Live stream: Schedule a live stream to social platforms

« To Live streaming: Overview

Step by step

1. Log in to your Riverside account.
2. Navigate to the relevant studio.
3. From the sidebar on the left, click Planner.

4. In the top right corner of the date you want to schedule the live stream on, click the Schedule icon.
5. From the dropdown, click Session.
6. Add a title. 
7. Verify the correct date, time, and time zone.
8. Add a description.
9. Add the email of any guest speakers you would like to invite. 
10. Below Advanced options, (if necessary), toggle on Play pre-recorded content and click +Choose file to add content to the studio so it will be ready to play during the session.
11. Toggle on Live stream destinations. 
12. Click Add thumbnail to upload a custom thumbnail image. This image will appear as the preview for your scheduled stream on Riverside and supported social media platforms.
    Only PNG or JPG files are supported.
13. Next to the desired live stream destination (YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.), toggle on .
14. To customize each platform, click the three dots next to the destination, then select Edit details.

    • From the panel, you can edit each platform's custom title, description, privacy settings, and thumbnail.

      By default, the details you initially added will appear across all destinations.

15. If no social media platforms are connected, click Add destination to set it up.
16. Click Create session.
    If you are live streaming to YouTube, Facebook or LinkedIn, an event is created on the platforms to notify your followers about the upcoming event. 
17. Next to each destination, click Copy link. 
    Share the link over email, social media posts, text messages, etc. for people to join the live stream.
18. Hover over the platform logo and click the external link icon to see how your stream setup looks on the destination platform, 

Start scheduled live stream

1. Navigate to the relevant studio.
2. From the sidebar on the left, click Planner.
3. On the calendar, find the scheduled live stream and click it to open the event summary.
4. Click Start session.
5. Join the studio as a host or a producer.
   The scheduled live stream destinations are already toggled on .
6. At the bottom of the studio, click Go live to start the live stream and recording.
   It can take around 30 seconds for the video to appear on the sites you are live streaming to.

Good to know

• To remove a destination, you must toggle it off on Riverside and delete it on the respective platform.
• To delete a scheduled livestream, you must remove the event on Riverside. This will remove the scheduled event from the destination. 
• To reschedule an event on LinkedIn, you must do so directly on LinkedIn. Changes made in the Riverside event do not reflect on LinkedIn.
• On platforms that do not support scheduling in advance (e.g., Twitch, X), your stream will go live immediately when you start it from Riverside, but no pre-scheduled, public-facing placeholder for your upcoming stream will be generated.
• You can stream to an existing social media event if that event provides a stream key and URL. Connect Riverside to the event via RTMP to stream, and be sure to follow all directions on the destination platform.
• If you stop a scheduled live stream to YouTube, Facebook, or LinkedIn, the connection to the scheduled session ends. Restarting will create a new stream that viewers are not automatically directed to.
• When scheduling a live stream to a Facebook profile for the first time, you may need to update your Facebook audience permissions.

Learn more

• Managing audience studio access
• See your live stream as a viewer
• Best practices for live streaming