About: The Breaking Live feature instantly switches the input source for all destinations to a preconfigured live stream. Trigger Breaking Live via a button click to publish the selected live stream. Breaking Live does not block the playlist and can be edited as usual while Breaking Live is active. Stopping Breaking Live switches back to the playlist program.
Not sure how to start?
→ Learn how to configure the Breaking Live live stream.
Start Breaking Live
To start Breaking Live:
- Click on "Breaking Live" near the timeline and output preview.
In the preview, you see the live stream that is selected for Breaking Live which also can be changed here. To start:
- Click Activate to start Breaking Live.
Stop Breaking Live
To stop the Breaking Live:
- Press "Stop Breaking Live" on the red banner.
Your scheduled program progresses while Breaking Live is active. Once you stop Breaking Live, your broadcast continues at the current point in time of your playlist.
Instead of pressing Stop Breaking Live, you can also press the Skip button and then:
- select Skip out of Breaking Live to have a smooth transition into the next playlist element.
Use Pre-roll and Post-roll bumper
When using Breaking Live, you can set up a pre-roll bumper or a post-roll bumper to play a video asset before switching to Breaking Live and/or when leaving Breaking Live and switching back to the playlist content. The bumper can be canceled anytime or changed if it has not started yet.
To use a video asset as a bumper you have to move it into the system folder "Bumper assets" (5).
To set up a bumper when activating Breaking Live,
- activate the "Use Bumper" (6) switch in the Breaking Live preview and
- select a video for the "pre-roll" and/or "post-roll" (7) from the dropdown.
The bumper will then be played before the Breaking Live live stream.
If you want to cut directly to the live stream you can simply "cancel" (8) the bumper. Otherwise, the switch to the live stream will automatically happen when the bumper has played.
A post-roll bumper behaves in a similar way. If it is set you will notice the additional banner under the breaking live indicating the name, duration, and a cancel button.
The post-roll bumper will be played once the Stop Breaking Live button is clicked.
If you want to cancel the post-roll bumper you can do so by
- clicking "Cancel Bumper", and it will directly cut back to the playlist.
If Breaking Live is stopped with a "Skip" (10) the post-roll bumper will still be played.