About Panopto recording and webcasting

The Pearl device supports scheduled events, recurring events, and unscheduled ad hoc recordings and webcasts. Scheduled events start and end automatically. No manual intervention is required. After the event ends, recorded files automatically upload to the event owner's folder in Panopto. Backup recordings are also saved locally on Pearl Nano. If the network connection or the CMS goes down during an event, Pearl device continues to record locally and uploads the recording when network connectivity resumes.

Pearl Mini and Pearl Nano - A large capacity (256 GB or more)  SD card (or a large capacity SATA M.2 2280 SSD on Pearl Nano) must be installed to record events. Do not remove the SD card while files are uploading to Panopto.

Administrators can:

General Information

  • Starting or stopping a scheduled VOD event before the scheduled start or stop time does not change the event into an ad hoc event.
  • Pearl Nano must be registered with Panopto to record and stream Panopto events, see Enable CMS and register with Panopto.
  • The maximum allowed bitrate for webcasts in Panopto is 2.5 Mbps, regardless of what bitrate is actually set for the target resolution of the remote recorder in Panopto. For example, when creating a scheduled webcasting event in Panopto, if you set the target resolution to a quality of 1920 x 1080 60 fps Bitrate: 4000 kbps, Pearl Nano streams the event at the maximum bitrate of 2500 kbps.
  • Scheduled events have priority over ad hoc events. If an ad hoc event is still in progress when it's time to start a scheduled event, the ad hoc event is stopped and the scheduled event starts.
  • Scheduled VOD events automatically start recording locally on Pearl Nano even If the network is down or Panopto is unavailable. After the session ends, the locally recorded files upload automatically to your folder in Panopto when the network link to Panopto is re-established.
  • Scheduled webcasting events do not start if Pearl Nano's connection to the CMS is not available.
  • If the network connection is lost during a file upload to Panopto, the transfer automatically restarts when the network connection re-establishes.
  • If Pearl Nano loses power while a scheduled event is being recorded, the recording stops. If Pearl Nano is powered back on before the scheduled end time for the event, recording of the scheduled event restarts automatically and a second set of files are created.On Pearl Nano, a second recording is created. When the event ends, the files are uploaded to Panopto.
  • If Pearl Nano was unavailable on the network or powered down and misses a scheduled event, the status of that event appears as Skipped on the Events page in the Admin panel.
  • Do not use AFU or configure recording file size, type and other channel recording settings when CMS is enabled on Pearl Nano.
  • For ad hoc events, Pearl Nano ignores a user's presets that are set in Panopto. As a result, ad hoc recordings automatically upload to the user's default folder as originally assigned by Panopto.
  • Channel encoding settings you make on Pearl Nano are overridden by the default encoding settings the system uses to record to Panopto.

For Panopto VOD events, if you manually stop a scheduled VOD event before the scheduled end time when Pearl Nano doesn't have network connectivity, Pearl Nano uploads the completed event's recording when network connectivity resumes. However, Panopto does not recognize that the event has ended. The event remains in the In Progress state in Panopto and you must wait until the original event's scheduled end time before creating a new event using that Pearl Nano.

Encoding settings

Default Panopto encoding settings are applied automatically to the channel when Panopto is enabled, which override the existing encoding settings. If you manually change the encoding settings using the Admin panel after Panopto is enabled, the settings revert back to the default Panopto settings when a scheduled or ad hoc event starts.

You can change the channel resolution in Panopto when creating a new scheduled or recurring session. Pearl Nano also supports Panopto device templates so you can quickly set up your Pearl Nano remote recorder when you create a new event.

Pearl Nano information

  • Pearl Nano - You can start and stop events earlier than the scheduled time, as well as pause an event using the Admin panel or the front panel control key interface on Pearl Nano.
  • Panopto treats the channel you setup on Pearl Nano as a single video-source event for recordings and webcasts. For ad hoc events, the default name of the uploaded recording includes the date and start time of the event. For example: 2019-07-15 08:00. A more intuitive name can be entered when the ad hoc event is created.
  • To use the front screen on Pearl Nano to start and stop events, see Stop/start scheduled CMS events using Pearl Nano's front screen menu.
  • Due to a Panopto limitation, single-channel recorders like the Pearl Nano can only be used as a primary recording device for scheduled events. Setting the Pearl Nano as a secondary recording device for a scheduled event will result in no secondary channel being recorded.
  • To monitor the channel during an event, you can display the Channel view on Pearl Nano's front screen, see Confidence monitoring using the front screen. You can also monitor the channel using the Admin panel or see a live preview of the channel and the audio level from the remote recorder page in Panopto.