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Start a live streaming

1. Goto channel list page​

Click menu "Live" -> "Channel List" to enter channel list page.

channel list page

2. Create new channel​

Click "Add" button to show creating new channel dialog box.

new channel

2.1 Basic Settings​

Enter the basic information like channel name, category and live source.

(1) Click "Add Category" to create new category.

(2) Live sources have following types:

  • Push: Push stream to server.
  • Pull: Pull stream from exist stream, support rtmp, http-flv, http-hls, http-ts streams.

(3) Secondary source:

  • If primary source is missing, the secondary source will be used automaticly.
  • Support rtmp, http-flv, http-hls, http-ts streams.

2.2 Pad Settings​

Pad is used if primary source and secondary source are all missing, it supports image or video.

2.3 Output Group​

  • Each channel may contain one or more output groups.
  • Each group contain template, station logo, rotation etc.
  • Each group contain one RTMP or HLS output stream.
  • Each hls stream contain one or more tempate to implement multi-bitrate streams.
  • Each group also support recoding.

3. Save channel​

If channel is created, the channel list page will be refreshed and shown like below: channel list page

(1) Each line display the channel id, name, push address/or pull address, category, source status and channel status.

(2) Click the channel thumbnail or name to view the channel detail, and you can get the play url for each group.

4. Get push stream url​

Find the push/pull address url in channel list, click the "copy button" button behind the url to copy it.

5. Push stream​

Use push stream client tool (eg. obs) to push stream, the push target should be set to the url copied on previous step.

6. Start streaming​

If stream is pushed to the server, the channel status is changed:

  • The channel source status is changed to "Normal" status.
  • The channel status is changed to "Ready" status

ready status

Now you can click "start button" button to start channel.

7. Preview output stream(s)​

Click "preview button" button to preview output stream(s).

8. Stop streaming​

Click "stop button" button to stop live streaming.