> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://flowstate-577c2668.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Capture

**Capture** is where you connect a live stream and start a session. Each session is a single capture run with its own stream URL, chunks, and output.

## **Starting a New Session**

Click **New session** and paste your stream URL into the **Stream URL** field. The stream should be a live HLS or SRT feed, for example[ <u>https://example.com/stream.m3u8</u>](https://example.com/stream.m3u8)

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/flowstate-577c2668/Lvlqt_oY2-iy-6sT/images/Screenshot-2026-06-18-at-10.04.28.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Lvlqt_oY2-iy-6sT&q=85&s=24528be9ad80b2e18c6f284e5099cf2e" alt="Screenshot 2026 06 18 At 10 04 28" width="760" height="638" data-path="images/Screenshot-2026-06-18-at-10.04.28.png" />
</Frame>

The window that appears shows a summary of your saved configuration: chunk duration, overlap, and capture mode. If anything looks wrong, cancel and update it in **Configure** first.

Click **Start capture**. Flowstate connects to the stream and begins processing it, chunk by chunk, using your Watcher Instructions.

## **Review Output**

As the stream runs, output appears in the session in real time. Each processed chunk is clickable. Open a chunk to:

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/flowstate-577c2668/Lvlqt_oY2-iy-6sT/images/Screenshot-2026-06-18-at-10.14.48.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Lvlqt_oY2-iy-6sT&q=85&s=c19a3b8859ee7026c683ba990061309c" alt="Screenshot 2026 06 18 At 10 14 48" width="2434" height="1514" data-path="images/Screenshot-2026-06-18-at-10.14.48.png" />
</Frame>

* Read the analysis output based on your instructions
* See which moments the Watcher highlighted
* Create clips directly from the chunk view

The longer the stream runs, the more chunks accumulate, giving you a growing, timestamped record of everything the Watcher found.


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