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BoxCast Tips, Tricks + Features
Learn how to use features in the BoxCast Dashboard
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47 articles in this collection
Written by
Brad Hughes,
Mike Griffith,
Kathleen Lawson
and 2 others
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 rebroadcast an existing recording.
Written by
Brad Hughes
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 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
Brad Hughes
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
Brad Hughes
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
Brad Hughes
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
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
Brad Hughes
Updated over a week ago