YouTube Streaming Cannot Be Started
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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 two situations:
When a stream has not been created on the YouTube Live Dashboard (this is the most common case).
When less than 24 hours have passed since you completed verifying your channel for live streaming on YouTube.
The second case refers to the error that occurs if less than 24 hours have passed since you completed YouTube channel verification for live streaming.
If you have used the live streaming feature before, please refer only to the guide for the first case.
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:
YouTube > ‘Create’ button at the top right of the screen > ‘Go Live’ button > YouTube Live Dashboard
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.
Android error code : 4226
iOS error code : 1 / 2
> YouTube Live Dashboard
