Live stream: Schedule a live stream to social platforms

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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. If necessary, below Advanced options, 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, 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 in the steps above 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 or LinkedIn, an event is created on the platforms to notify your followers about the upcoming event. 
17. Hover over the platform logo and click the external link icon to see how your stream setup looks on the destination platform and copy the event link.

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. Under each destination platform, use the event picker to choose the relevant event.
   If Stream directly (no event) or any other name is present, your event won't go live.
   • For events scheduled to Facebook, an event picker will not be visible, however the stream will go live on the event if you are connected to your Facebook destination.
7. At the bottom of the studio, click Go live to start the live stream and recording.
   It can take around 10 seconds for the video to appear on the sites you are live streaming to.

Good to know

• To delete a scheduled live stream, remove the event on Riverside and delete the event from the destination platform.
• To reschedule an event on LinkedIn, you must do so directly on LinkedIn. Changes made in the Riverside event do not reflect on LinkedIn after initial scheduling.
• On platforms that do not support scheduling in advance (e.g., Twitch, X or Facebook), 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 or LinkedIn, the connection to the scheduled session ends. Restarting will create a new stream that viewers are not automatically directed to.

Learn more

• Managing audience studio access
• See your live stream as a viewer
• Best practices for live streaming
• Live stream to existing Facebook Live event