Channel boosts

Assign the boosts from your plan to channels to raise their level, improving recording quality, VOD retention, and live detection for everyone.

Boosts are how viewers improve a channel for everyone who watches it. Each boost you assign counts toward the channel’s level, and each level unlocks better recording.

Boost levels

• Max quality is the highest resolution recorded, measured on the shorter side. Streams below it are kept at their original quality.
• VOD retention is how long recorded VODs are kept before they are deleted automatically.
• Live check is how often Streaminz checks whether the channel is live. Shorter intervals mean recording starts sooner.

A channel’s level counts boosts from all users together. The channel page’s Boosts tab shows its level, progress to the next level, and who is boosting it.

Where boosts come from

You need an active plan to boost channels.

Boost a channel

1. Subscribe to the channel. See Following channels.
2. On the channel page, select Boost, or go to Dashboard > Boosts and pick it from Channels you can Boost.
3. Choose how many boosts to apply. Boosts beyond your plan’s included ones are added as a paid add-on, and the dialog shows the prorated charge before you confirm.

Move a boost

Boosts can’t be removed once assigned, but they can be moved. In Dashboard > Boosts, select Move on a boost and choose another channel. After a move, that boost has a cooldown before it can move again.

When boosts stop counting

• Payment failed: boosts keep counting during the payment grace period.
• Plan canceled: boosts count until the end of the billing cycle, then end with the plan.
• Plan expired: all boosts backed by it end.
• Channel removed from Streaminz: its boosts are released. For boosts bought as an add-on, your add-on is reduced and the unused whole days of the current month are refunded as credits.

When a channel drops a level, it keeps its previous VOD retention for a short grace period.