# Connecting to YouTube Live issues

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/connecting-to-youtube-live-issues/38573
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [June 26, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/connecting-to-youtube-live-issues/38573 "2016-06-26T19:35:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Paul\_Hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Paul\_Hayden](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Hayden)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/connecting-to-youtube-live-issues/38573/1 "2016-06-26T19:35:51Z")

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I have a security camera streaming in just fine, the test player works as expected, the Stream target is setup for pushing to youtube it looks like it is connecting, but then closes right away for some reason. Can anybody shed any light on the situation?

access.log shows this.

```auto
PushPublishRTMP.sessionOpened[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX	
PushPublishRTMP.callConnect[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX]: rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2 {Obj[]: app: "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2", flashVer: "FMLE/3.0 (compatible; FMSc/1.0)", swfUrl: "WowzaProLiveRepeater", tcUrl: "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2", fpad: false, audioCodecs: 3191.0, videoCodecs: 252.0, pageUrl: "", sendChunkSize: 4096.0}	
PushPublishRTMP>?sendPackets[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX]: Waiting on Session, app:live/_definst_	
PushPublishRTMP.sessionClosed[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX]	
PushPublishRTMP.removeSession[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX]: {}	
PushPublishRTMP.closePushPubSession[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX]: Closed	
PushPublishRTMP.sessionClosed[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX]: RTMP session closed unexpectedly. Retrying in 34170 msec	

```

and error.log shows

```auto
PushPublishRTMP.sessionClosed[rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com:1935/rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/v1sp-tc8r-tktv-XXXX]: RTMP session closed unexpectedly. Retrying in 3000 msec

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### Author: ![Paul\_Hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Paul\_Hayden](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Hayden)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/connecting-to-youtube-live-issues/38573/2 "2016-06-28T22:20:05Z")

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updated with new issue.

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### Author: ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/connecting-to-youtube-live-issues/38573/3 "2016-07-07T15:36:25Z")

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Hello,

I would double check your Youtube stream target settings.

Source Stream Name= ‘myStream’ or the Stream name you are using.

Destination Application Name= ‘live2’

Destination Host= ‘[a.rtmp.youtube.com](http://a.rtmp.youtube.com)’

Destination Port= ‘1935’

Destination Stream Name= YouTube Stream Name Key

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-stream-to-youtube](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-stream-to-youtube)

Best,

JasonT