Facebook Live Broadcast Problem Solution
There are many benefits that friends get when you turn on the live broadcast feature, some of which are sharing what you are doing with others, or marketing something, or selling for example, anytime and anywhere you want.
Although the live broadcast feature is very exciting, sometimes this feature cannot be used by some users.
Facebook Live Broadcast Problem Solution
Here is the solution to the Facebook live broadcast problem that appears in the Facebook live broadcast feature and how to overcome it and why can't I broadcast live on Facebook? This is the reason.
According to my research results, there are four main problems that prevent the use of the Facebook live broadcast feature. What are they?
First. Internet connection is not good.
Basically, any Android app if the current internet connection (provider card or WiFi) is not good, the app will not be able to work properly.
The same thing also happened with the Facebook app, especially the live streaming feature so, when friends want to use the live streaming feature, while the internet connection is not good, a pop-up notification message will appear saying “Unable to start live streaming check your internet connection and try again”.
Second. Live streaming feature is not available on your phone
On Android, Facebook has released two kinds of apps, which are regular Facebook apps and Facebook Lite. Both apps are released by Facebook.
The difference is that regular Facebook has all the features and is larger in size, while Facebook Lite only has some features but is much lighter.
Currently, both regular Facebook and Facebook Lite can be used for live streaming.
Friends, you need to know that the live streaming feature will appear on Facebook Lite if your Android phone is using at least Android Lollipop.
Meanwhile, if you are using the regular Facebook app, it is normal to have the Facebook live streaming problem.
Third. Facebook account has been banned using certain features.
Although friends can use all the features available on Facebook for free, there are some rules that Facebook has set, and they should not be violated because they are one of the biggest reasons for the problem of Facebook live broadcasting.
All of these rules are found in the Facebook Community Standards policy found on In general, friends are not allowed to post content (photos, videos, and texts) related to copyright infringement, vulgarity, insults that harm others and themselves, and violence.
Recently, Facebook has become more strict in regulating the policies of the service (especially live broadcasting) following the brutal attack in New Zealand (Christchurch) by irresponsible “crazy people”.
Mark Zuckerberg said that she has hired people to monitor potentially dangerous accounts, and monitoring is done manually or automatically.
Not being allowed to use certain features (one of which is the live broadcasting feature) is a penalty imposed by Facebook on friends who violate the policy rules.
How can we know if our Facebook account has been banned?
Typically, a notification message will appear saying, “You recently posted something that violates Facebook’s policies, so you’ve been temporarily blocked from using this feature.
For more information, visit the Help Center. To avoid getting blocked again, please make sure you read and understand the Facebook Community Standards.”
Some of these features are temporary and some are permanent depending on the level of the bug.
Fourth. The message/notification “Failed to connect to the server” appears.
The problem of “Facebook live streaming problem” generally occurs because the server URL (RTMP) and Facebook live streaming key are out of sync or blocked (provider card, computer firewall, ad blocking plugin/software).
Yes, as we all know, when you live stream on a computer or Android (not through the Facebook app), you need an additional software, for example, OBS Studio (computer/PC) or CameraFi Live (Android). The
Facebook server URL and streaming key must be entered into the streaming service, so they must be correct.
When the server URL and streaming key are wrong or blocked, friends will not be able to live stream on Facebook.
Fix Failed (Cannot) Broadcast Live on Facebook
Now, friends, you know the issues that often occur when using Facebook Live Streaming feature so let's move on to the next discussion:
- Solution from internet connection is not good
To solve the problem of not being able to broadcast live on Facebook because the internet connection is bad, friends can try the following things:
Turn off the internet data, then turn it back on.
Change the internet data source, from a specific provider card to WiFi or from a specific provider card to another provider card.
Restart HP. - Facebook Live Not Showing Up on Friends' Phones Solution
Based on my experience, there are two things that can be suggested to friends when you encounter problems in solving the Facebook Live issue.
If your Android phone has Kitkat OS, whether you like it or not, you should use the regular Facebook app.
However, if you have a mobile phone with at least Lollipop OS, you can choose to use the regular Facebook or Facebook Lite.
Or, if possible, you can upgrade your HP OS to Lollipop (at least).
The main question is what if your mobile phone is known to have Kitkat OS? Answer You can upgrade your HP OS with a custom ROM above Kitkat (Lollipop Marshmallow Nougat, etc.).
However, as for how to install it, it cannot be explained in this article because the steps are too long and complicated.
Basically, your mobile phone must be in TWRP installed state and a custom ROM must be available for your mobile phone. - Facebook Account Blocked from Using Certain Features Solution
If friends are having issues with not being able to use the Facebook Live Streaming feature because they are blocked from using certain features, then you just have to look at the pop-up messages/notifications that are appearing.
Is the ban from some features temporary or permanent?
Temporary feature blocks generally have a time limit, for example, a day, two days, a week, or a month. Now, just wait until the temporary block ends, then friends can use the desired Facebook feature in this case, the live broadcast feature, of course.
In the meantime, if the block features you receive are permanent, in my opinion, you should know yourself.
That is, if you violate the service policies required by Facebook, you should be willing to accept the feature block penalty.
However, friends can appeal until the feature block penalty is unlocked.
Please follow the steps below:
- Open the Facebook app and tap on the three lines in the top right corner.
- Scroll down and find and click on “Help and Support”.
- Click “Report a problem”.
- You can shake the mobile phone or just click “There is a problem” to proceed to the next menu.
- Just search for the issues you are having, which is Live Streaming Scroll down until you find the menu, then the tab.
- Please provide an explanation in the first column regarding the issue you are facing with the Facebook Live feature and provide a screenshot of the pop-up message/notification stating that your account cannot use the Live feature because it has been banned and thus the Facebook Live issue has been resolved.
- You just have to wait for a response from Facebook.
Make sure to speak politely, if you can use English fluently explain that you are aware of the mistake and promise not to repeat it in the future. Remember, those who respond are human too, so show that you are sorry for doing this. - Solution to “Failed to connect to server” notification message
What to do when you see the “Failed to connect to server” issue? In the help page here, Facebook has provided instructions to solve this issue for friends.
First, double-check to make sure you copied the server URL and stream key correctly in the streaming settings of OBS Studio or CameraFi Live.
Then, make sure that the server URL and stream key you are copying are not older than a week (7 days). If you have copied the server URL and stream key for more than a week, you need to create a new one.
You can also try disabling Windows Firewall.
If you have done all the above to solve the Facebook live streaming issue, but you are still unable to live stream via FB using a computer, please change the server URL port in the following way:
Open OBS Studio on your computer.
Broadcast Settings Tab
In the Server URL (RTMP) section, please change the number “80” to the number “1935”.
Thus, the discussion about Facebook Live Failure I tried to summarize and research all the reasons and solutions, so that this article can be a complete guide for it.
But as a human, you may have missed something, friends can share the problems and solutions in the comment column below.