How to Organize YouTube Live for a Wedding

Planning a wedding requires a lot of time, effort, money and many other resources, all of which can be very capital intensive, but the joy of that perfect day seems to outweigh whatever costs incurred, especially when the couple get to share this important moment of their lives with those that matter the most to them; best friends, family relations, colleagues, etc. With the choice to live stream the entire wedding ceremony, couples now have the opportunity to share this memorable occasion with everyone that matters irrespective of their location at the time of the wedding.

YouTube live makes it possible for the wedding ceremony to be broadcasted (allowing people not physically present at the wedding to join in virtually) and even recorded (for future viewing) at no cost, all that is required is a YouTube account that is verified and is not restricted from making use of the live stream platform. Verifying your YouTube account involves an easy process that requires you to input location details and your phone number. Typically, final verification happens within a 24 hour period.

• YouTube Live Streaming Options

Once you verify your YouTube account, it is important that you enable the live stream option; the live stream can be done on the desktop version of YouTube and on mobile devices as well. There are three ways to make use of YouTube live, there is the "Stream Now" option allows you to stream events as they happen. The "Events" option offers a greater level of control, allows you to schedule an event and commence and end the stream anytime. The "Mobile" option is open to account users with at least 100 subscribers, allows for direct streaming from the YouTube application and saves a copy of what is streamed once it ends.

Creating an event ahead of time could be a suitable option for streaming your wedding ceremony as it gives you the chance to preview what is being streamed just before you go live, have access to backup redundant streams, and commence streaming once you are ready and stop at anytime you so desire. Start by filling out details such as the title of the event, a short description of the ceremony and viewing privacy (set your stream as unlisted, public or private to regulate who gets access to viewing the stream). End the streaming, and the streamed content automatically saves as a video on your channel. You can also make use of the mobile YouTube application to stream the ceremony.

To make the viewing even more pleasurable, aim for the very best picture and sound quality, get the right encoding software and a perfect internet connection. Do well to test the stream quality before the ceremony begins and monitor viewers feedback via the chat box.

Couples can decide to have the entire YouTube live streaming done professional or can get friends to help out, whatever is decided, it would be a great decision to broadcast the wedding ceremony in real time and this way everyone gets to be a part of it.