macbookandrew

<p>Displays the current YouTube live video from a specified channel via the shortcode <code>[youtube_live]</code>.</p>
<h4>Setup Notes</h4>
<p>Your YouTube livestream must be set to “Public” or it will not work. This is a security feature of YouTube’s API and unfortunately there’s no way to work around it.</p>
<p>In addition, your live stream must be set to allow embedding on third-party sites. If that feature is unavailable, you may need to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/account_monetization" rel="nofollow ugc">enable monetization</a> for your account. See YouTube documentation for more information or help with allowing embedding.</p>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<p>If no live video is available, you can display a specified video or a “channel player” showing all your recent videos.</p>
<p>You can also enable auto-refresh to automatically check for a live video every 30 seconds (warning: will increase server load, so use with caution).</p>
<p>By default, the server will check YouTube’s API and then cache that response for 15 minutes before checking the API again (you may change this value in the admin settings). If auto-refresh is enabled, clients will check against your server every 30 seconds and likely will hit that cache as well, so it can potentially take up to 16 minutes before a client will get a live video.</p>
<p>The length of both caches can be changed using the <code>wp_youtube_live_transient_timeout</code> filter (see below for more information).</p>
<p>If no live video is available when a page is loaded, several fallback options are available:</p>
<ul>
<li>“Show a custom HTML message” allows you to specify a custom message to show</li>
<li>“Show scheduled live videos” will show a player and countdown until your next live video</li>
<li>“Show last completed live video” will show your most recently-completed live video</li>
<li>“Show recent videos from my channel” will show a playlist of recent videos from your channel</li>
<li>“Show a specified playlist” will show a specified playlist</li>
<li>“Show a specified video” will show a specified video</li>
<li>“Show nothing at all” will show nothing at all</li>
</ul>
<p>When a video ends, users’ browsers will check your server again to see if a live video is available. If so, it will load that; if not, it will fall back as set in your options.</p>
<h4>Shortcode Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>width</code>: player width in pixels; defaults to what you set on the settings page</li>
<li><code>height</code>: player height in pixels; defaults to what you set on the settings page</li>
<li><code>autoplay</code>: whether or not to start playing immediately on load; defaults to false</li>
<li><code>auto_refresh</code>: (either <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>) overrides the auto-refresh setting on the settings page</li>
<li><code>fallback_behavior</code>: choose from the following: <code>upcoming</code>, <code>completed</code>, <code>channel</code>, <code>playlist</code>, <code>video</code>, <code>message</code>, <code>no_message</code>
<ul>
<li><code>upcoming</code>: the next upcoming scheduled video on the specified channel</li>
<li><code>playlist</code>: a specified playlist (shortcode must also include the <code>fallback_playlist</code> attribute)</li>
<li><code>video</code>: a specified video (shortcode must also include the <code>fallback_video</code> attribute)</li>
<li><code>message</code>: a specified message</li>
<li><code>no_message</code>: nothing at all</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>fallback_playlist</code>: a playlist URL to show when there are no live videos</li>
<li><code>fallback_video</code>: a video URL to show when there are no live videos</li>
<li><code>fallback_message</code>: a message to show when there are no live videos</li>
<li><code>js_only</code>: (either <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>) workaround for some caching issues; if a caching plugin (W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, etc.) or proxy (CloudFlare, etc.) caches the HTML while a video is live, visitors may continue to see an old live video even if it has ended. If set <code>js_only</code> is set to <code>true</code>, the server never displays the player code in the initial request and instead sends it in response to uncached ajax requests. This may also result in the video player being slightly delayed on page load due to the extra request, depending on the clients’ bandwidth and latency.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example shortcode: <code>[youtube_live width="720" height="360" autoplay="true"]</code></p>
<h4>Filters</h4>
<p>The filter <code>wp_youtube_live_no_stream_available</code> will customize the message viewers see if there is no live stream currently playing, and takes effect <strong>after</strong> the <code>fallback_message</code> shortcode attribute is parsed (if <code>fallback_message="no_message"</code> is set in a shortcode, it will override the filter). For example, add this to your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> file:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'wp_youtube_live_no_stream_available', 'my_ytl_custom_message' );
function my_ytl_custom_message( $message ) {
    $message = '<p>Please check back later or subscribe to <a target="_blank" href="https://youtube.com/channel/UCH…">our YouTube channel</a>.</p>
    <p><button type="button" class="button" id="check-again">Check again</button><span class="spinner" style="display:none;"></span></p>';
    return $message;
}
</code></pre>
<p>The filter <code>wp_youtube_live_transient_timeout</code> is available to customize the cache timeout length in seconds. For example, add this to your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> file to set the cache length to 15 seconds instead of the default 900:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'wp_youtube_live_transient_timeout', 'my_ytl_custom_timeout' );
function my_ytl_custom_timeout( $timeout ) {
    return 15;
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Event Listener</h4>
<p>When a live stream is loaded, the <code>wpYouTubeLiveStarted</code> event is fired; you can use this to create custom front-end features on your site by adding an event listener:</p>
<pre><code>window.addEventListener('wpYouTubeLiveStarted', function() {
    /* your code here */
    console.log('stream started');
    /* your code here */
});
</code></pre>
<p>Development of this plugin is done on <a href="https://github.com/macbookandrew/wp-youtube-live/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>. Pull requests are always welcome.</p>


WP YouTube Live

This plugin worked great for me for streaming my youtube live video.

I appreciated the error messages that were displayed when I initially had used wrong info.

Great for simple Channel streaming

I needed a plugin to show a livestream if there was one live, and otherwise to just show the most recent video. using it for a church website.

Did exactly what I needed

Displays the current YouTube live video from a specified channel.

videowhisper

<p>Broadcast live video streaming channels from various sources (<em>PC webcams, mobile cameras, RTSP IP cameras, desktop RTMP encoder apps like OBS, iOS/Android encoders as Larix Broadcaster</em>).</p>
<p><a href="https://broadcastlivevideo.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Broadcast Live Video – Turnkey Streaming Site Solution</a></p>
<p>New: <a href="https://webrtchost.com/hosting-plans/#Streaming-Only" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Live Streaming account w. WebRTC & RTMP/HLS</a> available for development/testing with free registration.</p>
<p>Plain WebRTC Live Streaming using HTML5 Videochat (no registration required):<br />
<a href="https://demo.videowhisper.com/vws-html5-livestreaming/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebRTC Live Streaming / P2P Signaling</a><br />
<a href="https://demo.videowhisper.com/html5-videochat-php/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebRTC Live Streaming / Wowza SE</a></p>
<p>Turnkey Site Demo (using this plugin):<br />
<a href="https://videonow.live/" rel="nofollow ugc">VideoNow.Live</a></p>
<p>Live channels can be displayed on website pages in web player with chat, tips or plain <em>HTML5</em> WebRTC / HLS / MPEG DASH live video streaming for mobile. Solution manages unlimited channels, membership types.</p>
<p>Functionality is stand alone (without need to use 3rd party services) so specific streaming hosting is required. Site owner (and users) have full ownership and access control for the live streaming content, without depending on 3rd party platforms and their terms.</p>
<p>For more details see the dedicated site for <a href="https://broadcastlivevideo.com/" title="Broadcast Live Video" rel="nofollow ugc">Broadcast Live Video</a> solution.</p>
<p><em>WebRTC</em> live video broadcasting and playback is supported, trough media server, as relay, for reliability and scalability or P2P trough WebRTC signaling server with STUN/TURN support.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>live video channels (custom post type)</li>
<li>channel setup and management page in frontend</li>
<li>channel listings with live AJAX updates</li>
<li>web broadcast with codec and quality settings (H264, Speex)</li>
<li>24/7 IP camera support (restream rtsp, rtmp, rtmps, udp streams) with Setup Wizard</li>
<li>transcoding support for plain HTML5 HLS / MPEG DASH live video delivery (on request/auto)</li>
<li>WebRTC support for plain HTML5 broadcasting and playback</li>
<li>automated detection of iOS/Android Safari/Chrome for HTML5 delivery</li>
<li>AJAX chat for viewers to chat while watching stream in HTML5 browser</li>
<li>usage permissions by role, email, id, name</li>
<li>limit broadcasting and watch time per channel</li>
<li>premium channels (unlimited levels)</li>
<li>channel stats (broadcast/watch time, last activity)</li>
<li>P2P groups support for better, faster video streaming and lower rtmp server bandwidth usage</li>
<li>external broadcaster/player support with special RTMP side (Wirecast, Flash Media Live Encoder, OBS Open Broadcaster Software, iOS/Android GoCoder app)</li>
<li>generate snapshots for external streams with special RTMP side</li>
<li>recording setting per channel, including for WebRTC streams</li>
<li>video archive import with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-share-vod/" title="Video Share / Video On Demand" rel="ugc">Video Share VOD</a> WordPress Plugin</li>
<li>playlists support (schedule video files for playback as live stream)</li>
<li>paid channel support with myCRED integration (owner sets price)</li>
<li>tips to broadcaster (both in Flash and HTML5 views) with myCRED, TeraWallet (WooCommerce Gateways)</li>
<li>channel password / access list (owner sets list of user roles, logins, emails)</li>
<li>custom floating logo, ads</li>
<li>show event details (title, start, end, picture, description) while channel is offline</li>
<li>integrates <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/rate-star-review/" title="Rate Star Review - AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings" rel="ugc">Rate Star Review – AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Use this software for setting up features like on Twitch TV, Justin TV, UStream tv, Mogulus, LiveStream, RealLifeCam, Stickam, YouNow, Blog tv, Live yahoo or their clones and alternatives. Also can be used in combinations with mobile apps similar to Periscope, Meerkat.</p>
<p>Includes a widget that can display online broadcasters and their show names.</p>
<h4>Samples: Live Sites and Turnkey Setups</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://videonow.live" title="VideoNow.Live Broadcasting" rel="nofollow ugc">VideoNow.Live Channel Broadcasting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://turnkeyclone.com/twitch-tv-script-for-live-broadcasting/" title="How to setup an alternative/clone site like Twitch, Hitbox, Livestream, JustinTv, UStream" rel="nofollow ugc">How to setup an alternative/clone site like Twitch, Hitbox, Livestream, JustinTv, UStream</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Monetization</h4>
<ul>
<li>Membership Ready with Role Permissions: Can be used with membership/subscription plugins to setup paid membership types.</li>
<li>Pay Per View Ready with Custom Post Type: Can be used with access control / sell content plugins to setup paid access to live broadcasts.</li>
<li>Custom ads right in text chat box, for increased conversion</li>
<li>Tips: Users can buy tokens (credits) to tip broadcasters using MyCred credits plugin.</li>
<li>Recommended: <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-membership/" title="Paid Membership" rel="ugc">Paid Membership</a> WordPress Plugin allows members to purchase membership with credits (use same billing system as for tips)</li>
</ul>
<h4>BuddyPress integration</h4>
<p>If BuddyPress is installed this will add a Live Stream tab to the group where users can watch live video and chat realtime. Admins can broadcast anytime from Admin > Live Streaming.</p>
<h4>Hosting Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>This plugin has <a href="https://videowhisper.com/?p=Requirements" title="Live Streaming Requirements" rel="nofollow ugc">requirements</a> beyond regular WordPress hosting specifications: specific live streaming servers, certificates, licensing, tools and configuration for HTML5 live camera streaming.</li>
<li>For testing, register for a <a href="https://webrtchost.com/hosting-plans/#Streaming-Only" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Streaming account with WebRTC & RTMP/HLS</a></li>
<li>On own dedicated server or VPS you can deploy <a href="https://github.com/videowhisper/videowhisper-webrtc" rel="nofollow ugc">VideoWhisper WebRTC</a> signaling server, for basic live streaming functionality using TURN servers.</li>
<li>Some advanced features require executing server commands for accessing tools like FFmpeg. This involves special configuration and security precautions on web server. By default executing commands (and these features) are disabled.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Attributions</h3>
<p>Some demo site screenshots show tests with the “Big Buck Bunny” video, available under Creative Commons Attribution at https://peach.blender.org/download/ .</p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li>Plugin Homepage : https://broadcastlivevideo.com </li>
<li>Developer Contact : https://consult.videowhisper.com</li>
</ul>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<ul>
<li>Test it on live site https://videonow.live</li>
</ul>
<h3>Extra</h3>
<p>More information, the latest updates, other plugins and non-WordPress editions can be found at https://videowhisper.com/ .</p>


Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP

Best free solution to live stream your content.
It can stream from webcam or ip camera, or any other stream solution (RTMP for example)
Supports multiple channels and allow users t ocreate its own channel
One of the most useful things its the iOS compatibility (and detection) out of the box
It lacks payment gateway (only myCred supported) for premium channels and pay per view; a more extensive list of payment gateway could be useful

All in one streaming solution

Live video streaming with chat, HTML5 HLS mobile delivery, RTMP encoders, RTSP IP cameras, membership control, pay-per-view channels, tips.

WP YouTube Live vs Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP