Solution
Live Streaming Platform
Point a standard RTMP encoder at your ingest endpoint and viewers watch over HLS in the same player as the rest of your library. That is the flow. What matters more for a business event is the detail around it: recording is something you turn on per stream and your plan has to carry, scheduling covers prerecorded streams you have validated, and encrypted live playback is not available. All three are set out below rather than left for the week of the event.
The room, and everyone who could not be in it
Scope and limits
What live streaming includes
Four mechanisms, each described with the condition that bounds it. A capability your plan does not carry is not a capability you have on the day.
- RTMP ingest, HLS playbackStandard RTMP encoders
- Point the encoder you already use at your DynTube ingest endpoint; viewers watch over HLS in the same player as the rest of your library. Encoders differ in their settings and defaults, so test yours against the endpoint before the event rather than on the day.
- SchedulingPrerecorded streams, one-off or recurring
- A prerecorded stream can be scheduled as a single event or on a repeating pattern, validated when you save it. Arbitrary external video URLs are not supported as a source.
- RecordingOpt-in, plan-gated, per stream
- Recording is a choice you make on each stream, and your plan has to include it. When it is enabled and available, the stream is captured in segments and saved into the video project you select — it is not an instant finished on-demand copy, and nothing is recorded unless you asked for it.
- Audience accessConfigured, and different from on-demand
- Access control for a live stream is not the same mechanism as for on-demand video, so decide what the audience needs — and how it is enforced — while you still have time to test it.
Running one
What a business event actually takes
Five steps, in the order they bite. Most live incidents are decisions taken too late rather than failures on the night.
- 01
Decide live or prerecorded, early
- 02
Confirm recording against your plan
- 03
Settle access while there is time to test it
- 04
Test the encoder against the endpoint
- 05
Plan the archive before the event, not after
Common questions
Live streaming questions
Answered against what the live flow currently does.
Is every stream recorded automatically?
No. Recording is opt-in per stream and your plan has to include it — an earlier version of this page said it was automatic, which was wrong and has been removed. When you do enable it, the stream is captured in segments and written into the project you select; it is not published as a finished on-demand video the moment you stop broadcasting.
Can I encrypt a live stream?
Not today. Encrypted live playback is not available: a plan may expose the option and the dashboard may show the control, but an encrypted live stream is rejected when you save it. If your event needs restricted access, plan it around the access controls that do exist rather than around encryption, and talk to us in advance if the requirement is firm.
What encoder do I need?
A standard RTMP encoder pointed at your ingest endpoint. We are not going to claim every piece of streaming software works identically, because encoders differ in settings, defaults and how they behave when a connection degrades. Test the one you intend to use, from the place you intend to use it, before the event.
Can I schedule a stream in advance?
Yes, for prerecorded streams: a scheduled stream can run once or on a repeating pattern, and it is validated when you save it. Arbitrary external video URLs are not supported as a source, so the material has to be in your library first.
Put this on your own pages, under your own rules
Confirm recording and access against your plan, rehearse the encoder from the real room, and decide where the archive lands before the event rather than after.