Recording (Local + Cloud)

What is it?

Recording is capturing the live broadcast as a file while it streams. Two flavors:

• Cloud recording: the platform's servers save the show — nothing on the creator's device, available in their account afterward.
• Local recording: the creator's own device saves a copy too — often at higher quality than what survived the internet connection.

Practical example

A creator finishes a 90-minute show. In their dashboard, the cloud recording is already waiting: downloadable, trimmable, ready to publish as VOD. A pro creator goes further with local recording: their device saved a pristine copy untouched by network hiccups — so even if the live stream had two minutes of pixelated chaos when the Wi-Fi dipped, the local file is perfect, and that's the version they edit into clips.

Key things to know (non-technical)

• The golden rule of live: everything is recorded, always — a show that wasn't recorded is value thrown away (no VOD, no clips, no proof for sponsors).
• Local beats cloud on quality (no network in the path); cloud beats local on convenience (no storage, no transfer, can't be forgotten).
• Serious setups do both — local as the master copy, cloud as the safety net.
• Cloud recording storage (hours kept, retention period) is a classic pricing-tier lever.

In Tupic Live

Auto cloud recording of every Tupic Live broadcast — on by default, waiting in the creator's library when the show ends — is the foundation the entire post-live chain (VOD, clips, premieres, 24/7 channels) is built on; a local-recording option on the broadcasting device covers the quality-critical creators.