SidelineHD adds overlays and sends your livestreams directly to Facebook for your team community! Keep it easy and stream to your Facebook Profile!
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
Link your Facebook Profile:
- Sign into your sidelineHD Account
- Select your Team Card
- Go to Settings
- Select Stream Settings
- Select Stream Publishing
- Under Additional destinations, select + Facebook
- Select Yes, I have live stream set up
- We will ask to use facebook.com to Sign In, select Continue
- 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
- Select Continue as {Your Name}
- If you have multiple profiles and/or pages, we will ask you where you want to stream. Select {Your Name} (personal profile)
- Select Done
Facebook Video Storage:
Videos streamed to Facebook, can be replayed, downloaded or shared for up to 30 days. After 30 days, they will be automatically removed from Facebook.
Facebook is introducing easier ways to save you past streams, to learn more check out this Facebook Support Article!
SLHD TIP:
For those solely streaming to Facebook, we highly advise you stream to YouTube as well! YouTube will keep your previous livestreams and ensures all your streams can live on one platform going forward.
Interested in learning more about streaming to YouTube? Learn more about Streaming to YouTube!
How can I update the audience I'm streaming to?
You can easily change the privacy settings for your live videos that sidelineHD posts to your profile. Follow the steps below to update your audience setting, please note that this will apply to all future videos posted.
- Open your Facebook App
- Select your Profile icon
- Select Settings & Privacy
- Select Settings
- Select Business Integrations
- Click on the carrot next to the sidelineHD option
- Select the audience you'd like to change to
- Select Save
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