Livestreams are a big part of your Community offering and being to manage them is crucial. Let's see what options are available to you.
There are a few ways to tailor your Livestreams to your Community, including making them available to certain subscribers too.
If you haven't Live-streamed before, we would recommend taking a look at the following two articles to learn how:
Let's begin by heading to the Console and then selecting Content from the left hand menu. From there, select the option for Livestreams.
The Recordings Page:
This initial page shows you a breakdown of the data from your last Livestream. This information can be very helpful in helping you tailor your Livestream offering and understand the impact it is happening on your Community. You can learn more about this data here.
To the right of the Livestream data, you will see the option to Download the individual Livestream session. You may find this handy if you intend to edit the video and Post snippets of it to your Community or perhaps for your Social Media advertising.
It is important to note though, that depending on the date of the Livestream, the video file will be downloadable in one of two formats:
- If the Livestream occurred before July 2024, it will be downloaded in a .flv file format. So before you upload it back to the Community, you will need to use a video file converter.
- If the Livestream occurred after July 2024, it will be downloaded in a .mp4 file format.
The Settings Page:
If you tap the Settings tab, you will be taken to the Livestream settings page.
Here you can set a blanket restriction for your Community that only paid subscribers can have access to your Livestreams. This is great if your Community has a Soft Paywall, or if you have Multiple Subscription Tiers available to your Community.
If you do have multiple subscription tiers, you will be able to select a specific tier to restrict Livestreams to if you would like.
This can help you clearly distinguish between different offerings in your Community. Just don't forget to press Publish if you do make any changes here!