A schedule is the adjustment of an upcoming program in a set time window with start and end time within the live streaming signal itself.
The steps to create a schedule are as follows:
1. We must go to the live signal that is going to be used for this purpose (live module). Once there, go to the Schedules section and click on the "+" sign:
2. Once inside, the displayed interface is divided into 5 parts:
2.1 Main Information:
In this section the most important data for the schedule operation are configured, it should be noted that not all of them are required. The information assigned in these fields will be reflected in the corresponding media if the schedule is configured with automatic recording, these fields are as follows::
Title: a name is assigned to the particular event.
Description: add a specific description for the schedule (optional).
Code: in case a specific coding is required to be stored for this schedule (optional).
Categories: is assigned to a specific category within those created in the media module (optional).
Recurrency: the time and date of the schedule are assigned, 2 different scheduling options are provided as required: One Time for the creation of a single schedule and Recurrent for the creation of a recurring schedule, which will be repetitive at a certain time..
3. Recurrency configuration for the schedule:
Platform provides two configuration options for the recurrence, no matter which one you choose, you must fill in the date and time fields when the schedule will start and end.
3.1 One time:
It is the most basic to configure, and it adjusts to the scheduling of events within the same day, you only have to assign the date from and to, along with the corresponding start and end time. Once this is done, the changes are saved and the other sections of the interface are configured.
The date and time of the start is reflected in the live stream:
3.2 Recurrent:
Unlike the One Time, the recurrent must have an estimated end date for several days, weeks, months or years according to the requirement of the same. Using the example above, the image below shows the same configuration as before, but in a range of one year.
Then, you must assign the frequency with which this schedule will be activated, according to the days of the week scheduled for this purpose, in this example, it will be assigned from Monday to Friday, additionally, you set the Start time and the Duration of the program, 10:00 am and 2 hours and a half respectively.
These schedules are reflected in the live without showing the date, only the start time:
Note: you must remember the start date of the schedule, because if you set a previously established date, platform will ignore it and will display the following message on the screen:
4. Then it is the turn of the settings in the Options fields:
Record Automatically: You must select it so that once the transmission is finished, the content is saved in Media as video. When activated, 3 additional boxes are shown: Autopublish, Inherit geo restrictions and inherit Custom Attributes configured in the schedule.
Featured: Used in OTT to display the event in the featured carousel.
Not Sellable: Used in OTT to indicate that the schedule content is not available for PPV sales..
Blackout: The content will not be available to users, will disconnect those who are connected and will display a blocking notice. This type of blocking still overrides geo-restriction. You can see how to set it up by clicking on the button below.
Live Restream: in case the configured schedule must be re-transmitted, by activating this checkbox and if there is a live restreaming configuration within the corresponding live signal, once the schedule starts, the stream will be automatically published in the configured social network or rtmp service, if you have more than one, they can be selected easily. The transmissions made by this method will not be available to the user and will prevail over the geoblocking
5. The next step is to complete the Geo restrictions field in case you need to apply this type of limitation:
You can deny it for certain countries, allow it for one or more, or simply make it available anywhere in the world.
6. The module gives the option to make use of the customized Attributes in Custom Attributes to the media generated through the schedule:
7. If the schedule has an active automatic recording, you can link the generated media directly into the respective show and season, it will be automatically available as a new episode in the assigned show.
Once you are ready, simply save the changes and you will have your schedule configured.
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Atte. The Mediastream Team
