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# About live sources

A live source works as a constant StreamID when broadcasting on your device and replaces the unique StreamID. A live source allows you to use the same stream ID for all of your livestreams, as long as the livestreams don't overlap.

A live source can be restricted to one channel or available for all channels on the platform. You decide this when you create the live source in dashboard.

| Channel restricted: The live source is added exclusively to a channel and can only be used for streams uploaded to the same channel.
| Global: The live source can be used to all of the streams, regardless what channel you choose the add the livestream to. 

**How to use live sources:**
* If you stream from the same arena/location/camera, you can create a live source instead of the unique streamID. Meaning that you don't have to change the unique streamID for every stream in your camera settings. 
* A live source can also be used for tournaments, where there are several different games broadcasted in one day. 

| When broadcasting to an event,  you send to a RTMP address.
| Staylives  RTMP-URL: rtmp://send.staylive.se:1935/live + stream-ID. 

### Create a live source
* Go to "content - live sources". Here you will get an overview of your live sources.
* Press "create new live source".  Set a name and select if you would like to create a restricted or global live source. Press add.
If you choose a channel restricted live source you select which channel it should be added to.

[Learn more about creating live sources here.](/en/article/create-live-source-7ovdx1/)

Visit [Schedule Livestream](https://docs.staylive.io/en/article/schedule-livestream-1bekyce/) to add the Live Source to your upcoming livestream.