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Run an event with updates and live video

Cover an event as it happens: post timed updates on a timeline and stream live video from your camera. Readers follow the timeline, watch live, and see the recording afterwards.

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An Event post covers something as it unfolds: a launch, a conference, a match, breaking news. On top of the usual blocks, events have two of their own:

  • Event update — A timed entry on the event timeline.
  • Live video — Stream from your phone camera. You can also stream from a computer's camera in the browser.

What goes in an event update

  • Icon: Update, Breaking, Statement, Correction, Milestone, Resolved, Alert or Scheduled.
  • Color: Green, Red, Blue, Amber, Orange or Gray.
  • The timeline line: Start here for the first update, Continue for the ones in between, End here for the last one.
  • Label, Title and Text: what happened, with the details readers need.

Each update is stamped with the time you added it. Readers see that time and how long ago it was. Updates between a Start here and an End here are joined by a line, so a run of updates reads as one timeline. Your first update starts on Start here; later ones start on Continue.

Put the newest update where readers will look first, usually at the top, and use Move up and Move down to keep the order right.

How live video works

Add a Live video block with a Title and a Description of what is happening (up to 1,000 characters). Save the post and submit it for review, so readers can open it before you go live. Until you start, they see The live video starts soon.

When it's time, open the event for editing and select Go live in the block. Allow access to your camera and microphone when asked. While you're live you see the running time and how many people are watching. When you select End stream, the recording is processed and then replaces the live feed in the block. Select Update Draft to keep the recording in the post, then Submit for Review.

On a computer

To start, choose Event from the arrow next to Post in the left menu, or select the Event tab in the post form.

Add an update and go live on a computer

01
Add an event updateSelect Start writing, or add a block (or the plus between blocks) and choose Event update. Pick the icon, color and timeline line, write the Label, Title and Text, check the Preview and select Create.
02
Add a live video blockOpen the block menu, choose Live video, give it a Title and Description, and select Create. Then save the post and submit it for review.
03
Open the event for editingWhen it's time, go to your Events page, select Manage on the event, then select the pencil.
04
Go liveSelect Go live in the Live video block and allow your browser to use the camera and microphone.
05
Run the streamUse Switch camera, Mute microphone, Turn camera off and Share screen as needed. They appear when your computer and browser support them.
06
End and saveSelect End stream, then Update Draft and Submit for Review.
The Event update window with icon choices, color swatches, the Start here, Continue and End here options, Label, Title, Text and a preview
Each update has an icon, a color and a place on the timeline
A Live video block in the event form showing a camera icon and a Go live button, with the stream title and description below

On your phone

These steps are the same in the Boogir app and on boogir.com in your phone's browser. A phone is a handy way to stream from where the event is happening.

To start, open Account, tap Events under Content, then tap New. Or tap + in the bottom bar, choose Post and tap the Event tab.

Add an update and go live on your phone

01
Add an event updateTap Start writing, or add a block (or the small + under a block) and choose Event update. Fill it in, then tap Create at the top right.
02
Add a live video blockOpen the Add a block sheet, choose Live video, give it a Title and Description, and tap Create. Then save the post and submit it for review.
03
Open the event for editingWhen it's time, open Account, tap Events, tap Manage on the event, then tap the pencil in the bottom bar.
04
Go liveTap Go live in the Live video block and allow access to the camera and microphone.
05
Run the streamUse Switch camera to flip between the front and back camera, and Mute microphone or Turn camera off as needed.
06
End and saveTap End stream, then Update Draft, and Submit for Review.
The Event update window full screen on a phone, with the icon choices, color swatches and the Start here, Continue and End here options
An event update on a phone

What viewers see

  • Before you start: The live video starts soon.
  • While you're live: the video with a Live badge and how many people are watching.
  • After you end: the recording, once you have saved the post and it has been approved again. If the recording is still being prepared, the block shows The recording is being processed.

If your form shows The recording could not be saved after you end the stream, select Try again.

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