How to publish an event replay
Record, trim, split by session, subtitle, publish: the method for making the replay useful after the live stream, instead of leaving it in a folder.
Updated October 2026 · All guides
A good replay is prepared before the live stream: record at the source, and mark the start of each session during the event. Then trim the waiting time at the start and end, split the day into one video per session, correct the subtitles and add a summary with chapters. Publish within the week, choose who can watch, and announce it to participants.
Step by step
Record at the source
The cleanest recording is of the picture sent to the live stream, not a screen capture of the player. Check before the day that the streaming tool records, and where the file ends up.
Mark sessions during the live stream
Note the start time of each talk, or let the control desk set a marker at each session change. Those markers drive the splitting and the chapters.
Trim the waiting time
Nobody watches the ten minutes of still picture before going on air. Cut at the first word and after the last, listening back to the seconds around the cut.
Split by session
A six-hour day is not watched in one go. One video per session, titled after it, is easier to find, share and rank.
Subtitle and summarize
Subtitles serve people watching without sound, and make the video accessible. Fix proper names first, then add a summary of a few sentences and chapters.
Publish and announce
Choose who can watch: everyone, participants, or those who paid. Publish within the following week, while the event is still fresh, and announce it by email.
The most common mistakes
- Waiting until you have edited a perfect film. A replay split and subtitled, published the following week, does more than an edit delivered two months later.
- Publishing a six-hour video without chapters: nobody finds the talk they were looking for.
- Forgetting the speakers. Tell them before the event that their session will be published, and with what visibility.
Doing it with LiveEvent
In LiveEvent, every live stream broadcast from OBS, vMix or the Studio records itself. The control desk sets the session markers, “Split by session” makes one piece per session, the transcription arrives on its own, and the summary and chapters are written in each of the event’s languages. The replay is published openly, for signed-in participants only, or behind a payment.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need separate editing software?
- To trim and split, no: those steps happen on the recorded video. An edit with graphics, several cameras or cutaways needs editing software or a production company.
- Should the replay be restricted to participants?
- It depends on what it is meant to do. Open to all, it promotes the event and can be found in search engines. Restricted or paid, it gives people a reason to register, or to come to the next edition.
- How long should videos be kept?
- Set a duration before publishing, for example twelve months after the event, and tell the speakers. A duration chosen in advance avoids keeping videos forever that nobody watches any more.