Uploading a stream

Supported formats

Upload any standard video file from your dashboard. MP4 is the safest choice. It works everywhere and tends to be the format your streaming software outputs by default. MOV files work as well. If your file is something more exotic, transcode it to MP4 first.

There's no hard size limit on what you can upload, but bigger files take longer to transfer. If you're on a slow connection, expect the upload itself to be the longest single step.

Processing time

Once your file finishes uploading, your editor takes over. Roughly speaking: a one-hour stream takes 30 to 60 minutes to fully process. Two hours of footage takes around an hour and a half. The exact time depends on how much speech is in the video and what's happening on screen.

You don't need to wait on the page. The upload runs in the background and you'll get an email the moment your timeline is ready to review.

What your editor watches for

Your editor goes through the full video and pays attention to three things at once: the audio (what's being said and what's silence), the visual moments (what's actually happening on screen), and the conversational flow of the stream. It's looking for the parts a viewer would want to watch: the reactions, the funny bits, the actual story. It's also flagging the parts a viewer would skip past.

Giving your editor a short description of what the stream is about helps a lot. "Outdoor fishing trip with chat" gives it useful context. The more specific you can be, the better the first pass will be.