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X (Twitter) Live Update: As of July 13, 2024 X announced that you must have an X Premium subscription to Go Live on their platform using Live streaming software. Please read about it here.
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You can follow the instructions below to learn how to stream on X(Twitter) from Switchboard Cloud.
Topics Covered:
Add X (Twitter) Destination for the First Time to your Switchboard Account
Add multiple X(Twitter) Channels to a Group
🎥 Quick Clip: How to Connect X(Twitter) for the first time
We recommend doing the following before you begin the X(Twitter) authorization.
1. Use a desktop computer to authorize and add X(Twitter) to your Switchboard Account as a destination.
2. Log into the appropriate X(Twitter) account in the same browser before starting the authorization process.
Let's begin!
Add X(Twitter) as a Destination for the First Time to your Switchboard Account.
Click the Add Destinations button at the bottom of the Stream Group.
Select Connect More.
Choose X (Twitter) from the menu.
Authorize X(Twitter)
Next, an official X(Twitter) Authorize Application will open in a new browser tab.
If prompted, log into your X(Twitter) account. It helps to have pop-up blockers disabled.
Click the Authorize app button.
A successful screen should appear. You can now close the window by clicking CLOSE.
The X(Twitter) Social Channel will automatically be added to the group.
Click Save and Next ( or Submit) to confirm the changes.
Congratulations! You've successfully connected X(Twitter) channel to your Switchboard account.
Quick Clip: How to Connect X(Twitter) for the first time to your Switchboard Account
Ready to Go Live!
Going live to X(Twitter) from the Switchboard Workflow
- When ready to go live, send the video from your encoder into the appropriate workflow.
- Apply a template to publish a stream title and description for the video.
- Double-check that the video shows on the Switchboard confidence monitor and that the “receiving” indicator is green.
- Select the destination and press Go Live.
💡Pro Tip: You can save time and eliminate the need to press Go Live in Switchboard by enabling the autostart feature ahead of time here: Enable the autostart feature.
How to Add X Twitter to another Stream Group.
If your Switchboard account has multiple Workflows and Stream Groups, you can easily add the X(Twitter) channel to it.
Click the Add Destinations button at the bottom of the desired Stream Group.
Find the X(Twitter) destination you want to add.
Enable the destination by clicking on the toggle next to it.
Click Submit to confirm your changes.
How to add more than one X(Twitter) account as a destination in your Switchboard account.
Please Note: Logging out of your X(Twitter) account will revoke access to any applications connected to it. This is an X(Twitter) security feature. If you log out of your Twitter account, you can quickly reauthorize it to your Switchboard account by following the steps in this support reference: Authorize destinations.
Step 1
When logged into X(Twitter) from a desktop, click the profile icon at the bottom left.
Step 2
Select Add an existing account.
Step 3
Follow the prompts.
Make sure there's a checkmark next to the X(Twitter) account you want to add to your Switchboard Account as a destination.
Return to your Switchboard Account.
Repeat adding the X(Twitter) channel as a new destination.
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