Can my stream start and stop on a schedule?
Yes. Choose a schedule when you create a stream, or later from the stream’s Settings. LiveGoLive gets your stream ready a few minutes early, goes live at the time you set and stops when the run ends, even with your computer off.
Choose a schedule
Pick a schedule in Create stream, in the Media and schedule step. For a stream you already have, open the stream, go to Settings and select Schedule.
There are four choices:
- Manual control: you start and stop the stream yourself from its page.
- One-time schedule: pick a day and time to start. Then choose an end time, or Stream for a set time.
- Repeat weekly: pick the days and a start time, and how each run ends: at a time, or after a set time. You can also set a last day.
- Run and rest: live for a while, rest for a while, and repeat. Each live part and each rest can be 10 minutes to 24 hours.
Times use the time zone you choose, which starts as your computer’s. Studio shows the zone name next to every scheduled time.
What happens at the set time
LiveGoLive starts getting your stream ready about 15 minutes before each run, so it’s live at the time you set. On YouTube, each run gets its own live video, which shows as Upcoming from about 15 minutes before.
When a run ends, the stream stops on its own. Your computer can be off the whole time.
Run and rest
A stream on Run and rest goes live at most 8 times in 24 hours, counted from its first start. After the 8th run it rests until the same time the next day. Studio shows what your day looks like before you save, for example “Goes live 8 times, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM PT, then rests until 9:00 AM tomorrow”.
Stopping a scheduled stream
When you press Stop on a scheduled stream, choose:
- Only this time: this run ends now, and the next run starts as planned.
- The whole schedule: the schedule turns off. Select Turn on on the stream page to start it again.
If you change a schedule, the change starts from the next run.
If a run can’t start
Sometimes a run can’t start. For example, your plan’s live streams may all be in use, or your streaming time may be used up. That run is skipped, the stream page tells you why, and the next run is tried as usual.
The team’s Owner and Managers get an email when a scheduled run doesn’t start, when a scheduled stop doesn’t work, or when the streaming time is used up. Choose who gets which email in Team settings › Email notices.
Schedules saved before November 3, 2026
Schedules saved before November 3, 2026 were saved before schedules started running. They wait for you: open the stream and select Turn on to start yours.