Stream to a server – Epiphan Pearl User Manual
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Pearl User Guide
Stream to a server
Stream to a server
Your Pearl streams to a server when you want to use a CDN or Multicast.
By default, no server streaming is configured. See
configuring one of these two options.
Publishing Options
Use this option to...
Content Distribution
Network
Stream web content to many viewers simultaneously to any geographical
location. A viewer accesses the broadcast from a website using a user name
and password, if required. Using a CDN to host your broadcast is highly
scalable and makes financial sense to website owners since you do not pay
for additional server hardware or routing should your network traffic
increase or decrease.
Using a CDN to stream live content allows you to reach a large
geographically diverse audience and because CDNs perform format
conversion, the stream is platform independent.
For more information about streaming to a CDN, see
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The following options are available to stream video to a CDN:
Epiphan TV - test your video stream using Epiphan’s portal
using RTSP announce - stream live video to a content delivery network
using RTMP push - stream live video to a content delivery network
Wowza Streaming Cloud - for quick integration with Wowza
Streaming Cloud
Original Livestream - for use with older Livestream installations
RTSP and RTMP streaming provides the following advantages:
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viewers can watch the action as it unfolds;
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video quality automatically changes to adjust to changes in
bandwidth;
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reduced bandwidth usage since the player maintains a smaller
buffer; and
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viewers can scroll back through later sections of the video while the
video is streaming.
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