Not everyone is up for social media streaming, especially if they want to embed live streams just for their customers or run a private event for employees only. Businesses, educational institutes and many other organizations put live streams on their own websites instead and keep social platforms out of it.
Live streaming on websites has become a massive success among broadcasters, businesses and marketers for successful virtual events, website traffic, or gaining exposure.
OneStream Live handles this through Stream Players. You build a player, customize how it looks, then drop one line of code onto your page. No plugins and no separate private pages.
- OneStream Live lets you embed live streams directly on your website using an embeddable stream player.
- You can stream to your website while also broadcasting to multiple social platforms at the same time.
- Embedding live streams gives you more control over your audience, branding, and viewing experience without sending viewers to another platform.
- You can theme every player, add a background, and lock it behind a password before you share the code.
- No plugins, no coding, and no separate private pages. The player is a single line of iframe code.
What is Video Embedding, and How Does it Work?
Live streaming solutions such as OneStream Live provide you with a live stream embed code, which is essentially a snippet of iFrame code that pulls the video from the original source and displays it as a video on the destination website. This process is called video embedding.
Embed live streams on the website to broadcast your live events without actually hosting the video directly.
OneStream Live gives you three ways to feed that player. You can create a live stream in the browser using Studio, go live through third-party apps with External Encoder Streaming, or broadcast a pre-recorded video.
Hardware sources such as RTMP IP cameras can also stream directly to OneStream Live or any similar platform, allowing businesses to broadcast real-time footage from security or event cameras without the need for additional encoders.
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How to Create a Player and Embed Live Streams
This is the core of it. Build the player once in OneStream Live, paste the code on your page, then reuse it as a destination every time you broadcast.
1
Open Stream Players
Log in to OneStream Live, then find Stream Players under Destinations in the left sidebar. A Default Player is already waiting there, so you can use that or click New player. The counter above the list shows how many player slots your plan gives you.
Give the player a name at the top of the editor and click Save. Naming it after the event or the page it belongs to makes it easy to spot when you pick your destinations later.
2
Pick a theme and background
Open Player Style. Choose the Dark or Light theme. Turn on Background Image to upload your own artwork, up to 40MB at 1920×1080, or pick from the built-in visuals grouped under Gaming, Professional and Abstract.
3
Set the player controls
Switch to Player Options. Toggle the play button, volume, duration and progress bar, then decide whether viewers get picture-in-picture and fullscreen. The preview on the left shows the result, and you can flip between desktop and mobile views.
4
Add live chat
Open the Chat tab and turn on Show chat if you want it. Place the panel on the left, on the right, or below the video. On smaller screens, chat always drops below the player, whichever position you choose.
5
Set who can watch
The Access tab controls where the player can appear and who gets in. Players are set to Embed anywhere by default, so they will load on any site. Click Edit, turn on Restrict access, and enter the domains you want to allow. The player will then only show on those domains. You can also turn on Password Protection to put a gate in front of the stream itself.
6
Copy the code and paste it
Click Copy Embed Code and paste the iframe wherever you want the player to appear on your web page. That is the whole integration.
Once the player is live on your site, any stream you schedule or start will play inside it automatically.
7
Switch the player on as a destination
Your player sits alongside your social accounts under Other Destinations. Turn it on when you set up a Studio, Encoder Streaming or pre-recorded broadcast, and the stream plays inside the player on your page.
No Website? Create a Page Instead
Do you want to embed live streams but do not have a website to put them on? Custom Websites covers that. It builds you a branded video landing page in a few clicks, with themes, your own logo and optional live chat.
Create the page, share the link with your audience, and go live.
- Your plan includes a monthly bandwidth allowance that renews on its own. That allowance is shared across Stream Players and Custom Websites, and the usage chart on either page tracks what you have spent this month.
- OneStream Live embed player is not restricted to any specific domain. The live stream can be embedded in any webpage, but it does allow you to set privacy.
- OneStream Live embed player works equally well for many platforms, from Wix to Shopify, WordPress, GoDaddy, and other websites.
Final Thoughts
OneStream Live is the perfect solution to embed live streams into your websites professionally and seamlessly. It eliminates technical glitches like buffering, latency and lack of redundancy and provides a unified live streaming experience.
You can multistream in real time using any External Encoder source, broadcast pre-recorded videos, or go live straight from your browser with Studio, reaching 45+ social platforms and the web at the same time from a single touchpoint.
Ready to put your stream on your own site? Build a player, copy the code, and paste it where you want it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an embeddable live stream player?
An embeddable live stream player lets you display and play your live broadcast directly on your website.
Can I embed a OneStream Live stream on any website?
Yes, you can embed your stream on websites that allow you to add custom embed code.
Can I stream to my website and social media at the same time?
Yes, OneStream Live lets you broadcast to your website and multiple social platforms simultaneously.
Do viewers need a OneStream Live account to watch an embedded stream?
No, viewers can watch the embedded live stream directly on your website without creating a OneStream Live account.
Why should I embed live streams on my own website?
Embedding live streams helps you keep viewers on your website while giving you more control over branding and the viewing experience.
OneStream Live is a cloud-based live streaming solution to create, schedule, and multistream professional-looking live streams across 45+ social media platforms and the web simultaneously. For content-related queries and feedback, write to us at [email protected]. If you have a story to share about your live streaming experience with OneStream Live, we would be glad to feature it. You’re also welcome to Write for Us!
