Get Solid Internet Connectivity for Your Ecamm Live Streams
Ecamm Live streams over whatever internet your Mac has, so the stream stays online only while that upload holds steady. Ecamm Live is Mac software for producing and broadcasting live video. Speedify is an app that combines Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and satellite internet connections into one faster, more reliable connection, and it keeps the stream running if one connection drops. Speedify needs macOS 11.5 or later.
If your Ecamm Live stream stutters or drops when your Wi-Fi slows down, you are not the only one. Here is how to use Ecamm Live together with Speedify in three steps, including one setting to change if you tether an iPhone or iPad.
Speedify combines your connections into enough upload to go live
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3 Steps to Use Ecamm Live with Speedify
Step 1: Connect All Available Internet Sources to Your Mac
If you’re streaming from your computer, use one or multiple of the following:
- Wired Ethernet Connection
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Tethered iPhone, or an Android phone’s Wi-Fi hotspot (Android USB tethering does not work with Speedify on current Macs)
- External USB 5G / 4G LTE cellular adapter
Tethering an iPhone or iPad: Remove It from Ecamm Live’s Camera Switcher
When you connect an iPhone or iPad to your Mac via USB, Ecamm Live will by default configure it as a camera source which unfortunately will prevent it from being able to share its internet connection with your Mac. If you plan on using a USB tethered iOS device as an Internet source you will need to disable this function in Ecamm Live by performing the following steps:
- Connect your iPhone to your Mac via USB and unlock your smartphone.
- Launch Ecamm Live and go to the Camera menu > Include in Switcher and uncheck your iPhone or iPad from the list there.
- Unplug, then reconnect your phone.
After you do this once, follow the steps below: launch Speedify and start live streaming with Ecamm.
Step 2: Start Speedify and Connect to a Server
If you don’t have Speedify yet, get it from the Speedify website store or the Apple App Store. A free account includes 5 GB per month.
Run Speedify and log into your account. All the active Internet sources you connected at step 1 should be recognized by Speedify.
All you have to do now is choose a server to connect to:
- if you have a dedicated server, connect to that. You will get the best performance Speedify can offer for live streaming.
- fastest server, which connects you to the server that should deliver the best performance;
- you can also choose a server yourself, in a location near the ingest servers of the platforms you stream to, such as Twitch or YouTube.
Step 3: Configure Ecamm Live and Start Live Streaming
Follow the instructions on the Ecamm website to get started for live streaming.
When you’re ready, start the live stream. Speedify gives the stream the combined upload of all your connections plus failover, which helps prevent low quality, choppy and laggy video, buffering and disconnects from the streaming server.
Troubleshooting Ecamm Live Streams with Speedify
Check out this article to troubleshoot potential issues.
If the problem continues, contact Speedify support for help with your live stream.
How Speedify Improves Ecamm Live Streaming
When you live stream, depending on a single Internet connection is a risk, however good that connection may be: it can slow down or drop in the middle of a stream. The safer setup is to use all your available Internet sources at once.
Speedify lets you use any mix of the following internet connections at the same time:
- one or multiple wired Ethernet connections;
- one or multiple Wi-Fi networks, such as your own and public hotspots nearby;
- one or multiple 4G/5G cellular connections from tethered smartphones, external USB 4G/5G adapters or MiFi devices.
For best results, every connection should come from a different provider, so you can keep live streaming if one internet provider has an outage.
Speedify Settings and Test Results for Ecamm Live Streams
Speedify’s default settings automatically prioritize live streams over other traffic, so you do not need to change any Speedify setting for Ecamm Live.
In Speedify’s latest tests on live streaming with Ecamm Live on Twitch, Speedify raised the average bitrate of a slow and spotty Wi-Fi connection by up to 125%, and failover protection kept the stream running without interruptions.
Keep Speedify running whenever you go live with Ecamm Live, and also when you work remotely or play games online.
Doc Rock of Ecamm Live spoke with Speedify’s Alex Gizis about improving Mac live streams: see the video below.
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