Question:

My Periscope streams are ending prematurely. What is the reason for that? 

Answer:

Your Periscope streams may be ending prematurely because Periscope is forcefully terminating the connection to end the stream. This may be due to your recording/file not meeting the specs to stream or exceeds the maximum allowed bitrate.

The supported specifications for streaming to Periscope are as followed:

Video Bitrate & Codec: 2500 kbps (recommended), 4000 kbps (max), H.264

Audio Bitrate & Codec: 128 kbps AAC-LC

Framerate: 30 fps

Resolution: 1280 x 720

Additional Notes:

• One potential workaround to get your recordings to stream properly is to change the encoding profile of the stream to meet spec. You can contact a SnapStream Support Engineer for assistance on how to do this.
• Another workaround would be to transcode the file/recording to a resolution suitable for Periscope.

Applies to Version:

SnapStream 9.0 and later

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