Run your first broadcast

Once you've created an event and confirmed your equipment works, here's what running the broadcast actually looks like.

15 minutes out

Open the event from Creator dashboard → Live events and click Open control room. You land in a pre-flight screen with a preview of your camera and mic, a list of attendees in the lobby (if early-join is enabled), and a Start broadcast button.

5 minutes out

Click Start broadcast. The stream goes live but attendees stay in the lobby until the scheduled start time. Use this five minutes to warm up your voice, run sound check, and double-check the camera angle.

At start time

Open the lobby. Attendees stream into the room. The chat opens. The tipping drawer is visible if you turned it on. You're live.

During the broadcast

• Watch the chat. Address questions as they come in. Pinned messages stay at the top of everyone's view; pin announcements you want attendees to keep seeing.
• Don't check the viewer count. It will distract you. The counter is in the control room sidebar; you can collapse it.
• Plan a clear end. State an end time at the top of the broadcast. Land it on time. Endings are what viewers remember.

Ending

Click End broadcast. The stream closes. The recording (if enabled) is filed and processed in the background. The settlement clock starts.

If something breaks

If you lose connection mid-stream, the platform holds the broadcast open for 90 seconds while you reconnect. After 90 seconds the broadcast is closed; reopen the event from the dashboard to restart from where you stopped. Attendees who paid for the original session keep their seat.