Stream Your Webex meetings or webinars on Twitter
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Hosts can stream Webex Meetings or Webex Webinars on Twitter using Periscope Producer, without downloading or installing any plug-ins. This allows hosts to connect with large audiences on social media by easily sharing their video and content using the Webex controls.

Before you begin

Applies to:

  • All active Meetings versions with the Meet, Business, and Enterprise plans

  • All Webinars versions

Your Webex administrator must enable live streaming.

Sharing a whiteboard and sharing a file using Share File, including sharing a video file, aren’t supported while live streaming.

You must have a Twitter account and a Periscope account. Your Twitter account must be connected to your Periscope account.

Make sure that you have signed in to Periscope Producer and become familiar with the process of live streaming well before you intend to live stream your meeting.

1

Sign in to Periscope with your Twitter account.

2

Click your profile icon in the upper right of the screen and select Producer.

Select Producer
3

Click Create New Source.

You see the Server URL and Stream Name/Stream Key. You'll need to copy and paste these in Step 6.

Create New Source button
4

Sign in to your Webex site, start your meeting, go to More optionsMore options, and click Start live streaming .

5

(Optional) Click Change streaming layouts to set the video layout of your stream.

For more information about selecting your streaming video layout, see Live stream your Webex meetings or webinars.

Start live streaming window with options to choose the meeting streaming layout
6

Select Other streaming services.

Start live streaming dialog
7

Enter the following:

  • For Streaming service, enter Periscope Producer.

  • For Target stream link, copy and paste the server URL that you got in Step 3.

  • For Target stream key, copy and paste the stream key that you got in Step 3.

Other streaming service information dialog
8

Click Start streaming.

To confirm that you're streaming from Meetings or Webinars, check for the Live Live meeting indicator icon indicator in your meeting or webinar.

9

When you're ready to start streaming live on Twitter, go back to Producer, and wait until you see a preview of a live stream of your meeting or webinar.

Live stream preview
10

When you see a preview of the live stream, click Go LIVE.

Go LIVE button

The live stream appears in a Tweet in your followers' timeline.

Click Share Tweet under the tweet to share the live video with other people.

What to do next

When you want to end the live stream:
  • Go back to Producer and select Stop Broadcast.

  • Go back to your meeting, select More OptionsMore options, and then select Stop streaming.

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