Overview
When setting up your live stream for TalkShopLive and Instagram, you will need to let our systems know which setup you will use to go live: Unified Device flow or Two-Device flow.
For Unified Device, you will use one device to go live on TalkShopLive and to go live on Instagram via Instagram Live Producer. For the Two-Device flow, you will be using two devices for your simulcast; on one device, you will go live on TalkShopLive, while on the other device, you will go live on Instagram.
Device Flow Selection
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Unified Device Flow:
- Default and TalkShopLive recommended setup.
- Requires a desktop device to have the livestream on TalkShopLive and simulcast it to Instagram via Live Producer.
- Read more about Instagram Live Producer: https://about.instagram.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/instagram-live-producer
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Two-Device Flow:
- Example 1: Use a combination of mobile (for Instagram) and desktop (for TalkShopLive) devices.
- Important limitation on two-device setup: The scenario where you use two mobile devices — one for Instagram and one for TalkShopLive using TalkShopLive Studio — is currently not supported. We are working to support this scenario in future releases.
- Example 2: Desktop for TalkShopLive and Facebook; mobile for Instagram live streaming.
- Note: In this example, you would be using Facebook and Instagram simulcast together. In total, TalkShopLive supports up to 4 destinations (e.g. two Facebook and two Instagram simulcast destinations)
- Example 1: Use a combination of mobile (for Instagram) and desktop (for TalkShopLive) devices.
Instagram Connection Testing
- Test Show Page: Verify the connection between the TalkShopLive store-channel and Instagram via Facebook during testing.
- Connection Errors: Provide feedback and troubleshooting for connection issues.