Test your stream before going live

A quick test stream helps you catch camera, microphone, destination, or layout problems before your audience sees them.

Run a private test

1. Connect only one destination to ApexStream, such as an unlisted YouTube stream or a Facebook test Page.
2. Start Web Studio and check your camera, microphone, and layout in the pre-flight screen.
3. Click Go Live.
4. Open the platform's own player in another browser tab and watch for a few minutes.
5. Check that video, audio, and any graphics look correct.
6. End the stream when you are done.

What to check

• Video — is the camera centered, well lit, and at the expected resolution?
• Audio — can you hear yourself clearly, without echo or background noise?
• Layout — do your scenes and overlays appear the way you want?
• Destinations — is video arriving on the test platform?
• Chat — if you are on a paid plan, do comments appear in the unified chat panel?

Test from an encoder

If you use OBS or Streamlabs, do a short test push to ApexStream first. Confirm the feed arrives in your ApexStream stream preview before you enable your public destinations.

Good to know: Free-plan streams carry a watermark, so a test stream will show you exactly what your audience will see.