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Getting started with Restream Events
Getting started with Restream Events
Learn how to schedule events for your main social channels and get a shareable link in advance with Restream Events.
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Written by Paul Nguyen
Updated over a week ago

With Restream Events, you can schedule a live stream in advance and share the link with your audience!

In this article, we will cover:

🧐 How to use Restream Events?

  1. Navigate to your Restream Dashboard and click on the Schedule Event button.

  2. Choose the way you want to stream: via Restream Studio, Encoder or Video File.
    πŸ’‘ You can switch between Studio and Encoder later if you change your mind.

  3. Fill in the following details and then press "Next":

    • Stream Title,

    • Description of your stream,

    • Date and time you plan to go live,

    • Check the Create an event on social platforms box if you want the event to create a notification in advance (currently, on LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube only),

    • Thumbnail option; you can upload a custom image to use as a preview before you go live. (Recommended size: 1280 x 720).

  4. Toggle on all the platforms you would like to stream to and press the Create Event button.
    πŸ’‘ When you schedule an event on Facebook via Restream events, it will create a Facebook Online Event. Announcement posts will not be automatically posted to your personal Facebook profile's timeline. Instead, the new event will be created on the Facebook Events page.

  5. You will be offered to invite Guests to your stream and allow your guests to stream this event on their channels. Copy the link to share it with your guests and press "Done". You can access this link later as well.

    Create a Restream Event

    The event is now created πŸš€

βž• Additional information

  • We create a unique streaming key and Studio link for each of your Scheduled Events:
    - Start streaming from Restream Studio using the "Enter Studio" option under the Restream Event or
    - Copy the unique stream key for your software if you are going live from OBS or another encoder by clicking on "RTMP Settings" under the event.

  • To duplicate finished or missed events, open the Events page and press the 3 dots icon beside the past event.

    Getting started with Restream Events

🧐 How to get a shareable link to the Event?

You can get sharable links to your events on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.

  1. Click the channel icons under the created event.

  2. Press the "View Event" button. You will be forwarded to the event URL. You can then copy it and share it with your followers.


πŸ‘‰ Next steps

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