Run a 24/7 sleep sounds or ambient stream on YouTube
Rain, a fireplace, white noise: upload your recording as a video, and AutoStream plays it on a loop on your channel. The stream is sent from the service's server, around the clock or only in the hours you choose.
How it works for a sleep or ambient stream
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Upload the recording
One video is enough. Upload your rain, fireplace or white noise recording as MP4, MOV, MKV or WEBM; the service converts it to a streaming format.
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Loop it or build a playlist
Turn on loop for a single video, or put several recordings in a playlist, in your own order or shuffled.
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Choose when it is on air
Stream 24/7, or only in set hours and on set days in your time zone — for example, from 22:00 to 07:00.
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Connect the channel and start
Connect your YouTube channel with your Google account. The service creates the broadcast and keeps it running.
What AutoStream does for a sleep or ambient stream
One video on a loop
A single recording is enough. With loop on, it starts again when it ends, for as long as the stream runs.
Night hours or 24/7
Stream around the clock, or only in a window you set in your time zone, on the days you choose.
Nothing stays on at home
The stream is sent to YouTube from the service's server. Your computer can be off overnight, and no streaming software is needed.
Restart after a failure
If the stream drops, the service restarts it automatically and writes the event to the log.
A new broadcast every few hours
With the channel connected through your Google account, the service ends a broadcast after the number of hours you set and starts a new one.
Full HD picture
The stream goes out in Full HD 1080p at 30 fps.
What it does not do and does not promise
Better to know this before you sign up than after.
It does not make the recording
The service does not record or generate sounds or video. You upload your own recording as a video file; audio-only files are not accepted.
It does not mix or edit
No layering of rain over a fireplace, and no crossfade between the end of a loop and its start. Files play as you uploaded them.
Storage is limited
Long recordings take space. How much video fits depends on the plan.
No 4K or 60 fps
The stream goes out in Full HD 1080p at 30 fps.
Rights to the content
You are responsible for the rights to what you stream. A rain, fireplace or other ambient recording — the sound and the picture — has to be your own or licensed to you for this use. AutoStream does not check or clear rights. This is a practical note, not legal advice.
YouTube's rules
YouTube sets the platform rules and changes them without us. Its rules on repetitive and reused content apply to looped streams, and the channel owner is responsible for what is streamed.
No guaranteed result
AutoStream does not guarantee channel monetization, revenue, views, subscribers or any other audience result. What comes of a stream depends on your content and on the platform's rules.
Questions about this kind of stream
Can I stream one long video on a loop?
Yes. One video is enough: with loop on, it plays again from the start when it ends. The stream runs until you stop it or until the schedule window closes.
Can the stream run only at night?
Yes. Set the hours and days in your time zone, for example from 22:00 to 07:00. Outside that window the stream is off, and the service starts it again when the window opens.
Will the loop be seamless?
The service plays your file again from the start when it ends. It does not blend the end into the beginning. If the loop should not be noticeable, make the recording begin and end the same way before you upload it.
How much video can I store?
It depends on the plan. Storage is counted by stream-ready files: after upload the service converts the video to the streaming format. The free trial gives 5 GB; the numbers for each plan are on the pricing page.
What happens if the stream drops at night?
The service restarts it automatically and writes the event to the log. How the service's streams are doing right now is on the public status page: uptime there is measured every minute.
You can start your first stream today
Upload one video and turn on the schedule. The service does the rest.