Error: Livestreaming is not enabled - BUT IT IS! Please help

[giddyupgranny]

So I passed the test with YouTube and I am now able to do livestreaming. It is enabled, as you can see in the attached image. But OBS won't allow me to "manage" livestreaming capabilities. It says advanced features are not enabled, in so many words. I have uninstalled the app and downlaoded it again. I'm still getting the same error message.

 

[AaronD]

I don't use the account to stream to YouTube. My OBS is not logged into anything at all. Which means I need to do all the management directly in YT, which is fine with me.

On YT's streaming dashboard when it's ready to go and showing you a stream window, chat, and live metrics, all blank because you're not running yet, there's a page of settings too. One of those is a stream key. Copy/paste that computer-generated gibberish into OBS, and start streaming. YouTube will catch it, and there you are!

Some people have called it a security risk to use the stream key, because anyone who has it can stream to your account. Nothing else required. But when you see what the key really is, it should be clear that nobody's going to guess it! It's like a really strong password. And if someone does end up with it somehow, you can generate another one from the same settings page, and paste *that* into OBS. Then you can keep going like nothing happened, and the old key won't work anymore.

 

[giddyupgranny]

I don't use the account to stream to YouTube. My OBS is not logged into anything at all. Which means I need to do all the management directly in YT, which is fine with me.

On YT's streaming dashboard when it's ready to go and showing you a stream window, chat, and live metrics, all blank because you're not running yet, there's a page of settings too. One of those is a stream key. Copy/paste that computer-generated gibberish into OBS, and start streaming. YouTube will catch it, and there you are!

Some people have called it a security risk to use the stream key, because anyone who has it can stream to your account. Nothing else required. But when you see what the key really is, it should be clear that nobody's going to guess it! It's like a really strong password. And if someone does end up with it somehow, you can generate another one from the same settings page, and paste *that* into OBS. Then you can keep going like nothing happened, and the old key won't work anymore.

I did add the stream key. OBS asks for it. I don't know if this is happening because I was not "enabled" earlier today when I started to use the program for the first time or if it's a different issue. I only got verified after I realized it was necessary in order to do this. That's why I offloaded the app and downloaded it again, thinking this would clear any old news. But that didn't work. In fact, the video I was trying to upload was still in the OBS program when I re-downloaded it. I do appreciate you trying to help though. Thank you!