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Live Events
Adding a Live Event
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you can add a live event and schedule it to begin at a certain period of time or manually make sure you have prepared a failover source to be used for more infomation, see pre requisites docid\ rc1lcxf9cdp35o2nhyezm to add a live event in the main navigation, click live events click + add the create new live events screen is displayed in the name field, enter a name for the live event in the tags field, select one or more of the predefined tags from the drop down list tags are used for access control by selecting a tag, you are relating this live event to that tag tags are associated with certain roles (through the users & roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups if you would like to create a new tag, see creating a tag docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd in the mode field, select sources channels are deprecated, and will be completely removed in a future update the failover source should include all the sources you will need for the live event, typically this will include a slate source, a primary source (preferred) and a backup source it is possible to select multiple sources it is recommended to have multiple redundant sources with matching content and slate in this case, the event phase transitions, and slating will be applied on all selected sources in parallel in the staging mode field, select one of the following auto – in this option the system will automatically move between the various stages manual – in this mode, the times are a guideline only, and you will have to manually move between the various stages you can set the staging mode to auto but override that for individual stages by selecting/deselcting the auto setting of each individual step or during the event itself by clicking switch next to manual on the event mamagement screen (see switching to manual or auto during the event docid\ cpobye 8ddbja2qg9gy98 ) overriding the auto mode from manual to auto will switch any further stages added if you want the live event channel to be disabled when the event completes, select the disable channel when the event completes if you want to link the event to an external system for additional event metadata and scheduling information, enter the link in the external link field under stages , configure each stage by following these steps in the name field, specify a name for the stage (e g , pre game) specify whether you want the transition to the next stage to be automated or manual by enabling/disabling the auto mode checkbox by default, this checkbox is enabled or disabled according to what you have selected in the staging mode field in the start time field, click to open the calendar and select the date and then the time in which the event stage will begin this field is mandatory even if you have diabled auto mode transition in the previous stage (i e , the stage is manual ) this means that manual stages must also have a "notional" start time if you want this stage to output the slate, select the force slate the slate is configured as one or more of the input sources of the failover source under pre roll clip (optional) , if you have configured promo clips to be played out automatically during stage transitions or manually (see step ?? below), select the clip from the drop down menu to add another stage, click add and repeat the steps above if you want to use promo clips that will be played out automatically during stage transitions or manually, under clips , click the add button and enter the clip’s name and the url of the ts file click save

