Live events

Pick how your event goes live

Choose between attaching an existing feed, pushing from your own encoder, or scheduling an unattended camera.

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The Stream card on every event decides where the picture comes from. There are three ways to get a signal into an event, and none of them needs new equipment. Choose one when you create the event. You can change it until the day, but not while you’re on air.

The three source modes

Source mode tileWhat you doBest forWhere you watch it in the Studio
M · Manual (Pick a Live Feed)Pick a feed you already have. The event streams whatever it broadcasts during the event window.A venue camera or channel you run every weekStudio → Feed Console → Feed Hub
A · Automatic (Get an RTMP ingest URL)Save the event, copy its push address and key into OBS, vMix or a hardware encoder, and start streaming.A crew with an encoder at the venueStudio → Feed Console → Event Hub
C · CamScheduler (RTMP ingest, from a chosen camera)The event gets its own push address, and you name the camera that pushes into it on schedule.Unattended cameras that start and stop with the windowStudio → Feed Console → Event Hub

Attach an existing feed (Manual)

  1. 1
    Check the feed exists

    Make sure the camera is listed in Studio → Feed Console → Feeds.

  2. 2
    Pick Manual

    In the event’s Stream card, click M · Manual.

  3. 3
    Choose the feed

    In Feed, search for and select the feed. A note confirms “Stream URL is managed by the feed”.

  4. 4
    Save

    Click SAVE CHANGES. The feed’s picture appears on the watch page when the window opens, and is taken away again when it closes.

Push from your encoder (Automatic)

  1. 1
    Pick Automatic

    Click A · Automatic. The card reads “Save the event first to mint a unique RTMP ingest URL.”

  2. 2
    Save once

    Click SAVE CHANGES. The RTMP ingest URL and Secret key boxes fill in. Before the first save they say “Available after save”.

  3. 3
    Copy both values

    Click each box to copy it, then paste them into your encoder’s server and stream key fields. Encoder setup shows where they go in OBS and vMix.

  4. 4
    Go live early

    Start your encoder a few minutes before the start time, and check the event’s card in Studio → Feed Console → Event Hub.

The Studio
The event’s Stream card with A · Automatic selected, showing the RTMP ingest URL and Secret key boxes after saving.

Schedule an unattended camera (CamScheduler)

  1. 1
    Pick CamScheduler

    Click C · CamScheduler.

  2. 2
    Name the camera

    In Camera, choose which camera pushes to this event. Every feed on the platform is listed.

  3. 3
    Save

    Click SAVE CHANGES. The ingest details appear just as they do for Automatic, and the event shows as CamScheduler in the Events list’s Mode column.

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