Facebook Profile Streaming

Facebook Profile Restrictions

There are a couple of things to note when choosing to stream to your Facebook Profile! 

• When streaming to a personal Facebook profile, the profile must be 60 days old to link

• The profile you choose to stream to must be a profile under its own email login. It cannot be a secondary profile under your Facebook profile.

• To link and stream to a professional profile, the profile must be 60 days old and have 100 followers

Livestreaming to your Facebook Profile

Keep in mind that Facebook has a minimum of 60-day waiting period before you can link a profile. If you need to livestream sooner, we suggest streaming to YouTube. We also offer sidelineLIVE feed for all teams, which is available immediately for live viewing on your sidelineHD team url/live.

To livestream to your Facebook profile using sidelineHD, you'll need to make sure you link your Facebook profile to your team! Once done you're all set, any future streams will go to your Facebook profile! Follow the steps below to learn how to link your Facebook profile!

1. Sign into your sidelineHD Account
2. Select your Team Card
3. Go to Settings
4. Select Stream Settings
5. Select Stream Publishing
6. Under Additional destinations, select + Facebook
7. Select Yes, I have live stream set up
8. We will ask to use facebook.com to Sign In, select Continue
9. We will ask to post content to your timeline on your behalf and who you would like to see you sidelineHD posts, here you will need to select your audience. Select Friends to open the drop down menu of audience types
10. Select Continue as {Your Name}
11. If you have multiple profiles and/or pages, we will ask you where you want to stream. Select {Your Name} (personal profile)
12. Select Done

Facebook Video Storage

Videos streamed to Facebook, can be replayed, downloaded or shared for up to 30 days. After 30 days, Facebook live videos will be automatically removed from Facebook. 

Facebook is introducing easier ways to save your past streams. To learn more, check out this Facebook Support Article!