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Multiple streams & Manual key mode

Run more than one 24/7 loop at once (Pro), connect up to 3 YouTube channels (Creator and Pro) and pick where each stream goes, or stream to a channel without connecting it at all.

1

Each stream is its own tab, its own playlist

Your dashboard shows every stream as a tab — rename them to keep track of what's what. Each one has a fully independent playlist, broadcast details, and Go Live state; your uploaded videos live in one shared library across all of them, so the same video can appear in more than one stream at once.

On desktop

2

How many you can run

Pro

Free and Creator are limited to one stream at a time. Pro includes three concurrent streams.

3

Adding a 4th, 5th stream (or more)

Pro

Need more than Pro's three? Go to Settings → Plan, and use the +/− stepper under Extra stream slots. Each slot is $7/mo, up to 5 extra slots on top of your three, so a Pro account can run up to 8 concurrent streams total. It takes effect immediately — no waiting on a page refresh — and prorates on your existing subscription rather than starting a separate charge.

On desktop

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Connect more than one YouTube channel

Creator & Pro

On Creator and Pro you can connect up to 3 YouTube channels (Pro gets one more for each extra stream slot). Under your YouTube account on the dashboard, click "Add another channel" and sign in to the next channel (brand channels on the same Google login work too). Then pick each stream's channel in its "Send to" menu next to the YouTube / Manual key toggle. You can change it whenever that stream is stopped.

Creator runs one stream at a time, so "Send to" picks which of your channels that stream goes live on. Pro runs up to 3 streams at once, so each one can be live on a different channel at the same time.

Each connected channel works exactly like your first one: Loopcast creates the broadcast, sets the custom thumbnail, shows stats and runs auto restart on that channel.

5

Manual key mode — no YouTube connection needed

Each stream has its own YouTube / Manual key toggle, independent of the others. Switch a stream to Manual key and paste a stream key from any channel's own YouTube Studio (Go Live → Stream) — including a channel you don't manage yourself and never connect through OAuth.

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Why that's useful

It means running your own channels and a client's channel side by side — yours connected normally (on Pro, each live on its own stream at the same time), and theirs on Manual key with a key they hand you, without ever needing their Google login.

Worth knowing

  • ·Switching a stream to Manual key doesn't touch its playlist — the same videos keep playing, just pushed to a different destination.
  • ·Manual key mode skips Loopcast-managed broadcast details entirely — title, description, and thumbnail are whatever's already set on that key's broadcast in YouTube Studio.
  • ·Your stream key is stored so only you can read or change it — Loopcast never displays it back to you once saved.
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