My livestreaming setup

Here is the livestreaming setup, software, and equipment I use for streaming to Twitch, YouTube, and Periscope.

Current setup:

• Computer: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019), 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9, 64 GB of memory
  
• Microphone: Shure SM7B into a Behringer USB audio interface, Blue Compass boom arm.
• Camera: Panasonic Lumix G7 into a Camlink 4K USB

Old setup:

• Computer: Macbook Pro 2013, 16 GB RAM, i7 2.6 GHz
• Microphone: ATR2100 USB
• Webcam: Logitech Webcam Pro

Software

• Live studio: Ecamm Live. This helps produce your stream, show your desktop and camera, switch screens, and will even allow you to take live Skype calls. (Example)
• Restreaming: Restream.io. This will take your live video stream and re-broadcast it to multiple platforms at once: YouTube, Twitch, Periscope, Facebook Live, etc…
• Chat: Restream.io will also provide you with a consolidated chat, that shows you the incoming messages you’re getting from all the platforms.

Where I stream

• Periscope.tv/mijustin – this is Twitter’s live stream service, and it’s currently where I’m getting most of my views.
• YouTube.com/justinjackson – still the king of video.
• Twitch.tv/megajustin – originally meant for video game streamers, it’s increasingly becoming the home for “technical content.”
• Facebook.com/nerdmullet – I don’t have a huge following on Facebook, but I’m still streaming there a bit.

Other software you can use:

• Open Broadcast Software – open source live-broadcasting software. I found it a little too hairy to manage (so many options, so many ways for it to go wrong).
• Streamlabs – a Windows-only fork of OBS, that tries to improve on its downsides.
• Lightstream – another impressive looking livestreaming suite.