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Statistics Tab

• Visit the ‘Statistics’ section if you want to:
• View data relating to your Channel
• View data related to selected video(s)
• By default, the Statistics section presents the data for the whole Channel (for all videos)
• The data can be filtered by
• Start date – filter by content published on or after this date
• End date – filter by content published up to and on this date
• Range – filters based on the date of publishing the video, automatically defines the start and end dates
• Title – list of all your published videos
• Select one video or multiple videos at a time
• When you use any filter, it will apply to the data shown (the data fields are automatically refreshed)

Please note: Statistics are updated once daily on Recast for Business

Definition of each statistic

Total Purchases: The sum of all purchases of your video(s) from this Channel (in the selected period and for selected videos)

Total Earnings: The sum of all your earnings across your Channel for purchases, shared video purchases (in the selected period and for selected videos)

Earnings Direct: The total of all your earnings from your own videos

Earnings From Videos You Share: The sum of your earnings from others’ videos after being shared by or on this Channel (in the selected time period)

Total Referrals: Total number of Users who have signed up after following a referral link from this brand's account

No. Referrals Spent 200: Total number of Users who have spent 200 Cast Credits after signing up after following a referral link from this brand's account

Avg. Earnings per Video: The average earnings amount per video (in the selected period and for selected videos)

Avg. Daily Referrals: The average per day of the number of Users who have signed up after following a referral link from this brand's account

Total Purchases From Shares: Quantity of all purchases made by Users from links you shared to others’ videos

Avg. Share Purchases Per Video: The average quantity of purchases generated from links you shared per selected video

Avg. Purchase Price: The average price of your videos (in the selected period and for selected videos)

Total Number of videos: The total quantity of all videos uploaded over time

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This guide explains how to manage a live stream using Recast, from establishing a connection with the broadcast software, to starting and ending your stream.

Create your Stream Input

Streaming with Recast requires you to connect your broadcasting equipment to Recast, using a stream input method. Recast supports live streaming using two different streaming protocols: RTMP or SRT. Those managing the stream will have a preference.

Please note: Recast’s SRT streaming option works on a Listener Mode basis. If you wish to use Caller mode, please select RTMP. If you are unsure, please get in touch at partnersupport@recastpay.com and we can assist.

One you've determined which streaming protocol you'd like to use, you need to set up the stream input:

1. Go to Technical Tools, and click Stream Inputs

2. Click the "+ Stream Input" button
3. Choose between RTMP and SRT, and then name it in accordance to the event / equipment it'll be connecting to i.e. "World Cup - Pitch 1 Camera"

4. Finally, copy all of the information on the details page - you'll need this when initiating the Test Stream in the next step.

SRT Example:

RTMP Example:

Connect your Stream

Firstly, make sure your streaming equipment is on, and that it's sending a signal to Recast via the stream input method you selected. You do this by inputing the information you copied from the step above into the relevant fields into your streaming solution.

For SRT this is typically the Endpoint, Stream ID and Passphrase.

For RTMP this either the Endpoint, the Stream Key, or a combination of both which makes up the Stream URL.

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Initiating your Stream

1. Go to Live Events, and click, Live & Upcoming
2. Find your Test Stream
3. Click 'start steaming' on the test event

4. When you click "Start streaming", select the Stream Input method you have just set up. Or you can use your own URL. The information you need to input into your streaming software is available to copy once more. If you're using SRT protocol we also provide a URL (a combination of the stream ID and Passphase) available to copy. This combination is needed for certain software e.g. OBS.

10. Click Setup Stream
11. Your stream will be set up and will begin previewing (please note this can take up to 1 minute).

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Starting your Stream

Once you have seen the preview you can click ‘Go live’ when you are ready to start the stream. The stream will then go live immediately on your Embed Widget(s).

If after a few minutes your steam is not appearing in the preview window, please contact Recast via our On Call support number provided or the dedicated WhatsApp group as the partnersupport@recast.tv inbox is not monitored 24/7.

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Auto Start Stream

You can now also set your stream to go live automatically simply by toggling on the Auto Start feature. Set up your stream using the above steps then, once you are happy with how things look, you can set the stream to go live automatically at the scheduled start time of the event.

Please note: You can only enable this earlier than 5 minutes before the scheduled start time.

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Managing Stream during broadcast

Once the stream is live, you can close the event page and return to it at any time in the ‘Live Events’ tab in Recast for Business. Click ‘manage streaming’ to return to where you were, or if you just want to view the stream itself, choose ‘view’. You can then view it as an admin in Recast for Business or via an embed widget.

Starting a previously scheduled live stream

Live streams scheduled for a future date/time can be accessed via the ‘Upcoming’ tab in the ‘Live Events’ section. ‘Start streaming’ will take you to the stream page to start the stream. The scheduled time/date and thumbnail can be changed via the ‘edit’ function.

Ending your stream

To end your stream, go to the ‘Live Events’ section of your Recast for Business page, click ‘Manage Streaming’ on the event and select ‘End Broadcast’. Once you have stopped a stream, there is no way to restart it. It takes around 1 minute to end the broadcast, please wait for the ‘stream deleted’ message to appear.

Edit Vendor Data

• If you are the Owner of a Vendor account, you are able to view and edit the Vendor Account information i.e. company name, VAT details, registered address.

• The option to edit this information is available by going to:
  
  • Settings
  • Vendor Details

Creating a new Brand Account

If you would like to create a new account, click here, sign up and create your new Vendor account and Brand.

Terms and Conditions

• Vendors will be asked to accept Recast’s terms and conditions during the onboarding process in Recast Publish. Where a Vendor has not agreed to the terms and conditions they won’t be able to set their channel live and will be prompted to agree before continuing

• The terms and conditions can be accepted during either the Vendor or Channel set-up process but must be accepted prior to making your content live.

View and manage your Admins

• Visit the ‘Brand Admins’ to:
  a. View all Brand Admins
  b. Add new Brand Admins
  c. Remove Brand Admins

• On the list of Brand Admins, you will find all users with Admin access to your brand.

Add New Brand Admin

• You can add a new Brand Admin once they have become a Recast User
• Insert the ‘Username’ of the Recast User who you want to become your Brand Admin
• The entire ‘Username’ is required – it is not possible to search for an email account
• Once you have inserted the ‘Username’ click on the ‘Add new admin’ button
• The User will be added as a Channel Admin
• If the incorrect ‘Username’ is inserted, you will see an error notification

TIP: A ‘Username’ can be found in Recast in the ‘account details' section of https://account.recast.tv/. If you do not know the correct ‘username’, please contact partnersupport@recast.tv

Remove a Channel Admin

• You can remove a Brand Admin using the ‘Remove’ button
• When you click ‘Remove’ you will have to confirm the Brand Admin’s removal
• a. By confirming, the Admin will be removed and will no longer have Admin access to the Brand.
• b. By cancelling, the Admin’s access to Brand management will remain in place
• Owners cannot remove their own details from the Brand Admin list. If you wish to do so, please get in touch with your Recast point of contact.

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Create a widget

To create a new Recast widget on your website select ‘Widgets’ on the left-hand menu in your Recast for Business account.

Then press ‘Add New’ at the top right of the screen to add a new widget. Any widgets you have created previously will be listed here.

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Enter the widget details

• Add a ‘Widget name’: This is for your own reference and should give a clear description of what the widget is for or the type of content that will be placed in it. This will help you easily identify it later in your widgets list.
• Add a ‘Widget heading’: This is the text that will be displayed above your videos on your site. You can leave this blank if you don’t want to display anything.
• My content / other brands content: You can choose to create a widget from content on your own Recast channel or if you are an affiliate of another channel(s), then you can create a widget using their content. To be added as an affiliate of another channel please contact partnersupport@recast.tv.
• Full channel view: This allows you to create widget that shows all the content published to your/an affiliate's channel. This will include the channel's title, logo, cover image, and available channel passes. The content on this widget can be reordered using the arrange content feature in Recast Publish
• Create with selected videos & events: Selecting this option takes you to step 2 in the create widget flow where you can choose specific content to include in you widget

Then press ‘Next’ to continue

Selecting content for your widget

• On-demand / live: A widget can only contain one type of content; you can choose between Live Streams or On-demand content. If you want to have multiple content types on your website you can create multiple widgets.
• Select videos: You can choose all videos, a custom selection, or videos from a specific category. You can include between 1 to 50 videos when selecting a specific set of videos.
• Order videos: You can choose how to order your videos on the widget.
• Date: For on-demand content, you can sort by ‘Latest’. This will show your videos by their publish date and for Live streams you can sort by ‘Start time’.
• Popularity: For both on-demand and Live streams you can also sort by ‘Popularity’. This is based on the number of recent purchases each video has.

Then press ‘Next’ to move to the next stage.

Styling your widget

You can apply your own custom styles to your widget. Use the colour picker or type in the hexcode of the colour you want to apply.

• Background colour: This will change the background colour of the widget container.
• Accent colour: This will change the date text on the video details page.
• Heading Font Colour: This will change the colour of the widget heading text that will display above the videos.
• Video Title Colour: This will change the colour of the text displaying the video titles.
• Meta Colour: This will change the colour of the supporting text.

You can also change the font that is displayed on the widget by typing the font family name into the text fields. For this to work correctly:

• The font name must already function on your site as we won’t load in any new fonts.
• The name needs to match exactly the font used on your site.

Then press ‘Next’ to move to the next stage.

As shown below, the styles selected will apply to the widget when it’s added on your website.

Coping the embed code

You will now be provided with the code that needs to be embedded onto your website. Press ‘Copy to clipboard’ to copy the code.

Then press ‘Finish’ to save the widget.

Adding a widget to your website

• You can copy the widget code either when creating the widget (as highlighted above), or you can return to the list view and press to view the code. You can then copy from there. The widget will fill the full width of the container it is placed in.
• Once you've copied your widget code, go to the web page on your website where you want it to live.
• How you add the code will depend on the website CMS software you use, but typically websites will allow you to toggle between a "visual" view and a "code" or "text" view in the text editor section.
• If you go to the "code" or "text" view, you'll be able to drop the embed code straight into the text editor.
• Other website CMS's may have a component called " Code embed" or similar (see illustrative example below), that you can just add to your page before pasting in your Recast Embed widget code.
• Remember to save and publish the page.

How your Users can purchase and watch your content

• Sign up and Log in: Users can sign up to Recast without leaving your site either by interacting with videos or pressing the sign up button at the top of the widget. Fans who have already signed up to Recast will be able to log in and will have access to all their previously purchased content.
• Top up and purchase: Users will be able to top up their wallet balance and purchase videos without leaving your site by either interacting with videos or pressing the wallet balance at the top of the widget.
• Earning credits: If Users want to be able to earn credits they will be able to do this by inviting friends to sign up and watch content on Recast.
• Watching videos: Users will now be able to watch live streams and on-demand videos directly on your site.

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What you'll need:

• Your name
• Vendor name
• Company registered address
• Primary contact email address
• A name for your brand
• A profile and background cover image for the channel in case you wish to embed a 'full channel' widget

Create your vendor account

• Head to https://business.recast.tv/register
• Before you set up your vendor account, you'll be asked to first create a Recast user account, or if you already have one, you can sign-in with your existing user account details.

• Now you can set up your Vendor account. This is the person or business that will be paid out any earnings from your sales via Recast. You'll need to provide some details such as the primary contact for the vendor and once you've done that you can start setting up your Brand.

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Set up your brand

Your Brand is your public-facing part of your Vendor account. Give it a name, description, profile image, and cover image that makes you easily recognisable. You'll take this brand across the web as you (and affiliates) embed and share your content.

• Cover image:
  • 16:9 Aspect Ratio. Recommended size: 1920 x 1080
  • If adding branding,leave a "safe area" to allow for the image getting  cropped when on smaller screen sizes. 30% on each side will suffice. Keeping this image free of long text will ensure messaging doesn't get cropped out. Example:
  
  

• Brand Logo: Logos are based on a 1:1 aspect ratio. Similarly, try to leave a safe area of about 20% around the edge of the image uploaded to prevent cropping.
  

You are now signed up and are logged in to Recast for Business.

IMPORTANT: If you intend to use Recast's streaming tools please now get in touch with your Recast partnership manager or email partnersupport@recast.tv to request access to Recast Stream. We'll activate these on your account and they will then appear on as menu items in your Recast for Business account.

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Add additional brand admins

To add additional admins for your channel, first make sure they have signed up for a Recast user account and ask them to share their account User Name

• They can sign up for a Recast User account (for free) here: https://account.recast.tv/sign-up
• Once they've signed up they can find their User Name in the Account Settings tab:

• Once you've got their username, go to Settings and click Brand Admins in Recast for Business
• Add the user name in the User Name field (highlighted below)
• Click "Add new admin" and they will now be able to gain access to your Recast for Business account via https://publish.recast.tv/login

Get started with your content

You can upload or schedule your first piece of content by clicking the ‘New Video’ button and selecting the content type or try adding an Access Pass. For more information, please follow these links:

• Creating an Access Pass
• Uploading videos
• Live stream
• Creating widgets

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What you'll need:

• Your name
• Vendor name
• Company registered address
• Primary contact email address
• Primary contact job title
• A name for your channel
• A profile and background image for the channel in case you wish to embed a 'full channel' widget

Create your vendor account

Head to business.recast.tv/api-register. Before you set up your vendor account, you'll be asked to first create a Recast user account, or if you already have one, you can sign-in with your existing user account details.

Now you can set up your Vendor account. This is the person or business that will be paid out any earnings from your sales via Recast. You'll need to provide some details such as the primary contact for the vendor and once you've done that you can start setting up your Brand.

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Set up your brand

Your Brand is your public-facing part of your Vendor account. Give it a name, description, profile image, and cover image that makes you easily recognisable. You'll take this brand across the web as you (and affiliates) embed and share your content.

• Cover image:
  • 1920 x 1080
  • If adding branding,leave a "safe area" to allow for the image getting  cropped when on smaller screen sizes. 30% on each side will suffice. Keeping this image free of long text will ensure messaging doesn't get cropped out. Example:
  
  

• Brand Logo: Logos are based on a 1:1 aspect ratio. Similarly, try to leave a safe area of about 20% around the edge of the image uploaded to prevent cropping.
  

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You are now signed up and are logged in to Recast for Business.

Add brand admins

To add additional admins for your channel, first make sure they have signed up for a Recast fan account and ask them to share their account User Name

• They can sign up for a Recast fan account (for free) here: https://account.recast.tv/sign-up
• Once they've signed up they can find their User Name in the Account Settings tab:

• Once you've got their username, go to Settings and click 'Brand Admins' to manage your admins in Recast for Business.
• Add the user name in the User Name field
• Click "Add new admin" and they will now be able to gain access to your Recast for Business account via https://publish.recast.tv/login

Start selling

Congratulations, you're now all set up and ready to monetise your media. You can find out how to create inventory items and API keys:

• Create an inventory item
• Create and manage API keys

Using Recast’s Affiliate & Syndication engine, Media Owners are incentivising Affiliates to share their content using unique ‘Share & Earn’ links in return for a pre-agreed revenue share.

Generate a Share & Earn link

• Register as an Affiliate for free on Recast for Business, by clicking here.
• Once registered, go to the website of the media you want to share.
• Click the three dots next to ‘Join’ and click ‘Login’. Example:

• Click the three dots next to ‘Join’ and click ‘Login’. Then click on the blue ‘Share and Earn’ icon and copy your unique link.

• Use the link when promoting every piece of content from that media owner to your audience on social media. Use a URL shortener like tinyurl.com if you wish.

Earnings are instantly distributed. Cash out at any time once you’ve surpassed £100 GBP.

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What you'll need:

• Your name
• Publisher name
• Company registered address
• Primary contact email address
• A logo and cover image for your Publisher account in case you wish to embed a 'full channel' widget

Create a Recast user account

• Head to https://business.recast.tv/publisher-register
• Before you set up your vendor account, you'll be asked to first create a Recast user account, or if you already have one, you can sign-in with your existing user account details.

Create your Publisher account

• Now, you can set up your Publisher account. This is the person or business that will be paid out any earnings from your sales via Recast. You'll need to provide some details such as the primary contact for the vendor and once you've done that you can start setting up your Brand.

Enter your Brand details

Your Brand is your public-facing part of your Vendor account. Add your logo and cover image that makes you easily recognisable to content owners on Recast's distribution marketplace.

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• Brand Logo Dimensions - Logos are based on a 1:1 aspect ratio. Similarly, try to leave a safe area of about 20% around the edge of the image uploaded to prevent cropping.
  

You are now signed up and are logged in to Recast for Business.

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Get whitelisted to publish content

IMPORTANT: In order to get whitelisted to publish third-party content, you must now contact partnersupport@recastpay.com, confirming the content you would like to publish.

Start earning

Once whitelisted, a member of the Recast team will let you know, and you'll then be able to start publishing content. For more information on how to Publish content using a Publisher Embed Widget, click here.

‍And that’s it! You’ll  earn from every purchase of content from the widget on your website in line with the revenue split you’ve agreed with the Content Owner.

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Add additional brand admins

To add additional admins for your account, first make sure they have signed up for a Recast user account and ask them to share their account User Name

• They can sign up for a Recast User account (for free) here: https://account.recast.tv/sign-up
• Once they've signed up they can find their User Name in the Account Settings tab:

• Once you've got their username, go to Settings and click Brand Admins in Recast for Business
• Add the user name in the User Name field (highlighted below)
• Click "Add new admin" and they will now be able to gain access to your Recast for Business account via https://publish.recast.tv/login

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Recast enables you to upload and sell access to video content. This guide will explain exactly how to start selling your vertical video content. 

Upload your video

• Go to ‘Sell’ and click ‘Video Uploads’ in the left-hand menu within Recast for Business. Click the ‘+ Video’ button from the toolbar

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• Select the video file you want to upload. Whilst 16:9 (landscape) video content works best, you can upload either landscape or portrait video formats:
  
  • For vertical (portrait) use a 9:16 aspect ratio file. 
  • For horizontal (landscape) videos, use a 16:9 aspect ratio file.

• If you wish to add an extra layer of protection from your content being illegally downloaded or shared, click “Enable DRM”.

Video Details

Give your video a title and a description. Catchy titles will help users find your content and encourage them to purchase it when they do.

• When selecting your thumbnail, you can either upload a thumbnail image or choose a still from the video. If you’re uploading a thumbnail, ensure it matches the dimensions of your video.
  
  • Thumbnail specifications: 
    
    • Vertical - 9:16 Aspect Ratio. 
    • Horizontal - 16:9 Aspect Ration
    • Recommended size: 1080x1920 (or 1920x1080). Max size: 10MB (Images will be optimised to ensure quick page load speeds).
  
  
  • Choose a still from the video

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Create your trailer 

• Trailers are shown on your widget when hovering over a thumbnail, or when a user clicks a link that you, or a third party reseller, has shared on social media. 
• Trailers can be watched without purchasing a video and should be used to encourage users to purchase your content.
• When selecting your trailer, you can either:

• Short the first 20 seconds of your video
• Select a clip of up to 30 seconds from your video
• Upload your own trailer of up to 30 seconds

Categorise your content

• Categories also make it easier for users to find your content on Recast widgets. A minimum of one category must be selected when uploading videos. 
• If a suitable category is not available, you can suggest a new one - just go to more categories and click “Suggest a new category”

• You’ll be asked if your content contains any advertisements. If it does, you’ll be asked some follow-up questions to determine the suitability of the advertising content for both audiences and the platform.

Pricing

• You must set a price for your video before it can be published. 
• The pricing tool gives you an indication of how much you will earn per purchase based on the current cost of your content in Credits, Recast’s unique in-platform currency.
• Please note: We assign a defauly recommended price based on the length of your content. As a free-to-use solution, we set minimum pricing to ensure streaming and infrastructure costs are covered. 

Availability

• Select the countries you want to make your content available in, ensuring you hold the rights for the content you are sharing in those territories.

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Set your share percentage

• Slide the dial to select the percentage of revenue you will share with either User or Resellers (Publishers or Ambassadors) when they when they drive a purchase by either hosting or sharing your content.

Splitting earnings

• Splitting your earnings allows you to share earnings from the video with another brand.
• Use this when collaborating with another publisher, brand, host or affiliate on a piece of content or if you need to share earnings with a partner.

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Publishing Your Video

• You’ll now have the choice of how you publish your video with 3 distinct options:
  
  • Publish automatically after upload finishes - This will make your video live as soon as it completes uploading/processing, provided you have selected the ‘publish now’ button.
  • Publish manually later - This will save the video as a draft and allow you to publish later.
  • Schedule publish time - If you want your video to be available at a certain time use this option to publish at the date and time you choose. For time-sensitive or restricted content, you can also set an end date/time to unpublish the video.

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Adding video content to your widget

Once your content is published, you’re ready to arrange the content on your widget. 

Recast widgets consist of two different types of sections:

• Default Sections, such as “Live and Upcoming” and “Latest videos”.
• Fully customisable Custom Sections.

For more information on arranging content on your widget, click here.

If you have both portrait and landscape format content to sell in your Recast Embed Widget, we recommend organising the different sizes into their own custom sections on your widget. Learn more about adding a custom section to your widget here. 

General Video Upload Information

The time it will take to upload your video depends on how large the file size is and your internet upload speed. Make sure not to close the platform when you are uploading, as this will interrupt the upload, and you will have to repeat it.

Once uploaded, the video will show as processing. Please note it can take a while to process, depending on your upload speed. This is so we can create HD, high, medium, and low-quality versions.

Once you have finalised your video upload, it can be accessed via the ‘Video Uploads’ button, where you can edit & view your video.

Please note: If you try to close the Upload a Video form before the setup has completed, you will be asked to discard or save the Video Upload Draft. 

If you choose to save the draft, it will be available on the Unpublished Video Uploads list, which is found in the ‘Video Uploads’ section. If you choose to discard, the draft will be permanently deleted.

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Technical Video Specification

File Type

.mp4 (recommended).mov (recommended)

Video Codec

h.264 (recommended)h.265/HEVC

Audio Codec

AAC

Resolution

We support resolutions up to 1080p 16:9. We suggest these standard resolutions:

1920×10801280×720960×540640×360

Aspect Ratio

We support both 16:9 landscape and 9:16 portrait resolutions. If your video doesn’t match one of the above aspects ratios, we will pad the video with black bars.

Frame Rate

We support constant frame rates up to 60fps. Here are some standard frame rates we would suggest using:

242530485060

Note: You may encounter difficulties when uploading content with a variable frame rate. If you receive a “processing failed” error when uploading variable frame rate content, we suggest converting this to constant frame rate and try the upload again.

Many iOS devices have variable frame rate enabled on their camera by default, we suggest disabling this if you encounter issues uploading video shot on iOS devices.

Video Bitrate

ResolutionLow frame rate (24-30 fps)High frame rate (48-60 fps)1920×10808 Mbps12 Mbps1280×7205 Mbps8 Mbps960×5402 Mbps4 Mbps640×3601 Mbps2 Mbps

Audio Bitrate

128 kbps

Audio Channels

Stereo

Colour

We currently only support SDR videos. For these please use the standard BT.709 colourspace

Scan Type

We currently only support progressive scan video. You can upload interlaced videos but we are unable to deinterlace these.

Video Length

Up to 6 hours. If you need to upload longer duration videos, please reach out to techsupport@recast.tv and we can discuss solutions.

File Size

Up to 30 GB

Subtitles

Not currently supported. If you require subtitles on your video, we suggest burning these into the video itself.

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Recast’s Embed Widgets are customisable, allowing you to create custom sections with specific content and organise the order of both your custom sections and default sections, such as your “Access Passes”, “Latest Videos” and “Live & Upcoming” sections.

If you have uploaded vertical (portrait) content, we recommend you place this in it’s own custom section, as we explain  in the “Adding a new Custom Section”, below.

Arranging Content

• If you want to group content on your Full Channel Widget by competition, layout, series or genre of video, this can be done by selecting ‘Arrange Content’ in the Widgets section of the left-hand menu.

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• Recast’s default sections ( e.g. Latest Videos, Live & Upcoming and Access Passes) can’t be edited (as they follow specific dynamic rules) but can be re-ordered or hidden from your Full Channel widget. If you don’t have any content within these default sections (e.g. you don’t have any live events scheduled) then they will not appear on your channel.

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Adding a new Custom Section

• Click the “+Section” button at the top right of the screen to add a new section. The section can then be named, and videos or live events added to it.
• Videos must already be uploaded, or events scheduled, to Recast for Business before they can be added to a section. Once added to a section, videos and events can be re-ordered.
• Once videos have been added to a new section, and you’re happy with the order, click the publish button at the top right-hand side of the screen to make the section visible to fans. 
• Any changes which aren’t published will be discarded and will not be saved. 
• Any unpublished videos within a section will not be shown on the widget.

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Ordering sections on your channel

• The order of the sections can be changed by moving them up or down using the drag and drop function:

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•  All sections can be re-ordered, including Recast’s default sections. The order chosen in Recast For Business will be reflected on your full channel widget.

Editing sections

• The name of a section you have added can be edited by clicking on the pencil icon.
• Videos can be added, deleted from and re-ordered within a section. 
• When you have finished editing a section, it must be republished for changes to be visible on your channel.

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The Data Download feature is now available to all Recast Vendors, which allows you to download opted-in data about your users.

Firstly, as a reminder, users are incentivised to opt-in to sharing their information. They can simply share their email address, or if they complete their Data Profile you’ll have access to the following info:

• First name
• Last name
• Gender
• Date of birth
• Post/Zip code
• Country

Accessing the feature

If this feature is not immediately available to you, you may not have provided us with your privacy policy. To get set up, please contact us on partnersupport@recast.tv to have this feature added to your Recast for Business account. Please provide:

1. A link to your privacy policy (we need to show this to fans who may want to share their data with you)
2. Which account admins can have access to data download (only those who need access should have access and are required to sign a data sharing agreement)

We will ask you to read and agree to our Data Sharing Agreement

Downloading the data

1. Navigate to the ‘Fans’ tab on Recast for Business
2. Click the ‘Download’ button to download your fan data

This will download a protected zip folder, which will need to be unlocked with a password. The password is available below the download option. Paste the password into your unzip software to gain access to a .csv file. This file contains the information shared from each of your opted-in fans.

When downloading a new version, it will replace the version below and you commit to updating the data you hold as a result. This should be completed at least once every 14 days to keep the user data you hold up to date and adhere to all opt-ins and outs of your fans as per the Data Sharing Agreement.

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How to Cash Out

• Click on the wallet balance at the top left-hand side of Recast for Business.

• Then select ‘Request Cash out’

• Select ‘Confirm’ to withdraw your balance.

• An email will be sent to you confirming the cash out request and the next steps.
• Upon receiving this email, please send an invoice for the total withdrawal amount to finance@recast.tv
• Finance will pay your invoice within 30 days of receipt.
• Your wallet balance will be updated once your payment has been processed.

Cash Out History

• After your cash out has been paid, you will be able to see your cash out history by clicking on the Wallet button at the top right-hand side of Recast Publish.

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After you have created your Recast for Business account, you can become a Publisher of other Recast Vendors. Please contact us at publishersupport@recast.tv if you’d like to get whitelisted. Once whitelisted, here's how to create an Embed Widget.

Create an Embed Widget

1. As a Publisher, you can create widgets containing content from Recast Vendors. First, head to the Your Widgets page in Recast for Business and select ‘Add New’.

2. Give the widget a name and select the option ‘Content from other channels’. You can also give the widget some header text which will be visible on the created widget.

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At this point you have two options:

• Create with selected videos and events - this allows you to hand-pick items from this vendor that you want to include on your widget
• Full Channel View - if selected all live events and replays from the vendor will automatically pull into your widget, without you having to manually add new content. This includes the Vendors logo, trailer, Channel Passes and all the content as they have chosen to arrange it but limits your ability to only choose certain pieces of content.

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3. Select one (or multiple) channels whose content you’d like to include on your widget.

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4. If you selected "Create with Selected videos and events, you'll now be asked to choose to create the widget from either on-demand or live content from the selected channel(s). And if you want to be more precise in the content you are selecting you can specify certain videos or categories of videos.

5. You can now style the widget to suit the colours and content of your brand's website. Use the colour picker or type in the hex ode of the colour you want to apply.

• Background colour: This will change the background colour of the widget container.
• Accent colour: This will change the date text on the video details page.
• Heading Font Colour: This will change the colour of the widget heading text that will display above the videos.
• Video Title Colour: This will change the colour of the text displaying the video titles.
• Meta Colour: This will change the colour of the supporting text.

You can also change the font that is displayed on the widget by typing the font family name into the text fields. For this to work correctly:

• The font name must already function on your site as we won’t load in any new fonts.
• The name needs to match exactly the font used on your site.

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Be sure to check that the transparency slider (see red box in the below image) is set to the right hand side, otherwise if may not be visible:

Then press ‘Next’ to move to the next stage.

6. Preview your widget and copy the iFrame code, ready for use on your website.

Once you've copied your widget code, go to the web page on your website where you want it to live. How you add the code will depend on the website CMS software you use, but typically website's will allow you to toggle between a "visual" view and a "code" or "text" view in the text editor section. If you go to the latter, you'll be able to drop the embed code straight into the text editor.

Other website CMS's may have a component called " Code embed" or similar, that you can just add to your page before pasting in your Recast Embed widget code. Remember to save and publish the page.

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Earning from Widgets

When a user purchases third-party content via a widget you have created, you will earn a percentage of the purchase. This percentage is determined by the content owner when they price their content and set their share percentage.

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Earn using Share & Earn links

If you do not want to embed content on your site, you can still earn a revenue share of content you promote, by using Share & Earn links. For a full explanation of how these work, click here.

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Create a new API Key

• Within Recast for Business, navigate to Technical Tools and click 'API Keys' in the left hand navigation list. If you can't see this, you may not be set up with the correct account settings. Please contact us at partnersupport@recast.tv if this is the case.
• Click the " + API Key" button. You can create up to 10 API Keys. If you need more, just get in touch on the address above.

Name your new API key

• Give your new API key a descriptive name so you can remember what it's used for

• Click the Generate API Key button

Copy the API Key & Secret

• Once the key has been generated, you'll be directed to the screen below
• Copy the API key and paste/save it in a safe place
• IMPORTANT: Copy the Secret and paste / save it in a safe place, too. Once you close this window you'll no longer be able to access your API Secret so do not skip this step.

• When you've copied both the key and the secret, click "Yes, close this window" to return to your list of API Keys.

Managing your API Keys

You'll be able to manage all your API keys within the API Keys item on the left hand navigation. For each key, you'll be able to:

• Edit the title by clicking the pencil icon

• Copy the API key by clicking the copy icon

• Delete the API Key. Please note, once you have confirmed that you wish to delete an API key, this action cannot be undone.

Create your Stream Input

Streaming with Recast requires you to connect your broadcasting equipment to Recast, using a stream input method. Recast supports live streaming using two different streaming protocols: RTMP or SRT. Those managing the stream will have a preference.

Once you've determined which streaming protocol you'd like to use, you need to set up the stream input:

1. Go to Technical Tools, and click Stream Inputs

2. Click the "+ Stream Input" button
3. Choose between RTMP and SRT, and then name it in accordance to the event / equipment it'll be connecting to i.e. "World Cup - Pitch 1 Camera"

4. Finally, copy all of the information on the details page - you'll need this when initiating the Test Stream in the next step.

SRT Example:

RTMP Example:

Managing your stream inputs

Edit name- edit the name of your stream input

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Regenerate - If the security key has been compromised, the RTMP Key can be regenerated, which will renew the Stream Key

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Delete - If there are two or more inputs set up, the delete icon becomes active. Please note, you'll be asked to confirm this action as it cannot be undone.

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Copy: Click to copy the key if you need to paste it into your streaming software.

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For security, this information is hidden by default. Click to view.

If you need help to live stream, view our guide How to live stream.

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If you've integrated Recast using our API and have chosen to use Recast's user interface for managing your inventory, then this guide explains how to create and publish inventory items to make them available for to purchase.

Add a new item

• Log in to your Recast for Business account
• Go to 'Sell' and click 'Inventory Items'. Then click the ‘Add New’ button from the toolbar and select Inventory item'

Item Details

• Firstly, you’ll be required to fill out some basic information about your inventory item. This will be presented to users before being asked to confirm any purchase.

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Pricing, Availability, Share & Split

• At this stage, you must set pricing for your item before it can be published. The pricing tool gives you an indication of how much you will earn per purchase based on the current cost of your content in Cast Credits, Recast’s unique in platform currency. As a reminder 100  Credits = £1.00 GBP.
• Select the countries you want to make your item available in, ensuring you hold the rights for the item you are selling in those territories.
• Set the share value for your item - this is the percentage of the price that users or affiliates will receive when they share your items and their share directly results in an additional purchase. Users will receive the share value in Cast Credits and Affiliates will receive it in cash.
• Splitting your earnings allows you to share a percentage of the net revenue with another Recast Vendors. Use this when collaborating with another entity, brand partner or talent who also hold a Recast Vendor account.

Publishing Your Item

You’ll now have the choice of how you publish your video with 2 options:

• Publish immediately after creating this item - This will make your inventory item available to purchase as soon as you select publish and you've made it available on your website.
• Publish manually later This will save the item as unpublished (not able to be published) and allow you to publish from the ‘inventory items’ tab in Recast for Business at a later date.

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Your Inventory Items List

You'll be directed back to your inventory list. Here you'll see a view of your entire inventory list, with relevant information and actions including the ability to:

• Publish and unpublish inventory items
• Copy your inventory item IDs - more info below
• Edit your item(s)
• Delete your inventory items. Please not that inventory items can only be deleted if they have zero purchases.

Copying your inventory item ID

As an API client you may find it useful to copy your inventory item ID for use with your integration. To copy the item ID:

• Find the inventory item in your list
• Click the ID icon to copy the ID code to your clipboard.

‍Recast's live streaming is delivered using Mux Live Streaming software.

As explained by Mux, these streaming settings are provided to offer a very simple recommendation of where to start, but we do recommend playing with your settings to see what works best for your content.

Streaming Settings

Streaming Protocol options available

RTMP or SRT

Video CODEC

H.264 (Main Profile)

Audio CODEC

AAC

Resolution

We support resolutions up to 1080p. We suggest streaming at one of these standard resolutions:

1920×1080 - 30fps - preferred

• Bitrate: 5000 kbps
• Keyframe Interval: 2 seconds

1280×720

• Bitrate - 3500 kbps
• Keyframe Interval - 2 seconds

854x480

• Bitrate - “1500 kmps (low) 3000 kmps (high)”
• Keyframe Interval - 2 seconds

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Frame Rate Limit

We support input frame rates up to 60fps.

Video Bitrate - Examples

As shown above, for most HD quality streams, we suggest between 3 and 6 Mbps for the video Bitrate. Here is some more detail:
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Bitrate Control

CBR (Constant bitrate)

Bandwidth Tuning

25% is generally a safe starting value

Set to the percentage of overhead you have available in your internet connection for bursts of retransmission. For example, if you have a 5Mbps internet connection, and you set your encoder's target bitrate to 4Mbps, a value of 25% would be appropriate, as it would allow the encoder to burst to 5Mbps for retransmission purposes.

Profile

We suggest using the main or high profile based on your output resolution and frame rate:

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Audio Bitrate

128 kbps

Audio Channels

Stereo

Scan Type

We only support progressive scans on streams. You can stream using an interlaced feed, but we are unable to deinterlace a stream input, so artefacting will appear.

Stream Length Limit

You can stream for up to 6 hours continuously. If you need to stream for a longer duration, please contact techsupport@recastpay.com, and we can discuss your requirements.

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Recast’s ‘Arrange Content’ feature enables you to curate any live or on-demand videos into a ‘Custom Section’ within your Recast Embed Widget, and order this content as you see fit. This is perfect for episodic or related content, i.e. highlights videos from a competition, all episodes from one series of a drama or simply any related content you think your audience would be interested in.

For a complete guide on how to create a Custom Section, click here.

Enable a “Watch Next” button on your content

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Once you have created your Custom Section within your widget, enabling the “Watch Next” prompt for users couldn’t be easier.

1. Go to “Widgets” and click “Arrange Content” on the left-hand menu in Recast for Business.

2.  Click the down arrow on the right-hand side of the Custom Section:

3. Toggle the Enable “Watch Next” button to on

4. Scroll back up to the top of the Arrange Content section and click “Publish” for your changes to take effect.

Now, every time a user finishes watching a video in this section of your widget, they be prompted to watch the next video, in the order that you have arranged your content.

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Create an event

1. Go to Sell > Live Events and click the ‘+ Live Event’ button from the toolbar within Recast for Business

Please note: If this option is not available you can contact partnersupport@recast.tv to enable it on your account.

2. You will need to add a title, description and thumbnail image for your event.

Thumbnail specifications:

• 16:9 Aspect Ratio.
• Recommended size: 1920x1080.
• Max size: 10MB (Images will be optimized to ensure quick page load speeds).

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3. Select whether or not you wish to upload your own promo trailer for the event. This will appear on your Widget.

4. Select the appropriate categories. Categories appear on your widget to allow your users to find your content easily. You can automatically request new categories to be added if required.

5. Select whether or not your stream contains advertising.

6. When setting up an event, you can either choose to go live immediately or schedule your event for a later date.

Set Pricing

7. Select your price. Our recommended pricing guidance takes into consideration the length of your stream and what other Vendors would typically charge for a live event.

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Set Geo-availability

8. You can select which countries you want your content to be available in when scheduling an event. This can then be edited at any time, e.g. if you require temporary geo-blocking for broadcast deals already in place.

You can find an up-to-date list of the countries Recast is currently available here. You can also create a default list of countries you want your content to be available in, so you don’t have to select countries every time you set up an event.

Set your Share Value

9. The share value is the amount any third party  will earn when either Sharing your content using Share & Earn links, or hosting your content using Host & Earn Embed Widgets.

Add DRM

10. Adding DRM (Digital Rights Management) gives you additional protection on your content from being illegally downloaded and shared. To do so, click "Enable DRM:

11. Click Schedule Event to complete the set up of your live stream.

Generating Replays

For more information on generating Replays, either manually or automatically, click here.

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Access Passes are an alternative way for your users to enjoy your content. Passes give fans access to all your content for a specific time period (currently you can activate a 1 day, 3 day, 7 day 14 day and 28 day pass for your widget) and you set the price.

You can activate up to 4 different durations at a time, they will be available for fans to purchase when you make them available.

You can create, view and edit your Access Passes by selecting ‘Access Pass’ under "Sell' on the left-hand menu of your Recast for Business account.

Creating an Access Pass

When you first land on the Access Pass section you will see our initial screen with a button which allows you to ‘Create your first Access Pass’. Simply tap this button to get started.

You will now see the ‘Create Access Pass’ screen.

Firstly from here, give your Access Pass a name. This will not be visible to any of your fans, but acts as an internal reference for you to track the success of different channel passes you may have active at certain times.

Secondly, set the duration for your Access Pass. This can be either 1 day, 3 days, 7 days or 28 days. nb. you can only have a maximum of 1 pass of each type (1, 3, 7, 14 or 28 days) available for purchase on your widget at any time.

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Finally choose a price for your Access Pass. Remember for this price, users can access all of your videos and live events whilst the pass is active so make sure your pass reflects the value of this access.

You can then choose to save and publish the pass immediately (which will enable the pass for sale straight away) or choose to ‘Publish manually later’.

Then when you are happy with your selection, simply tap the ‘Save’ button in the bottom right corner.

View your Access Passes

Once you have created your first pass, you will then be able to see any passes you have created under the Access Passes section.

You can see:

• Which are currently active
• The duration, price creation date
• The number of purchases

From this section you can also edit or delete your passes using the edit and delete icons respectively.

You can easily make your passes available or unavailable for sale from this toggling ‘Available for purchase’ on / off.

Please note that setting a pass to unavailable stops it from being available for sale, but will not invalid any active passes your fans may have previously purchased. This will remain active until their expiry date (1, 3, 7 or 28 days from the purchase date as relevant).

Edit your Access Passes

You can edit your pass by tapping the pencil icon. You can currently only edit the title of your pass, or change whether the pass is published (available for sale) from the edit screen.

You cannot change the price or duration of the pass. This is so that you can keep track of passes of different lengths and price points easily.

If you would like to change the price of a certain pass, simply create a new pass of the same length and set it to the new price. You will receive a warning when doing this that the currently active pass of the same length will be disabled.

Delete an Access Pass

If you have a pass that has yet to have any purchases, your can delete this from your list by tapping the delete icon on the Access Pass list view.

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Planning your Test Stream

It's important that you run a test stream ahead of your first live stream, or any subsequent steams in different venues or using different equipment, to ensure that your streaming set up has no issues when connecting to Recast. It's easy to run a test stream, in such a way that it does not show to the public. Here's how:

Firstly, please let us know when you are planning on running your test stream so we can arrange to be on hand to support. Email us at partnersupport@recast.tv to agree a time.

Schedule your Test Stream Event

1. Log in to Recast for Business

2. Go to Sell > Live Events and click on the  ‘+ Live Event’ Button

3. Add a title and description. IMPORTANT - To get this to work in such a way that the public will not see this on your widget(s), you need to make sure the Title starts with ‘recastTest’ (minus the quotes) exactly as typed here. (The capital T is important!). You can add a space at the end and add some more text if you wish.

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4. Just fill in the rest of the details and your test event is all set up.   

5. You should “un-publish” the event as soon as you’ve created it. It’ll still be visible to allow you to continue your later on.   

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Create your Stream Input

Streaming with Recast requires you to connect your broadcasting equipment to Recast, using a stream input method. Recast supports live streaming using two different streaming protocols: RTMP or SRT. Those managing the stream will have a preference.

One you've determined which streaming protocol you'd like to use, you need to set up the stream input:

1. Go to Technical Tools, and click Stream Inputs

2. Click the "+ Stream Input" button
3. Choose between RTMP and SRT, and then give the Stream Input a name in accordance to the event / equipment it'll be connecting to i.e. "World Cup - Pitch 1 Camera"

4. Finally, copy all of the information on the details page - you'll need this when initiating the Test Stream in the next step.

RTMP Example

Connect your Test Stream

Firstly, make sure your streaming equipment is on, and that it's sending a signal to Recast via the stream input method you selected. You do this by inputing the information you copied in the step above into the relevant fields in your streaming solution.

For SRT this is typically the Endpoint, Stream ID and Passphrase.

For RTMP this either the Endpoint, the Stream Key, or a combination of both which makes up the Stream URL.

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Go Live with your Test Stream

1. Go to Live Events, and click, Live & Upcoming
2. Find your Test Stream
3. Click 'start steaming' on the test event

4. When you click "Start streaming", select the Stream Input method you have just set up. Or you can use your own URL.

10. Click Setup Stream
11. Your stream will be set up and will begin previewing (please note this can take up to 1 minute).

10. Once it has previewed and you are happy that video and sound are coming through ok, the test has succeeded.
11. You can now tap 'Go live' followed by 'End Broadcast' at which point our system will shut down all resources.
12. Once you are back on the Live events list, if you prefer, you can navigate to the 'Past events' tab and delete the test event using the trashcan icon.
13. If you experience any issues then please let us know as soon as possible at partnersupport@recast.tv.

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There are two ways to create replays of live streams:

1. Auto generate replays one a stream has ended

Benefits:

• Seamless replay creation
• Retain the ability to alter pricing, share value and geo-availability from the existing stream

2. Manually create replays

Benefits:

• Crop the original stream
• Control what content appears on your Full Channel Widget

Auto generate replays one a stream has ended

1. When scheduling your live event, on the final step, you will be asked to choose if you want to create your replay manually, or create automatically. Select "Create Automatically"

2. Adjust the title & description
   
   • "Replay" is already added to the video title. And the description will remain the same. However you can adjust these if necessary.

3. Adjust your price for the replay if necessary
   
   • Your price will default to the price of the original live, but you can adjust this for the replay if necessary

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4. Adjust your availability
   
   • If the geo-availability differs between the live stream and the replay, you can adjust this if necessary

5. Set / Adjust Share Value and Tag and Split Earnings
   
   • if you are using 3rd parties to promote your content and want to change the percentage they will receive for promoting this replay, you can do so here.
   • Similarly, you can add/remove any brands you are splitting the earnings of this replay with.

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6. Click Schedule Event, and your replay will automatically generate upon the conclusion of your stream. And if you've chosen to show all your latest videos on a Widget, it will automatically appear. NB:Transcode times vary depending on the length of your stream.

Manually create replays

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Once your live event has concluded it’s easy to create a replay of your stream.

• In Recast for Business find your event under Live Events > Past Events
• Select ‘create replay’.

Cropping

On the next page you have the option to crop your replay. Below the video player, drag the two blue markers to your required start and end time. You can also move through the video using the white playhead on the timeline.

Tip: If you need more precisely timed cuts, you can enter specific crop times using the time selection boxes either side of the timeline.

Click next once you are happy with the crop on your replay

Publishing the Replay

On the next screen you’ll see our regular video upload form. We automatically carry over all the information from your live stream such as the description, price and geo-blocking settings. We also carry over the title and add ‘Replay’ to the start of it. You can edit all of this information before publishing your replay.

Like video uploads, you have the same options to publish the replay as soon as it is ready, publish it manually later or at a scheduled time.

Create a widget for your replay

As a reminder, the widget for your live event will not automatically show your replay. To show the replay on your website, create a new Embed Widget containing this on demand content. Learn more in our "Embed Recast into your website" guide.

Upload your trailer

• Go to Widgets, and click "Channel Trailer" in the left hand menu in Recast for Business.

• Click choose file, and select the file to upload, add a trailer title, description and thumbnail. Both vertical (9:16) and horizontal (16:9) aspect ratio files are accepted.

• If the trailer contains any advertising, you should click ‘yes’ to the question: ‘Does this video contain advertising’ and complete the legal advertising questions.

• The first trailer uploaded will appear in the Channel Trailers page. Please note that your trailer will be published automatically when it finishes uploading and will be available to users on your Recast Embed Widget.

Unpublish a Channel Trailer

• To unpublish a trailer, click ‘Published’, which will unpublish the trailer and change the icon to ‘Not Published’.

Managing Channel Trailers

From the Channel Trailer page, you can manage the trailers you have uploaded.

• Share: Click the ‘Share’ icon to share your published trailer across social media
• Edit: If you need to change the name or description of your trailer, select the pencil edit icon
• Embed: The embed function allows you to copy the code and embed the trailers on other sites
• View: You can view the trailer within Recast for Business > Channel Trailer Page
• Published/Not Published: Trailers will be published or unpublished by clicking the ‘Publish’ icon.

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Streaming from Device Requirements

To live stream from device to Recast.tv, you’ll need:

1. A Recast for Business account at https://publish.recast.tv
2. Access to the Google Play store or the Apple store
3. A mobile phone with a minimum 4G connection

Note: Please be aware of the following details when streaming from device;

1. The signal strength impacts the stream quality
2. Movement can cause the stream to look lower quality
3. A poorly stabilised device will impact users’ viewing experience
4. There will be approximately a 15-30 second delay between the live action and what the viewer sees

Download Larix Broadcaster App

Visit the app store on your mobile device and install an app called ‘Larix Broadcaster’ (Andriod or iOS). Once installed, familiarise yourself with the app. You can find an in-depth guide here that provides more detail about the app and its various settings.

Create & schedule a Stream from Device

You will need to schedule your live event on Recast Publish before you use Larix Broadcaster app.

Steps to create a live stream from device on Recast.tv:

1. Login to your Recast for Business account at: https://publish.recast.tv/login
2. Schedule your live event, more information on how to set up your live event can be found here
3. Once you are ready to stream from device, click on ‘start streaming’ on the event and select the stream key you want to use
4. Copy the stream RTMP URL and paste this into Larix Broadcaster.

Streaming from device

When using the supported Larix broadcaster App, you can stream from device on Recast.tv by following the steps:

1. Open the Larix Broadcaster App

2. Set up a new connection by going to:

• Settings > Connections > New connection

3. Fill in the following details for the new connection

• Name (For example, ‘Recast Stream’)
• URL (Paste the RTMP URL which you copied from Recast Publish)

4. Save your changes

5. Return to the camera view and click go live.

Please note: Your stream will not be live through your widget until you have retuned to Recast Publish and clicked on go live.

6. Return to Recast for Business to view your preview on the ‘Stream Setup’ page.

7. Click go live for the stream to be visible on your Recast channel

8. Once you are ready to end your stream remember to select ‘End Broadcast’.

9. Head back to the Larix App and end the broadcast there too.

Please Note: it takes around 1 minute to end the broadcast, please wait for the ‘stream deleted’ message to appear before closing.

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This guide includes the best settings to use when streaming from OBS to Recast.

Recast can accept both RTMP and SRT Streaming Protocols from OBS. To select and set up an SRT or RTMP stream input in Recast for Business, go to Technical Tools > Stream Inputs. Learn more here.

Video settings

• Resolution: 1280x720
• Common FPS: 25 or 50fps (suggesting this as UK standards and can help avoid flickering with lights in the kind of venues you use. 50 if you have decent internet bandwidth, 25 if not)

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Output

• Video bitrate: Suggest 5000 for a 25fps stream or 7000 for a 50fps (this is very dependant on your internet upload speeds, drop if you notice lots of black, dropped frames on the stream)
• Encoder: Use hardware encoder if available
• Audio bitrate: 192 (this is probably the default)
• NB: This screen is also where you can turn a local recording on by default.

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Streaming options - RTMP or SRT

Depending on whether you are streaming using SRT or RTMP, the fields you need to copy from Recast for Business and enter into OBS will differ. We've laid out both scenarios as follows.

• Service field: Regardless of whether you're using RTMP or SRT, select "Custom..."

Using RTMP

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• Server field:
  
  • Go to  ‘Manage Streaming’ or ‘Start Streaming’ for the given event in Recast for Business. If you haven't already done so, select the RTMP Input you should have created when scheduling the stream in Recast for Business.
  • Copy the URL highlighted in the blue box, below and enter into the "Server" field in OBS.
• Stream Key field:
  • This can also be copied from the same place in Recast for Business.
  • Find "Stream Key", highlighted in the red box below, copy it and enter it into the Stream Key field in OBS.
  • Copy the key by clicking the button

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Using SRT

• Server field:‍
  
  • Go to 'Manage Streaming' or 'Start Streaming' for the given event in Recast for Business. If you haven't already done so, select the SRT input you should have created when scheduling the stream in Recast for Business.
  • Copy the URL highlighted in the green box below and enter into the Server field in OBS.

• Stream Key field:
  
  • If using SRT the Stream Key field should be left blank.

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This guide explains how to add a simple and controllable scoreboard overlay onto your stream.

Getting started

Go to overlays.uno, then select Login, or Sign up if you don’t have an account.

Once logged in, you should be taken to this page:

Click on the ‘+ New Overlay’ Button, which will show you different options:

Here you can search for the type of overlay you want. For this guide, we have selected the following as an example:

• Under Type ‘bug’ was selected
• Under Function, ‘Scoreboard’ was selected
• Under Category, ‘show more’ then chose ‘Sport’ was selected
• Then in the results Library area, ‘Soccer Scorebug | Standard (Logos)’ was selected as can be seen below:

Click on the item, and you should receive the pop-up below:

Click ‘Add to My Overlays’

This should take you to the Dashboard below.

Double-click on the item you want to use under ‘My Overlays’ and you are ready to move on!

Familiarise yourself with with Uno

Take some time to familiarise yourself with the dashboard. It is split up into several sections, with the navigation along the middle of the page.

Please note: These options may change depending on the template being used.

Customising Uno

The next step is to customise your scoreboard. This example scoreboard has a few options that can be changed, such as teams names, colours, logos etc. Each scoreboard has different options available.

To change the team names click on the ‘Setup’ tab, once these have been changed when you click off the text box you will see the scoreboard in the preview has been updated. If you click on the ‘Customize’ tab you will be able to add your colours, logos to change the branding of the team sections which will be updated in the preview.

Once customised, you are ready to connect you scoreboard overlay to OBS.

4. Adding the scoreboard to OBS

Before heading to OBS, in the overlays.uno scoreboard control page, click on the ‘Copy Output URL’ button on the top left;

When you press this a little green pop-up will appear at the top letting you know the link has been copied to the clipboard;

Now head over to OBS, navigate to the Sources panel and click on the (+) symbol to add a new source, then select the Browser option, Name your source, ‘Scoreboard – Uno’ for example and select OK;

On the next screen in the URL text box delete the default link and paste the link from Uno. Change the width and height to match your video source (Most likely HD so 1920×1080).

When finished, select ‘OK’.

After a few seconds, the scoreboard should animate into the screen. The position of the scoreboard can be changed and once you’re happy with this then you can move on to the next step.

Controlling the scoreboard

If you want to control the scoreboard from the same computer that’s running OBS then we would suggest using dual monitors so you can monitor OBS and use the scoreboard functions at the same time. If you are limited to a single screen you can use a smartphone or iPad to control the scoreboard, which may be useful as you can control this from anywhere.

Changing the score

To control the scoreboard from the web browser on your computer, simply head back to singular.live, and you should still be on the control page and click on the ‘Score tab’.

• Overlay – This turns the scoreboard on or off, with a smooth animation.
• This is the main score control, as a team scores you click the corresponding (+) when there is a goal and there is also a (-) button if you need to remove a goal (for offside or VAR etc.)
• Stoppage time – the amount of stoppage time can be set before it is shown on the screen, so as soon as you know how long you can add the time, then as soon as the half finishes you click the on/off button and it’ll add to the site

Adjusting the time

Next, click on the Clock tab:

• This is the match timer, here you can adjust the timer manually
• Play (start) and reset buttons
• This option auto-sets the clock to a set time period

These two tabs will be used when the game is about to start and while it is live. This will require human input throughout the broadcast to keep scoring live. There is an option to have an outside source such as the system that runs the digital scoreboards in a stadium (this requires a paid version).

Smartphone/iPad Control

On Uno, next to the ‘Copy Output URL’ there is the the ‘Copt Control URL’:

This will copy the controller page link (another way is to just copy the link in the address bar), and open that link on your mobile device, such as a smartphone or iPad.

The controller page will open, and you can control the scoreboard from this, even if you close the browser on the computer.

A few tips for using the mobile version;

• Have your phone set to landscape mode
• Turn off the screen timeout function (you don’t want your phone/iPad to lock just before a goal!)
• On the UI layout tab, turn off the header and the preview window, to give a better view of the controls on mobile.

Going live

It is typically best practice to have the scoreboard set to ‘overlay – off’ when going live, with most scoreboards appearing several seconds after the event start time/kick-off time. Here’s a football-specific flow to follow below;

• Ensure the scoreboard is present in OBS and you are happy with its placement.
• Make sure the ‘1st half’ box is highlighted under the Clock tab.
• As soon as you are ready to start the first half click the ‘Play’ button on the Clock tab
• During the broadcast, anytime there is a goal/point, click the (+) symbol next to the team that has been awarded the score.
• When the first half stoppage time is announced, add the required minutes under the stoppage time section in the Score tab and turn the stoppage time button to on.
• When the half time has ended, the easiest thing to do is to turn the scoreboard off totally using the Overlay on/off button.
• Now you can reset the clock, turn off the stoppage time button, and prepare for the second half.
• This is the same set-up for the first half except you need to make sure the ‘2nd Half’ button is highlighted in the Clock tab, notice the clock is now at 45:00.
• Remember to turn the scoreboard back on for the second half.
• When ready to start the second half, click ‘Play’ under the Clock tab to start the clock and repeat the same steps from the first half.
• Once finished, the scoreboard can be switched off.

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