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What is multi-video playlist streaming?

Queue several videos into one continuous live stream, why Livepush re-encodes them, and which plans include it.

Written by Wahaj Dar

Multi-video playlist streaming lets you queue several uploaded videos into one continuous live stream. Livepush plays them back to back as a single broadcast, so your viewers on YouTube, Facebook or your own website see one uninterrupted stream rather than separate events.

To make that work, Livepush re-encodes each video you upload to the same constant encoding parameters. Videos exported from different editors or cameras rarely match, and without that step the stream can glitch, freeze or drop at the point where one video hands over to the next.

When you need it?

  • You want to run a playlist of several videos as one live stream

  • You are running a 24/7 channel that loops or rotates content

  • Your videos came from different sources and you are not sure they share the same encoding settings

  • You are seeing glitches, broken scenes or drops between videos in an active pre-recorded live stream

When you do not need it

  • You are streaming a single video, not a playlist

  • You have already encoded every video to identical settings yourself before uploading

See recommended settings for pre-recorded videos if you want to prepare your files yourself.

Which plans include multi-video playlists streaming?

Multi-video playlist streaming comes with the plans that include the 24/7 schedule channel.

Option 1: Social Media Streaming plans

  • Creators Plan: $39/month, or $32/month billed $390 yearly.
    Offers 24/7 schedule channel, video looping, up to 4K, 5 simultaneous streams, 20 GB video storage, 16 events in the schedule queue.

  • Business Plan: $119/month, or $102/month billed $1,229 yearly.
    Adds on-air schedule editing so you can change the queue while it is running, 100 GB storage and 80 events in the queue.

Option 2: Live Event Hosting Plans

Buy these plans if you also want the stream on your own website with Akamai CDN delivery

  • Studio Plan: $139/month, or $119/month billed $1,428 yearly.
    Offers 24/7 schedule channel, up to 4K, 100 GB storage, 3 TB bandwidth per month.

  • Network Plan: $399/month, or $339/month billed $4,068 yearly.
    Gives 400 GB storage, 8 TB bandwidth, on-air schedule updates.

On the Pro plan you can schedule individual pre-recorded events, but not a continuous multi-video playlist. The Events hosting plan works the same way.

Compare everything on the pricing page, or see Livepush plans and pricing.

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