Users can now schedule when a stream will start and stop (Producer and Live Clipping Tool). This adds further benefits to the workflows, such as:
Cost management and confidence
Ability to plan upcoming future events
Give you the power to scale the operations without needing to add more resources
Improved security by allowing users to have access to stream at the requested time without needing Admin/Manager to intervene (to turn it on), preventing errant use.
How to Schedule a stream
Select OPTIONS for the stream you want to schedule
Select SCHEDULE > CREATE
Input a TITLE
Add START DATE / STOP DATE and STAR TIME / STOP TIME
From the RECURRING drop-down select the desired option
CREATE SCHEDULE
📕 Note: As a precautionary measure, scheduled streams will start 5 minutes before the scheduled time, and stop 5 minutes after the scheduled time.
📕 Note: Only On-demand streams (Producer or Live Clipping Tool) can be scheduled when to start/stop.
💡 Tip: Ensure you select the correct timezone when scheduling a stream.
How to start a stream manually
Select OPTIONS for the stream you want to schedule
Select START STREAM
Select a DURATION
Hit START
📕 Note: Users will need to set duration when manually turning on a stream between 30min - 24 hours.
📕 Note: Only Admin and Manager roles can schedule or manually start/stop streams.
Supported recurring schedules
Recurring types | Repeats | Ends |
Does not repeat |
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Daily | Every day |
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Weekly | Once a week |
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Custom | Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa, Su | Never / On a specific date |
Overlapping schedules
Overlapping schedules are allowed in Grabyo where the start time will be the earliest time set on either of the schedules and the stop time will be the latest time set (on either of the schedules).
Example 1
In the above example, there is an overlapping schedule across schedules 1 and 2. Grabyo will start the stream at 17:00 (start of schedule 1) and turn off the stream at 19:00 (end of schedule 2). This will ignore the end of any schedule between these times.
Example 2
In this example, there is a longer schedule which runs from 15:30 to 20:30, which has overlapped schedules 1 and 2. Grabyo will start the stream at 15:30 (start of the longer schedule) and stop the stream at 20:30 (end of the longer schedule), ignoring any start or stop events from schedules 1 and 2.
📕 Note: If a schedule is created within 15 mins of another schedule Grabyo will not turn the stream off between these times as a precaution. However, if the schedules are 15 minutes apart, Grabyo will turn the stream off 5 minutes after Schedule 1 and turn it on again 5 minutes before Schedule 2.
Edit a single schedule (workaround)
Editing a single item within a recurring schedule is currently not supported due to the overlapping rules explained above, however, a workaround is to create a new schedule immediately after some of a recurring schedule.
Remove a single schedule (workaround)
Deleting a single item within a recurring schedule is currently not supported, however, a workaround is to delete the entire recurring schedule and create a new recurring schedule skipping the day/s in question.
📕 Note: Schedules can be deleted only while not active.