Pause and Resume Recording During a Live Show
Pause your recording mid-show, then resume: without breaking the live broadcast or creating multiple files. Useful for off-record breaks, sensitive segments, and clean post-production.
What's New
You can now pause the recording mid-show and resume it without affecting the live broadcast.
The Recording badge in the stream header turns to Paused while recording is paused. The live stream continues to your destinations as normal. When you click Resume, recording picks up, the saved file is one continuous recording with the paused section omitted.
When to Use It
Off-record moments
A guest needs to share something sensitive (a personal anecdote, an off-record opinion, a confidential detail). Pause the recording. The broadcast continues, so live viewers still see it, but the saved master file doesn't include the moment.
Pre-show / post-show banter
The pre-show "is this thing on?" minute and the post-show "phew, that went well" minute don't belong in the recording. Pause before, resume when ready.
Bathroom breaks
Long shows have human moments. Pause for two minutes. Resume.
Pickup recording
If you need to re-do a segment off-stream, pause the master, do the pickup separately, and stitch in editing.
How It Works
While the recording is active (the red Recording badge shows in the stream header), click Pause next to it
The badge changes to Paused
The live broadcast continues to destinations
When ready, click Resume
The badge returns to Recording, recording picks up
The saved master file is one continuous recording, the paused section is simply not included.
What's Different About Pausing vs. Stopping
Pause keeps the recording session active; it just doesn't capture during the pause. When you resume, it's the same recording, same file.
Ending the show (End Live, or End Recording if you started with Record) stops the recording and saves it. If you start recording again, it's a new session, new file.
For most use cases, Pause is what you want. Ending is for actually finishing the show.
Pro Tips
Use it sparingly. Frequent pausing creates jumps in the recording that can confuse viewers of the replay.
Communicate clearly. "We're going to take a quick break, see you in two." Lets your guests know you're pausing the recording too.
Remember the broadcast keeps going. Pausing the recording doesn't hide anything from live viewers. They still see and hear the off-record beat.
Don't rely on it for editing. Aggressive editing is better done in post-production. Pause is for moments that shouldn't be in the recording at all.
Try It
Start any Live Studio recording. Click Pause next to the Recording badge. Notice it change to Paused. Click Resume to continue.
For a use-case walkthrough see Pausing and Resuming Recording While Live.