How To Record Your Event While Streaming

The EventLive mobile app, EventLive for Mac and EventLive for Windows are designed to save a local backup while you stream. EventLive also records the video that reaches its servers. These recordings can differ if the internet connection drops.

Check that both are working

1. Start your event using the app’s broadcast controls.
2. Check the live status and the local recording indicator separately.
3. Pay attention to low-storage or recording warnings. Live streaming may continue even when the phone is no longer saving a backup.

Keep enough storage available for the whole event. Local recording depends on device support, settings and free space.

Using EventLive for Mac?

Record a copy on this Mac in Video Settings is on by default. While you're live, EventLive saves a high-quality copy in Movies › EventLive, and REC shows at the top of the Studio. It keeps recording even if the internet drops. A 1080p copy uses about 4.5 GB per hour, and EventLive skips it if the Mac has less than 3 GB free. See How to Go Live from Your Mac.

Using EventLive for Windows?

Record a copy on this PC in Studio settings is on by default. While you're live, EventLive saves a high-quality copy in Videos › EventLive, and REC shows at the top of the Studio. It keeps recording even if the internet drops. A 1080p copy uses about 4.5 GB per hour (about 7 GB on PCs that send H.264), and EventLive skips it if the PC has less than 3 GB free. See How to Go Live from Your PC.

Using OBS or another encoder?

Enable local recording in that software or device if you want a backup. EventLive cannot automatically save a file on every external encoder.

After the stream

Check your saved recording and the event’s replay. Open the event’s download options when the server recording is ready. If the local copy contains footage missing from the replay, use Manage Video to upload it and carefully choose whether to add or replace footage.

You can take breaks and resume during the event’s streaming window. Use a free test to check both live delivery and recording before the event.

Run a free test with Start free test to see how many hours of footage your phone can record. Tap that indicator to see how many GB of storage remain. EventLive stops local recording when free storage reaches 1 GB, leaving space so the phone does not become severely full. Check the local recording indicator separately from the live status.