Produce a Microsoft Teams Live Event using Teams Encoder
Important:
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For new event features and experiences, try switching to Teams town halls.
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For more information, please read this blog post for more information.
In a Teams live event, you can stream video from an external encoder to Microsoft Stream if your encoder supports Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP). If you need some tips for setting up external encoders, see this list of supported encoders.
Note: Stream supports hardware- and software-based encoders.
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In Teams, select Calendar
, then your live event, and Join.Note: The Teams calendar only goes 15 days into the future. You can also join the event by selecting it from your Outlook calendar and clicking Join live event.
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Until you start the event, you'll see the title, date, and time in the Encoder preview window.
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Select Start setup.
Note: Setup might take some time to complete.
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Once you see the message Ready to connect, go to the Settings tab and copy the server ingest URL into your encoder to start ingesting.
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Once you start streaming from the encoder to Stream using the ingest URL, you should see the preview of the video feed from the encoder in Encoder preview.
Note: Attendees won't see this preview until you start the live event.
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When you're satisfied with your setup and video preview, select Start. Once the live event starts, the video from the encoder is broadcast to the event.
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If the event has a Q&A, you can moderate it by selecting Q&A
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Select Chat
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To end the event, select End event.
Teams encoders allow users to produce live events directly from an external hardware or software-based encoder with Teams.
To produce a live event using the Teams Encoder:
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Go to your Teams calendar and select the arrow next to New meeting.
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From the dropdown menu, select Live event.
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Enter the event name, start and end time, and other details. Then, select Next.
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Select Teams Encoder under How will you produce your live event?
Note: Translated captions are not currently supported in live events using the Teams Encoder.
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Select Schedule.
RTMP link and key
To see the RTMP link and key:
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Go to your Teams calendar and select your live event. Select Expand
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Meeting organizers can also see this after joining the event by selecting More actions
> Settings > Meeting options .
Send video feed from Teams Encoder.
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After you've joined and see the following alert, you can start streaming from your encoder:
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Once you start streaming from the encoder to Stream using the ingest URL, you should see the preview of the video feed in Encoder preview, called Custom RTMP.
Note: Attendees won't see this preview until you start the live event.
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Select the Custom RTMP feed to see it appear in the queue section of the Event Stage.
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If you're ready to send the feed, select Send live. You'll then be able to start the event.
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Select Chat
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If the event has a Q&A, moderate it by selecting Q&A.
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To end the event, select End event.