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title: How to Share Live Streams and Pre-recorded Videos through YouTube
slug: how-to-share-live-streams-and-pre-recorded-videos-through-youtube
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createdAt: 2025-04-09T14:38:44.608Z
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If you wish to use YouTube to share either a live stream or a pre-recorded event, you can easily do this by setting the event up as Other (instead of a Live Stream or a Video).

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When adding a link to a YouTube event, AnywhereSeat will act as a paywall to your event and one central location for patrons to find the event.
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### Set up a YouTube Event:

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Go to your **Events** page on AnywhereSeat -> select **+Add Event**.

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Once selected, you will see the option to set up a **Live Stream**, **Video**, or **Other**. When setting up a YouTube event, you will want to select **Other**.

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Once selected, you will see the option to select Zoom, Google Meet, or Other. You will again select **Other**.

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From here, you will add the **Direct Share Link** from your YouTube event. You will not want to use the YouTube embed link; that will not work here. The direct share link can be copied and input here.

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Once the remaining details are input and the event is saved, you can preview the event through the "*Eye Icon*" next to the event time. 

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You will then see a pop-up to view the stream or video on a 3rd party platform.

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Finally, if you are doing a Live Stream, nothing will show until you go live. With a pre-recorded event, you will see that video show on YouTube.
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