YouTube Live
Tools for YouTube Live streamers
Connect your YouTube channel and StreamNeeds spots when you go live, reads your live chat into your overlay, answers commands and posts timed messages. Members and Super Chats earn viewers points on the same balance they use everywhere else.
Your YouTube chat, answered
Custom commands reply in your YouTube Live chat, and timed messages post on a rotation while you are live.
- Live detection when you start a YouTube stream
- Custom commands with your own replies
- Timed messages
- YouTube chat in the overlay chat widget beside Kick, Twitch and Discord
Points for chat, memberships and Super Chats
Viewers earn points for chatting, for new, milestone and gifted memberships, and for Super Chats per dollar. A Super Chats and gifted memberships leaderboard shows your top supporters.
There are no rewards for subscribing or liking. YouTube's rules don't allow apps to reward those, so StreamNeeds never does.
How to connect YouTube Live
Create your StreamNeeds account
Sign up with Google at streamneeds.com.
Connect your YouTube channel
Open Integrations and connect YouTube with the Google account that owns the channel.
Set up commands and points
Add your commands and timed messages, and choose the points for chat, memberships and Super Chats.
Add chat to OBS
Add the chat widget to an overlay scene and add the scene link to OBS as a browser source.
Frequently asked questions
Can I show YouTube chat in OBS?
- Yes. YouTube Live chat shows in the overlay chat widget, in the same list as Kick, Twitch and Discord chat if you stream to several.
Do viewers get points for subscribing?
- No. YouTube does not allow apps to reward subscribes or likes. Points come from chatting, memberships and Super Chats.
Does it work if I simulcast to Kick or Twitch?
- Yes. Each platform connects on its own and all of them feed the same chat widget, points and analytics.
Try it on your next stream
Create an account, connect Kick or Discord, and run a hunt tonight.
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