Why can't you see who is broadcasting before you enter the room anymore?

[Alondite]

This was a neat feature that allowed you to know which fellow streamer was live, or at least what auto pilot clip it was on, before you entered the room. For some reason, that is now gone.

Now people can't tell who is streaming and have to ask every time they go in, so it is an inconvenience not just to me, but the other viewers on the stream as well.

Can you please rectify this situation please? Or at least explain your reasoning behind the decision to remove it.

Thank you in advance.

[Alondite]

Thanks for input and feedback. Can always count on livestream to be so prompt with their replies.

And yes, there is some sarcasm.

[davidaron]

Yes, Let's bump this up.

We relied on this function because it was the only way viewers could see the dates of our concerts on the currently embedded players during auto pilot. A very important function.

Now everyone has to guess them.

Bad move, In my opinion.

[Alondite]

Bumped at the extremely outside chance someone from livestream responds to this.

[paul167]

Sorry about the delayed answer.

I'm not sure what you guys are referring to. What do you mean by 'entering the room' ? Are you referring to the Livestream Studio ?

Thanks

[davidaron]

No, we are referring to the text that used to note the clip title or cam user that flashed at the beginning when the player was loading in either live or from the autopilot.


We are losing lots of viewers on this. Not to mention the confusing regarding who is broadcasting live at any given point.

If there is a way to call it up via the API, let us know, and We'll program it in. It disappeared for the 'old' player just recently as well.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by paul167

Sorry about the delayed answer.

I'm not sure what you guys are referring to. What do you mean by 'entering the room' ? Are you referring to the Livestream Studio ?

Thanks

[paul167]

Actually yes there is a way to get that meta data from the API, you can use the "currentContentTitle" attribute to retrieve the clip name / name of the user's camera. The full description of available features is available here:

http://static.livestream.com/chromelessPlayer/v11/doc/

Thanks

[davidaron]

Thanks Paul,

Or maybe its textOverlayEnabled ?
Can I code this into my current embedded players? How do I add this?

-Dave