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End a stream and share the replay

Stop your broadcast cleanly and let viewers watch the recording on demand.

Before you start

  • Your stream is live or has just ended.
  • The stream is a standard broadcast. Standard broadcasts are recorded automatically — there is no recording switch to turn on.

Steps

  1. 1
    When the event is finished, stop streaming in OBS or your encoder.
  2. 2
    Return to DCAST and open the stream page.
  3. 3
    The stream status changes to Ended.
  4. 4
    Wait a few minutes — DCAST prepares the replay automatically from the recorded segments.
  5. 5
    Refresh the stream page. When the replay is ready, the watch page will show a playable video.
  6. 6
    The original watch link still works — viewers open the same URL to watch the replay.
  7. 7
    You can share the link exactly as you did during the live broadcast.

Expected result

Viewers who open the watch link after the broadcast see the recorded replay, not a "stream offline" message.

Common problems

The replay is not ready yet.

Wait 5–10 minutes after the stream ends and refresh the page.

Recording was not captured.

Check the stream mode in stream settings. A stream switched to "24/7 (no recording)" is deliberately not recorded; switch it back to Standard stream before you go live, because a recording cannot be added afterwards.

The replay is only visible to me.

Check the stream visibility setting and confirm it is not set to Private.

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