Panopto recording and webcasting setup

Applies to: Pearl-2, Pearl Mini, Pearl Nexus, Pearl Nano.

After Pearl device is registered with Panopto, you're ready to select video sources for multiple source recordings and webcasts. Video sources must be connected to Pearl device and assigned to a channel. Each channel configured on Pearl device is treated as a separate video source for multiple source events in Panopto. 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. 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. A large capacity (256 GB or more recommended) storage is required to record CMS events. Do not remove any storage while files are uploading. Administrators can:

• Set up Panopto authentication for ad hoc events.
• Set Panopto ad hoc event parameters.
• Change the extend event button time allotment in 5, 10, and 15 minute intervals.
• Enable muting audio and displaying an event paused image when an event is paused.
• Disable low disk space alert sent from Pearl device.
• Create ad hoc events.
• View the Events page to see all upcoming scheduled sessions and completed sessions.
• Download local recordings for a channel.
• Start and stop scheduled events before the scheduled time.
• Extend, pause, and resume scheduled events. General Information
• Pearl device must be registered with Panopto to record and stream Panopto events.
• It is not possible to use AFU or configure recording file size, type, and other channel recording settings when CMS is enabled on Pearl device.
• Do not use any local recording controls when CMS is enabled, including Single Touch controls. Event Information
• You can start and stop events earlier than the scheduled time, as well as pause an event using the Admin panel or the screen of the Pearl device.
• Starting or stopping a scheduled VOD event before the scheduled start or stop time does not change the event into an ad hoc event.
• Events can be scheduled back to back. Events start and stop according to the schedule, and event overlaps are not possible.
• 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 device 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.
• For Panopto VOD events, if you manually stop a scheduled VOD event before the scheduled end time when Pearl device doesn't have network connectivity, Pearl device 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 device.
• For ad hoc events, Pearl device 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.
• For ad hoc events, the default name of the multi-view file includes the date and start time of the event. For example: 2026-07-15 08:00. A more intuitive name can be entered when the ad hoc event is created.
• To monitor a channel during an event, you can display the Channel view on the Pearl device's screen. You can also monitor channels directly on the Events screen using the screen. It's also possible to see a live preview of the channels and the audio level from the remote recorder page in Panopto. You can also monitor the channel using the Admin panel. Encoding settings
• Default Panopto encoding settings are applied automatically to the channel when Panopto is enabled, which override the existing Channel 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 device also supports Panopto device templates so you can quickly set up your Pearl device remote recorder when you create a new event.
• 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 1920x1080@60 fps Bitrate: 4000 kbps, Pearl device streams the event at the maximum bitrate of 2500 kbps.
• Each Pearl device channel is treated as a separate video source that Panopto users can select when scheduling or viewing an event in Panopto.
• Use multiple Pearl device channels to get multiple views for a Panopto event. Using the Admin panel, Pearl device administrators can configure channels on Pearl device for multiple source recordings and separate channels for webcasts.
• For example, if you have a main camera and a presentation laptop that you want to capture as a multiple source recording, you'd create two channels on Pearl device: one for the main camera and another one for the presentation laptop.
• For multiple-source Panopto events that are manually stopped or have ended, if you use the Admin panel to delete a locally saved recording for any channel on Pearl device that hasn't yet uploaded to Panopto as part of the multiple-source event, that event remains in the In Progress state indefinitely in Panopto.

Device differences

• Pearl Mini and Pearl Nexus: To record a scheduled session at 1920×1080@30 fps, you must select 1920×1080@60 fps for the remote recorder in Panopto when you create the scheduled session.
• Pearl Nano: Due to a Panopto limitation, single-channel recorders like the Pearl Nano device can only be used as a primary recording device for scheduled events. Setting the Pearl Nano device as a secondary recording device for a scheduled event will result in no secondary channel being recorded.
• Pearl Nano: Pearl Nano cannot display the Channel preview on the Events screen.
• Pearl Nexus: Pearl Nexus has no screen, so it is not possible to monitor an event or channel that way; use the Admin panel, Epiphan Edge, or third-party control instead.