Upload an MP4 or Mov Video File to a Session
If you have pre-recorded videos, you can upload the file to a session and it will play during the session schedule. You can upload MP4 or MOV files up to 10GB. After creating your main stage or regular session, choose Direct Upload as your stream provider.
Open the session for editing
Select the Broadcasting tab
On Stream Provider, select Direct Upload
Click Browse and select the file from your computer
Wait for your video to upload successfully. You will know if it's uploaded if you see the Preview button.
Notes:
Depending on the size of your file, allow additional time for Accelevents to process the video file before it is available for preview. This can take as long as the duration of your video.
A recorded video can only be uploaded to the Main Stage or Regular session type.
You can upload only one video while setting it up. When the session ends, you'll have an option to add more videos.
You cannot have a combination of recorded videos and live videos when using Direct Upload.
Add Caption Files to Your Uploaded Video
A field to upload a caption file will appear after uploading your video. For MP4 videos, you can upload captions in .srt or .vtt formats. For other video formats, .srt works. To see if the caption works, you can click the Preview button after uploading.
Start / Stop the Recorded Video Broadcast
In the setting you'll see the options to automatically start the broadcast or manually start it. If you select the auto-play, the option to manually start it will be hidden.
The Start Now button can only be click if the session schedule is now. If you manually started the broadcast, you'll see the button change to Broadcast Started, you can click this if you want to stop the broadcast. If you stop it in the middle of the video and restart it, it will play from the start of the video.
If your video is shorter than your session schedule, at the end of the video, attendees will see the last frame of the video. The video will not loop. If you want it to play again, you can click the Broadcast Started button and re-broadcast it by clicking Start Now.
If the video recording is longer than your session schedule, it will continuously play even after the session has ended. If the session has already ended, the broadcast started button will be hidden, so if you want to stop the broadcast, adjust the session end time to a future time.
Notes:
In the virtual event hub browser, if an attendee leaves the session and returns, it will resume playing from the timestamp when the attendee leaves.
Direct Upload sessions viewed in the attendee app will always start from the start of the video, it's not based on the session schedule.
Due to browser auto-play policies, the video may not auto-play for some browsers and browser versions. Check this article for more information.
Manage The Video Recording When The Session Ends
When the session ends, the Broadcast tab changes to the Recording tab, where you can see your uploaded video and other options like upload more video recordings, preview, download, create a clip, edit the details and delete.
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