Recording live presentations

You will create live presentations in advance on Mediasite and they will be available for viewing as you are recording.

To record a live presentation, you must connect the Recorder on the network to Mediasite and a media (content) server. The content server streams the recorded audio and video, while Mediasite streams the recorded images. Mediasite supports MPEG-DASH and RTMP for live presentations.

For more information on creating presentations, see the Mediasite Content Manager Guide available at https://docs.mediasite.com..

1. Click Open. If you did not save your login credentials when connecting the Recorder to Mediasite, a login dialog appears. Enter your username and password. Click OK. The Find Presentation dialog box appears.

2. Navigate to the folder containing your presentation or enter the presentation’s title and click Search.

4. Click Go Live to start recording the presentation. The presentation will automatically stream to your audience using the appropriate content server.

5. Use the output routing feature in the Inputs tab to switch input sources to different outputs while a presentation is recording.

6. Click Pause to stop recording temporarily, for example, if you want to change cameras. Click Go Live to resume recording.

The video fades to black when you pause recording and transitions out of black once you resume recording. While the presentation is paused, the last image captured is displayed and the audio is muted, and a message indicating the paused recording status is displayed to the audience.

7. Click Stop to stop recording the presentation. The Recorder will take approximately 60 seconds to terminate the video stream. The audio is silent during this time and the video fades to black. This pause ensures that users will be able to view the video until it ends.

Once the recording has stopped completely, the recorded presentation will be listed in the Presentations tab. If the presentation was configured for automatic publishing, it will be available on Mediasite shortly afterward.

If the presentation you are recording overlaps with an automated recording, you will receive a message indicating that your recording will be terminated automatically due to an upcoming automated presentation. Presentations scheduled for automated recording take precedence over manually recorded presentations. For more information, see Managing Schedules.

Note that when you record an audio-only presentation, the Recorder will capture the video and allow you to monitor the recording sessions. However, the video will not be available for playback in Mediasite Player.