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Getting Started with sermon.net
Sermon.net allows you to live stream your services and events to your website and social networks. Record those services as on demand videos, upload previously recorded audio and videos, create episodes, manage playlists and podcasts of episodes, create media centers that bring your live events and playlists together for viewing by your users and much more!
So where do I start?
Are you live streaming through your sermon.net Account?
The best place to start would be to set up your live stream and test it out. Copy your stream keys and put them into your encoder, or stream directly from the browser. Sset up your live stream schedule, set up your simulcasting to Facebook, Youtube, etc.
Learn more about live streaming through sermon.net
Upload Audio and Video Files & Set Up Episodes
Next, you can upload previously recorded Audio and Video files, or convert your live stream recordings to episodes. You can also set up category lists and speaker lists for your episodes.
Learn More about uploading AV and setting up episodes
Playlist and/or Podcast
Playlists pull in episodes you choose into a list that users can use to playback your content. You can embed playlists on your site or add them to Media Centers for end user viewing. You can also set up podcasts that pull in your episodes. Once a podcast is set up you can submit your sermon.net podcast feed URL to all the main stream podcast properties like Apple, Spotify and more.
Learn More About Setting Up Playlists
Learn More About Setting Up Podcasts
Media Center
Media centers combine your live stream campus and on demand playlists in a feature rich end user interface that allows users to stream all of your content from one place.
Learn more about setting up a Media Center
Add content to Your Website
Embed sermon.net Players, Playlists, or Media Centers in your current website or link to the views we provide from your pages. We provide embed scripts and direct links at every level so you can get set up multiple ways for your users to access your content.
Need a website?
The Media Center can be a website for your Ministry!
This article is just an overview on how to get started. We have in-depth knowledge base articles to help you every step of the way and we are always willing to schedule a meeting to talk through how you can best utilize your sermon.net account. Check out all of our help articles or contact us to set up a time to talk. We look forward to seeing what you do and helping you make the most of your sermon.net account!