Changing Live Streaming Destination

BROADCAST CENTER

Changing streaming destinations

By default your smart court is configured to stream to PSSN – PlaySight Sports Network. When streaming to PSSN you enjoy all the benefits of our advanced OTT capabilities, including content monetization, public media channel, multi angle video player and more,.

However, on some occasions you might want to stream out side of the PlaySight network and for this we give you full control over you streaming destination platform.

Selecting A new destination for your stream

When starting or scheduling a new session, you will find the Change Platform option, on the second step of the session wizard. Clicking on it will take you to the destinations manager.

STEP 1:

Click on Change Platform

STEP 2:

When you enter the destinations manager you will see the current streaming destination. PlaySight will be selected by default. If you wish to change the streaming destination for a single session make sure the checkbox for keeping PlaySight destination as default is ticked.

When this box is ticked, the selected streaming destination will only apply to the current session which is being set, any session after this or before (in case of scheduled session), will continue to use PlaySight as a streaming platform.

If this box is unchecked, every session from this session onward will use the selected streaming destination.

Click the Change Platform button in order to select your new destination.

STEP 3:

Selecting streaming destination interface allows you to select any of your previously used destinations or create a new one. PlaySight destination will always be at the top of the list. You can search for your destination by text search or by scrolling down the list.

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Make sure to give proper names to the destinations you create as this will assist you in searching and associated them correctly. If you have multiple courts and need to associate a destination with a certain court, you may use the court name as part of your destination name. For example: Court 3 ESPN. If you know that your RTMP URL will expire after you use it you can name it Facebook TEMP, or what ever will help you understand this destination in the future.

NOTE

Please be aware that once a session has started streaming, you will not be able to change destination point. If you will need to change the destination you will need to stop the session and restart it with the correct settings. It is highly recommended to check that your destination is valid and still accepted by the destination provider. If you are scheduling a session in advance, make sure your push point will not expre by the time your session will start. Some providers work with persistent RTMP links and some are changing them constantly. Make sure what type of RTMP you are using. Your provider or social network should be able to provide this info.

Create A new destination point

There are 2 ways in which you can create a new streaming destination,

1. From the session wizard while creating or scheduling a new session by clicking on the NEW button above your destinations list (

STEP 1

Date: Select the date and the start time of your session.

Title, duration and description as described above in the session settings section.

STEP 2

Select session type and streaming / recording modes as described above in the session settings section.

STEP 3

Review your scheduled session summary and save or modify as required.

NOTE

You cannot schedule 2 different sessions on the same court at the same time. trying to do so will prompt a conflict notification. To solve the conflict you need to either change the current session you are trying to schedule or go to the scheduled sessions list and remove the conflicting session.

Scheduled sessions list

Your scheduled sessions appears under the Scheduled section of the broadcast center (1)

You can filter the list by date range and by courts (2).

Use the editing tools to modify or remove your session.

Edit session settings

Session summary info

Delete session

Continuous session (loop)

A continuous session allows you to record or stream multiple consecutive sessions. This can be applied to a scheduled session or to an immediate session.

When setting up a new session you can select the continuous option if you wish to record / stream more than one session. This may assist you in managing a tournament day with multiple games or any day long activity.

When selecting this option, all sessions within the loop will appear on the scheduled sessions list (except from a currently running session if there is one). From the scheduled sessions list you can modify each one of the sessions individually – including duration or to rename or remove unnecessary slots.

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Avoid using this feature when it is not required, as day long sessions may result in taking unnecessary storage.

NOTE

Continuous sessions will only continue to loop until the end of the same day of the first session in the loop. This means that the last session of the loop my have a shorter duration than the ones before.

The number of sessions on the continuous loop depends on the session duration and the time of the first session.