Yours is a YouTube question not OBS, and I stream to Facebook not YT, so you are forewarned about the following
- you should be able to delete the 'test' video or mark it private, etc so others won't try to watch/stream it
- OBS streams to you target provider (YouTube in this case). OBS knows nothing of scheduled programs/events/livestreams
- What you do configure in OBS is a Stream Key {I recommend following good security practice of NOT using a Persistent Stream key}
- I change to a new Stream Key for each Facebook Scheduled service, and I load the stream key the morning of the service. The stream key is tied, in FB's case, to the the specific scheduled video livestream. I don't know if YouTube works the same (but would suspect yes)
My recommendation
- check if you scheduled event is still listed in YouTube Studio as an upcoming event/stream? if yes, then you should be able to stream to it. Otherwise, YouTube probably considers the event over, and you have to create a new one.. sorry. but again, I'm not a subject matter expert on YouTube, so don't take my word for it
Good luck
__House of Worship livestreaming__
Folks have really good reason for NOT using Facebook (I don't and won't get an account with FB. I have an IT security background, and the data mining Facebook and YouTube both do is offensive / problematic in my opinion, but the cost of using such 'free' services. That said, streaming via Facebook made a lot more sense for our congregation (mentioning for anyone who comes across this thread)
- by using Facebook's scheduled livestream events (and NOT streaming from a mobile device) means we have a static URL than folks not logged into FB can also watch. So audience would be any Internet connected user with a browser (or smart TV/Roku, etc). We do NOT have to publish a unique URL each service. Facebook also doesn't require as large a subscriber base for certain functionality
in our case, the URL is in the format of facebook.com/{Church_Organization_page_name}/live and any current livestream and our history of every livestreamed service are all at that URL, for Facebook and non-Facebook users
- What you gain with YouTube is 1080p vs 720p resolution. But even our folks who watch on large TVs say the 720p is fine. For liturgical, non-concert type services, 720p is most likely more than adequate. And subscribing to a YouTube channel makes watching video easier on Smart TV and the like if one leaves device signed into YouTube. There are other technical differences, but which 99%+ of congregations are likely to never notice
- What we wanted a year ago was to maintain community, and with large portion of congregation already bein on Facebook, having a single platform for discussion/community was important
So for us, even though I personally detest Facebook, it was a no-brainer for me to recommend we stream to Facebook and it has worked out as desired.
