Event Automation and Event Duration

Each Event and every Client Package tier supports Auomating an Event's Start and Stop time. When either Auto Start or Auto Stop are toggled on, the Live Stream will begin automatically so long as the Encoder assigned to the Event is feeding a Video Stream to our system.

Best practices

Pre-roll and Starting Paused

To ensure your Event goes Live at the intended time, we recommend at least a 5 minute Pre-roll (Going live prior to the Event's start). This helps prevent issues where our System may be scaling resources to meet Live Streaming demands.

On average, our system takes 3 to 5 minutes to start a Live Stream on your Event. In conjunction with the Pre-roll as defined below, we also provide a "Go to Break After Start" feature which will start your stream in a Paused state, allowing you to switch over to Live immediately when you need it to without waiting for our system to scale.

Glossary

Start Date Time

Event Details: General Tab

The Start Date and Time dictates when the Event is scheduled to Start.

Estimated Runtime

Event Details: General Tab

Default value: 1 hour (01:00)

The Estimated Runtime is an estimation of the Event's duration, and its purpose is to show users in the Control Center how long the Event will be live for within the Calendar Event's List view (see attached picture)

Note:

This value is never shared on the User-facing viewing portals such as our Embedded Player or Channel Listings

Auto Start and Auto Stop Toggles

Event Details: Automation Tab

Default values: OFF

These will tell our system to either Go Live or Stop a Live stream at the specified times:

• Auto Start references the Start Date/Time fields (in the General Tab)
• Auto Stop references the Stop Date/Time fields (in the Automation Tab)

Preroll

Event Details: Automation Tab

Default value: None

A "Preroll" is a Select input which lists 1 minute increments from 1 to 30, and if a value is selected while Auto Start is toggled ON, the Event will go Live by the selected option of minutes before the corresponding, user-provided Start Time.

Go to Break After Start

Event Details: Automation Tab

Default value: OFF

In certain cases users may want to start a Meeting in a "Paused" (i.e. an "On Break") state. This allows you to record media in our System withough presenting it to the user immediately.

Note:

We do not provide a way to Automate of coming out or going back into state from a Break/Paused after the Event gone Live; Control Center users/technicians will have to perform this action manually.

Break Override

Event Details: Player Tab

Default value: OFF

In certain cases users may want to keep streaming your Event while it's in a On Break / Paused state (e.g. when you have technicians Streaming a video slate). You can use the

Use Case:

The best use case for this option is when you want to track the Pause break events and have them appear on our Video Editor's interface.

Note:

This toggle is by Event, so everytime you will need it you will have to Toggle it ON for each new Event.

Reference Images

Event Start Date/Time and Estimated Runtime

Event Automation Tab

Pause Break Override