branded overlays as browser sources.
4. Enable go-live destinations under Settings, Channels, then select Go live. See go live.

If you already use OBS, add the same card as a video capture device and pair the OBS plugin. You do not need Studio and OBS together.