YouTube Streaming Cannot Be Started
You cannot start a now stream because YouTube stream has not been created. Stream will be automatically created once you go to the YouTube Live Dashboard page.
We will explain situations where live streaming could not start properly because a stream was not created on the YouTube Live Dashboard.
The current error message is displayed in the following three situations:
When less than 24 hours have passed since you completed verifying your channel for live streaming on YouTube.
When a stream could not be created on the YouTube Live Dashboard because you have fewer than 50 subscribers.
When your channel is restricted from starting live streaming in accordance with YouTube’s policies.
1. When less than 24 hours have passed since you completed verifying your channel for live streaming on YouTube.
In order to live stream on YouTube, you must wait 24 hours after creating a YouTube channel and completing the YouTube channel verification.
If you have not completed the YouTube channel verification or if you’ve recently completed channel verification and integrated your YouTube account into the PRISM app, the channel information will be displayed as ‘No channel,’ as shown in the figure below.
In this state, if you click the channel area to start live streaming, a guide dialog will appear, as shown in the figure below.
If you follow the dialog instructions to go to the YouTube Live Dashboard, you will see an error message displayed there as well.
However, this is a temporary error screen on the YouTube Live Dashboard, which only appears for about an hour immediately after completing YouTube channel verification.
Once about an hour has passed since completing channel verification, the normal channel information will automatically be set within the PRISM app. If you go back to the YouTube Live Dashboard by clicking on the channel information area, you will see a screen displaying time information that differs from the previous error screen.
In the mobile web browser, you can only see a portion of the screen displaying the time information. However, if you open the web page in a PC web browser, you will see the timer information as shown below.
As mentioned earlier, in order to live stream on YouTube, you must wait 24 hours after completing the YouTube channel verification. Please note that this process follows YouTube’s policy, and therefore our PRISM app must also comply.
After waiting 24 hours, click the yellow ‘Go Live’ button in the PRISM app to start your live stream.
2. When a stream could not be created on the YouTube Live Dashboard because you have fewer than 50 subscribers.
To live stream on YouTube, a stream must be created on your YouTube channel. If your YouTube channel has more than 50 subscribers, the PRISM app can create a stream using YouTube’s API, which is available to third-party apps like PRISM.
However, if your YouTube channel has fewer than 50 subscribers, YouTube will not allow third-party apps to use this API. In this case, users can manually create a stream by visiting the YouTube Live Dashboard webpage.
In this situation, the PRISM app provides a link to the Live Dashboard webpage in the error guidance dialog. If you click the link, you’ll be taken directly to the Live Dashboard.
Simply visiting the Live Dashboard webpage will automatically create your new stream.
As shown in the image on the left below, when you visit the webpage, you will see a red progress bar at the top of the page. Once the progress bar completes and the screen is filled with content, it means the stream creation is finished.
After stream creation is complete, click the X button in the bottom right corner to close the screen. Then, click the yellow "Go Live" button on the PRISM app's live-ready screen to try live streaming again. Your live streaming should now start successfully.
Although this process can be a bit tedious, if you have fewer than 50 subscribers, you'll need to do this each time you want to stream live. In the PRISM Android app, the app attempts this process automatically on your behalf, but please understand that it may not always work correctly depending on your smartphone’s condition.
Additionally, before starting your live stream, you can create a stream in advance by visiting the Live Dashboard with a web browser on your PC. If you create a stream in advance, the process of moving to the Live Dashboard to create a stream during the PRISM app’s live streaming start will be skipped.
For reference, you can access the Live Dashboard using the following path in your PC's web browser:
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC/livestreaming/dashboard > YouTube Live Dashboard
YouTube > ‘Create’ button at the top right of the screen > ‘Go Live’ button > YouTube Live Dashboard
3. When your channel is restricted from starting live streaming in accordance with YouTube’s policies.
YouTube states that a channel’s live streaming feature may be automatically disabled or suspended in the following cases:
Your channel has received a Community Guidelines strike.
Your live stream or archived live stream has been blocked globally.
Your live stream or archived live stream has received a copyright takedown.
Your live stream matches another copyrighted live broadcast.
You’ve reached your daily limit for creating live streams. You can try again in 24 hours.
You can refer to the YouTube support page for more details. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2853834
You can also check if live streaming is currently available for your channel at the link below. https://www.youtube.com/features
However, YouTube allows users to create a separate Stream from the YouTube Live Dashboard at any time, and the PRISM app can also start live streaming using a Stream created there. Creating a Stream from the Live Dashboard is simple. Just open the page in a web browser on a PC, and it will be created automatically.
That’s why the PRISM app provides a link in the guidance dialog to help users easily access the YouTube Live Dashboard in such cases. Now, click the ‘GO TO YOUTUBE LIVE DASHBOARD’ link in the image below.
Simply opening the Live Dashboard page will automatically start the Stream creation process.
As shown in the image on the left, you’ll see a red progress bar moving at the top of the page. When the progress bar stops and the screen is fully loaded, it means the Stream has been created successfully.
Once the Stream is created, close the screen by clicking the X button at the bottom right, then click the yellow Go Live button on the Live Ready Screen of the PRISM app to start live streaming again.
Live streaming should now start normally.
This process may be a bit inconvenient, but you’ll need to do this every time you want to start a live stream while the PRISM app is unable to create a Stream automatically due to the current status of your channel.
Additionally, you can create a Stream in advance by accessing the Live Dashboard through a web browser on your PC before starting your live stream. If you create a Stream in advance, you can skip the step of going to the Live Dashboard to create your own Stream when starting a live stream in the PRISM app.
For reference, you can access the Live Dashboard through the following steps in a web browser on your PC.
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC/livestreaming/dashboard > YouTube Live Dashboard
YouTube > Click the ‘Create’ button at the top right > Click ‘Go Live’ > YouTube Live Dashboard
Android error code : 4219 or 4226
iOS error code : 1 / 2 or 403/8
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