How to Setup a Horizontal Livestream Event

Learn the steps needed to present a horizontal Livestream

  1. Navigate to the Business portal, then click on "Create Livestream Event" and choose "Horizontal" as the orientation option.

                                             

2.  Select the "Trailer" option to upload a horizontal trailer for your livestream, and choose "Thumbnails" to upload a horizontal poster. If you do not upload any media, the default Firework poster will be displayed.

  • Sizing requirements =  16:9 1920 x 1080p

3.   Select Go live using an external sources, then enter in the Stream Key and Stream URL into your external media. When ready to go live, start streaming from your external media and click Go Live in the Business Portal. Be sure to end your streams once finished. 

Additionally, if you have a pre-recorded event in horizontal format, you can go live using Media assets.

 

Looking for an external streaming media or are already leveraging OBS? See more around OBS steps here.