Run a 24/7 channel without guessing.
Each guide answers one question in full, with sources. VOD247 does the same work for you, once you would rather stop maintaining it.
Start here.
A 24/7 channel is a playlist, an encoder that never sleeps, and a chat that decides what plays next. 247.zerator.com has aired 3,006 VODs that way.
Setup
How to host a 24/7 Twitch channel.
Four working setups, from an OBS loop to hosted playout, with the failure mode of each one.
7 min readOn air
The 48-hour broadcast limit.
Twitch caps a broadcast at 48 hours. How a 24/7 channel reconnects before that, between two VODs.
7 min readRights
Muted audio and DMCA on reruns.
What a muted segment is, what it becomes on a rerun, and what a channel can do about it before airing.
8 min readRules
Twitch reruns and Affiliate hours.
What Twitch writes about reruns, labelling and the thresholds, with sources. Then a checker for your own numbers.
8 min readArchive
When Twitch deletes your VODs.
7, 14 or 60 days, depending on the account. A calculator for the exact date, and what to do before it.
7 min readGrowth
A second channel and the end-of-stream raid.
Send your live audience to your own 24/7 channel when you sign off, and what Twitch writes about raids.
8 min readRead one, then skip the work.
VOD247 archives the VODs, keeps the session alive and lets chat program the next one. You just connect two Twitch accounts.
Connect my TwitchNothing to install. Two Twitch logins.