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How to use Premiere (pre-recorded live)?

Last updated: November 6, 2026

Videosync Premiere lets your audience view and experience your pre-recorded video as a live event. Recording the actual presentation beforehand allows you to focus on engaging with the audience during the premiere. Shortly after the premiere ends, the recording is available as a published recording.

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We’re improving Premiere. Setting up a Premiere still takes a few manual steps, and we’re working on making it simpler. This guide walks you through the current workflow step by step.

Steps to create a Premiere event

  • First, create an event and set the event time for the desired premiere time. You can use an existing event or create a new one. If you need help, check Create a new event with Videosync.
  • If you want to pre-record your video in Videosync, use Web Studio’s Recording mode. Premiere works with Web Studio recordings.
  • To create a Premiere, go to Advanced Settings → Automatic recording, publishing & premiere settings and turn on Publish as premiere (pre-recorded live). This schedules the premiere for the event time and switches the Event State to Edit recording. Keep the event in Edit recording while you prepare the video.
  • Publish automatically and Publish as premiere cannot be on at the same time. Turning one on disables the other.
  • When you have your video ready, go to Edit → Recording editing to select your recordings. You can add multiple videos to the playlist. If you have a slide presentation or polls, you can sync them with the recording. Save your edits. For more information, check Editing and publishing a recording.
  • Recommended: process the video to multiple bitrates. It’s an extra step for now, but it makes playback smoother for viewers on slower connections. Change the Event State to Premiere, then back to Edit recording. This starts the processing.
  • About 5 minutes before the event time, the event moves from Edit recording to Premiere automatically. This automatic change does not process the video to multiple bitrates.
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A few things to watch out for while we improve the workflow

  • Keep the event in Edit recording until the premiere. About 5 minutes before the event time, an event in Share or Build goes to Live instead of Premiere, and your audience won’t see the recording.
  • Process the video well before the event time. Processing a long video takes a while, and viewers who already have the event page open keep watching the original quality until they reload. Do it as soon as your edited video is final.
  • To change the texts your audience sees before and after the premiere:
    • On the new event site, edit them in the Layout Editor. The Embed premiere texts in Advanced Settings only change the embed player.
    • On the legacy event site, edit Text to show before premiere and Text to show after premiere is finished in Advanced Settings.
  • Click Preview to explore how your event site will look before, during, and after the premiere.
    • On the new event site, choose Before premiere, Premiere, After premiere or Published recording in the preview’s state selector.
    • On the legacy event site, you can only preview the countdown page. To check how the video itself looks, turn off Publish as premiere to see the recording on the preview page. When you turn the setting back on, the event state goes back to Edit recording.
  • If you duplicate the event, the copy does not keep the Premiere setting. Turn on Publish as premiere again in the copy.
  • Now your Premiere is ready to go.

What happens when you create a Premiere

Before your Premiere starts

  • If you have enabled registration, your event site cannot be accessed without it.
  • On the event page, your audience will see a countdown timer and the text you set up in Premiere settings. When the event time is reached, the event page will automatically go live.
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During your Premiere

  • Your recording is streamed to the audience. You can focus on audience feedback and chat questions.
  • Viewers can send chat messages during the Premiere, even if Hide message submit form if event state is published recording is on in Audience interactions. That setting takes effect when the Premiere ends.
  • If you indexed slides or polls in Editing and publishing a recording, those will be activated during the live.

After your Premiere

  • When your recording ends, the event site will automatically turn into a published recording. This can take a few minutes after the recording ends.
  • Your event is now available as a recording for people who missed the Premiere.