# Your YouTube stream. Your signature show.

Turn your YouTube Live into a show worth watching from start to finish. Prepare a welcoming opening, a clear main scene for gameplay or demonstrations, and a closing scene. Keep important text readable when the stream is watched on a phone.

## Add camera and capture sources

Add the sources you intend to show, grant operating-system capture permissions when needed, and check the order of layers. Crop and position them in the canvas. Keep private windows and account settings out of the scene.

## Listen to the result

Add the microphone and intended desktop or application audio. Speak at your normal streaming volume and check the mixer. Make a short recording and listen back: meters moving is not enough to catch doubled audio, music covering your voice or a missing track. Only broadcast content you are permitted to use.

## Prepare your YouTube broadcast

Set up your broadcast in the platform dashboard, then enter the destination and stream key in Studio’s Go Live dialog. Keep the key private. Check the platform preview before making the broadcast public, and confirm the picture and sound your viewers actually receive.

## Check what your audience receives

Start only when you are ready to be public. Check the platform’s receiving preview for the correct scene and sound. Listen on a separate device with headphones or mute its speakers to avoid feedback. At the end, stop the output and confirm the platform shows the broadcast as ended.

Go live on YouTube with AnimStream Studio. Build scenes, combine camera and screen capture, mix your audio and give your broadcast its own look.

- [Your first broadcast with AnimStream Studio.](https://animstream.com/guides/go-live/index.md)

- [AnimStream or OBS? Choose the workflow, not the hype.](https://animstream.com/compare/obs/index.md)

- [A different route to your all-in-one stream.](https://animstream.com/compare/streamlabs/index.md)



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