Important - Streaming from Mavis Camera requires a free Mavis Cloud Hub account.
This support article describes how to directly setup Mavis Camera to stream to Instagram. To remotely configure live streaming use Mavis Cloud Hub in a browser by visiting hub.mavis.cloud
Streaming live to Instagram from Mavis Camera is easy. Here's how you do it:
- Sign in to instagram.com. Sign in to instagram.com, click the "Add post" button (plus symbol inside a square) and select "Live" from the dropdown menu.
- Sign in to Mavis Cloud Hub. Using Mavis Camera, create or sign in to your Mavis Cloud Hub account. Open Mavis Camera and tap the "Cloud" button. Select Streaming and follow the instructions to sign in with Apple or use a personal email address.
- Setup your live Instagram stream. Within the "Live" screen, enter the title of your live stream and select your audience: "Practice" will not broadcast to anyone and "Public" will broadcast to your followers. Click next.
- Copy your unique url and stream key.
- Add stream destination details. Using Mavis Camera select Instagram as a new streaming destination. Add the url and stream key from step 4 and give the destination a description. Tap save on the top right.
- Go Live with Mavis Camera. Tap 'Start Streaming' from the "Cloud" button to send your live camera feed to Instagram.
Remember - Once you've signed into to your Mavis Cloud Hub account on Mavis Camera, you can remotely setup your streaming destinations from a web browser using hub.mavis.cloud. This might make it easier to copy/paste the Instagram url and stream key.