Broadcast recorded content
Before you start
Currently, Live Events does not provide a native way to broadcast pre-recorded content to your stage. However, you can achieve this by leveraging a platform like Restream. See below for how to connect Live Events <> Restream to broadcast your pre-recorded content.
What is Restream?
Restream is a streaming platform that allows you to broadcast live video to 30+ social networks at the same time. This includes being able to upload a pre-recorded video file and stream it to simulate it being "live".
Connecting Live Events and Restream to stream a video file to a stage
- Sign up for an account on Restream. You will need a paid Restream account in order to stream an uploaded file.
- On your Restream dashboard, select Add Destination
- Select Custom RTMP on the bottom row
- From your Live Events Stage settings, copy the RTMP URL and Stream Key
- Paste the details into the Restream channel settings.
- Select Add Channel
- Upload your pre-recorded video file(s) to Restream. This will take a little while to upload, depending on the size of your video. Leave the window open while it uploads.
Note: You may hit upload limits and may need to upgrade your Restream plan if your video is too big.
- In Restream, select Event in the menu
- Select Video File to schedule your video stream
- Select the uploaded file you want to broadcast to your stage and
- Enter the details for your event.
- On the final settings page of your Restream event, enable the new RTMP channel you created.
- Set the date and time you want the video file to be "broadcasted" to your stage. Ideally the date and time line up with a session on your agenda within Live Events.
- That's it! Now, on the date and time you specified in Restream, your video file will begin broadcasting to your stage on Live Events, just as if you were broadcasting live.
As always, let us know if you have any questions in getting your event on Live Events set up.