Livestreaming without all the right gear

[sixesandsevens]

So I'm thinking of doing some livestreamed improvs via twitch, but at the moment I've got very little of a setup.  My space is cluttered enough that I'm not keen on featuring a wide shot of it.  

Assets:

• an audio interface,
• the webcam built into my mac laptop,
• some really crappy makeshift lighting I can hack together (garage flood lights, paper as diffusers),
• my cell phone (android)
• an ancient iPad
• and a really old DSLR that might be able to stream via USB.
• ... oh, and there's a chance there's a working gopro in the house somewhere
• I could theoretically relocate to the bedroom which has better light and less clutter, but it's a bit of a hassle

Liabilities:

• Clutter
• Kids
• An untreated room
• My usual music space is not photogenic

Help a brother out?  Tips on framing, setup, etc. are all very welcome.  If I have to get more gear, I'm open to hear it.

 

[scottcald]

I'm no video expert, but if your phone is a recent vintage it'll likely do the job.  If you have a small mixer, this might suit:

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigstream/

[velorush]

We've been forced to go from zero to one hundred at church, live streaming services for the past six weeks.  Do yourself a favor and download OBS (it's free).  It can fix a number if ills and allow you to "professionalize" everything. 

For us (being very rural) the principal problem was low upload bandwidth.  OBS allowed me to reduce the resolution of the upload (we have a completely HD system using a great Panasonic camera and full audio mix coming off our Behringer X32) thereby allowing us to maintain a fairly consistent 30 frames per second with upload bandwidth of around 2 Mps (that's pretty impressive with such poor bandwidth).

OBS tutorials on YouTube are legion - it's really simple to set up and it allows you to add all kinds of extra elements into your stream.

[Teh]

+1 on OBS.

Was giving livestreaming a shot on FB last night.  Using the onboard camera on the Mac desktop and audio from my recording interface.  Real basic setup but, for whatever reason, FB didn't like it.  Downloaded and installed OBS (Thanks for the tip, Velorush!) and was on the air within a couple minutes.  Video and audio quality was solid.

I need to dig into the software more to better understand all it can do, but for a quick and dirty experiment, OBS worked flawlessly.