BoxCast Tips, Tricks + Features | BoxCast Support Center

Scheduling + Monitoring Broadcasts

Schedule a Test Broadcast

A quick way to schedule for testing purposes

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Uploading a Schedule in Bulk

Steps to uploading a pre-existing schedule to BoxCast

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Edit or Delete Recurring Broadcasts

See how to quickly bulk edit or delete a recurring event.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Understand Stream Diagnostics

Use diagnostics on the Dashboard to help understand and troubleshoot quality issues with your stream.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Understand Viewer Analytics

Each broadcast includes statistics on viewership. This article breaks down the viewer analytics you have access to and where to find them.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Production Enhancing Features

Add a Pre-Roll Video to the BoxCast Embedded Player

Replace the default Embed player screen with a looping video when offline.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Add a Pre-Roll Image to the BoxCast Video Player

See how to add an image that appears on your video player before the stream starts.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Create Highlight Clips

Make highlight clips while live or after the fact using BoxCast's highlight clipping feature

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Rebroadcast a BoxCast Live Stream

Learn how to use our Simulated Live feature to schedule and re-broadcast an existing recording.

Written by Jim Zeller
Updated over a week ago

Add Captions to a Recorded Broadcast

Add and edit closed captions for recorded video broadcasts by following these steps.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Upload Documents to Accompany a Live Stream

Provide online viewers with the same documents you'd share in-person, such as agendas, notes, programs, and presentations

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Add a Logo or Graphic to a Broadcast

BoxCast's Graphic Overlays allow you to add PNG images to your broadcast without any extra equipment.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Add the Score from a Sportzcast Scoreboard

Integrate a Sportzcast scoreboard with BoxCast to add scoring information to a live stream.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Add Video Indexing To Archived Live Streams

Use video indexing to tag significant moments in a broadcast so they can be easily referenced by viewers.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Manage Broadcasts

Download a Broadcast

Learn how to export/download a broadcast from BoxCast.

Written by Josh Mathus
Updated over a week ago

Replace a Broadcast

Upload a locally recorded video — or replace a broadcast with a post-processed video — as a replacement broadcast.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Export Video to YouTube or Vimeo

Use these steps to export video recordings and highlights to YouTube or Vimeo.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Trim a Broadcast

Once a broadcast is archived, you can trim the video at the beginning or end.

Written by Josh Mathus
Updated over a week ago

Share + Promote Broadcasts

Share a broadcast on Facebook, Twitter, via email, or by embedding it on a website.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Sources + Destinations

Add a Source (Encoder) in the BoxCast Dashboard

There are 4 primary ways to stream to the BoxCast platform. Learn how to add these different encoders as sources in the Dashboard.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Add a New RTMP Source

This step-by-step guide shows how to add a new video source to BoxCast using the RTMP protocol.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Create Multi-Use RTMP Destinations

Learn how to send your streams to other platforms using the Multi-Use RTMP Destinations feature.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Create an Amazon Fire TV App with BoxCast MRSS Feeds

Learn how to access an MRSS feed so you can publish your content directly to your own branded Amazon Fire TV channel.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Send BoxCast Video to Chromecast

The BoxCast video player can send video to a TV connected to a Chromecast.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Learn to use the BoxCast Multi-Site Player

Enable remote campuses to watch your live broadcasts using the Multi-Site Player.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Live Stream Accessibility

Automatically Caption a Live Broadcast

A step by step guide for adding LIVE captions to your broadcast

Written by Josh Mathus
Updated over a week ago

Manually Add Closed Captions to a Broadcast

BoxCast provides 2 options to add closed captions (CC) to your broadcasts.

Written by Josh Mathus
Updated over a week ago

Import Closed Captions from YouTube to BoxCast

Closed captions from a video hosted on YouTube can be imported to BoxCast using an .SRT file.

Written by Wade Clark
Updated over a week ago

Add Custom Vocabulary to Automated Captions

Learn how to customize your automated caption vocabulary to include hard-to-pronounce words or names.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Ticketing + Donations

Use the BoxCast Ticketing Feature

Learn how to generate revenue by selling tickets to your live or recorded broadcasts.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Report on Ticket Sales

Learn how to use analytics to track the number of tickets purchased for your ticketed events.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Configure Your Account for Donations

This step-by-step guide shows you how to setup your account to receive donations using the embedded player.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Organize + Restrict Broadcasts

Create a Channel

Group specific broadcasts into a single video player so viewers see only events specified for that channel.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Password Protect Broadcasts

Require a password to view a broadcast or channel.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Limit Broadcast Viewing Based on Location

Use latitude and longitude to protect (geo-block) your content so that it can only be viewed in certain geographic regions.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Limit Broadcast Viewing to Select Websites

Restrict your broadcasts to only play on the website(s) you have chosen with embedding restrictions.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Manage Users + Your Subscription

Add Users to a BoxCast Account

You must reach out to questions@boxcast.com to add users.

Written by Josh Mathus
Updated over a week ago

Intro to User Roles + Permissions

Different user roles can be assigned a varying level of responsibility and permission.

Written by Josh Mathus
Updated over a week ago

Billing, Invoices + Proposals

Information on accepting proposal, viewing invoices, updating billing information, and more.

Written by Josh Mathus
Updated over a week ago

Advanced Options + Configurations

Adjust Simulated Live On-Demand Viewership Preferences

Specify whether or not to display archives of your Simulated Live events

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Written by Kathleen Lawson
Updated this week

Show Future Broadcasts with the BoxCast Embed Code

This article will show you how to customize your BoxCast Embed code to show future broadcasts.

Written by Wade Clark
Updated over a week ago

Auto-Play Behavior for Embedded Broadcasts

The BoxCast video player offers three options for broadcasters when playing videos on a webpage.

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Written by Mike Griffith
Updated over a week ago

BoxCast Premium Plan FAQ

Frequently asked questions about BoxCast Premium Plan

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Written by Kathleen Lawson
Updated over a week ago

View Transcode Profiles + Variants

View a detailed list of the supported ingest profiles, transcode variants, and bitrates.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Bring Mixer Audio into the Broadcaster App

Learn how to bring audio from an external soundboard into the Broadcaster app with this video and article.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Add Chatango Chat to a Broadcast

Currently, BoxCast does not have an integrated chat feature. This article shows how to set up chatango.com to be embedded on your site.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Add Q+A or Polls to Broadcasts with Slido

Engage your audience using Slido to add live Q+A and polls to live streaming events.

Written by Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago

Remove "Powered By BoxCast" from the Video Player

Follow these steps to remove the "Powered By BoxCast" text from appearing on your video player.

Written by Jim Zeller
Updated this week