QCLF Live Broadcast Does Not Record or Replay Host Media

QCLF Live Broadcast intentionally provides ephemeral Host camera/microphone. The managed media room transports one Host to receive-only viewers while the session is live; QCLF does not create a recording, Egress job, stored audio/video file, or replay player.

What remains after the Broadcast is the durable Topic and archived chat history—not a copy of the Host’s live media.

What QCLF Stores vs Does Not Store

  • QCLF stores the Broadcast Topic, live-session lifecycle state, live Messages, moderation/history records, and the converted permanent chat replies.
  • QCLF can persist managed room identity/state needed during the live lifecycle, but it stores no permanent LiveKit API secret.
  • QCLF does not record Host camera/microphone tracks, create media Egress, save an A/V file, or provide Host-media replay after End.

Troubleshoot a Launch Error

  1. Confirm Effective Pro/Max/All Access and Category Broadcast permissions.
  2. Confirm the managed Host Live client reports available; locally this requires OpenSSL EC support plus the QCLF secret store.
  3. Retry Start Host Live and read the returned service message instead of exposing or manually entering transport credentials.
  4. Check browser camera/microphone permissions only after the managed room connection is available and you intentionally enable those devices.

Troubleshoot Reconnect Errors

A viewer/Host reconnect uses fresh managed authorization/bootstrap details. Viewers reconnect only after authoritative Host Live status confirms active; after End/inactive state, the correct result is to stop reconnecting and hide/tear down the media shell.

Provider/Managed-Service Errors Are Not Recording Errors

Errors such as enrollment/authorization failure, incomplete secure connection details, client loading failure, or temporary room reconnect failure affect live transport. They do not imply that a recording exists somewhere waiting to be recovered.

Plan for External Recording Separately

If an organization needs recorded Broadcast video, that requirement must be handled by a separate, appropriately disclosed recording workflow outside QCLF 1.1.27. QCLF’s own product behavior remains no-recording/no-replay.

Community Discussion

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