Stream content using a, Content distribution network, Stream content to a cdn provider – Epiphan Networked VGA Grid User Manual
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4-1 Stream your video
To change the UPnP server name:
1. Connect to the admin interface using your preferred connection mechanism. See
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2. Login as admin.
3. Click the UPnP link in the Configuration section; the UPnP configuration page opens.
4. Highlight and delete the text in the Server name field, if any.
5. Type a new server name. Use characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _, :, @, ^, #, -. {}, [], ().
6. Click Apply; the name changes.
Stream content using a Content Distribution Network
A Content Delivery Network relies on geo-diverse CDN servers to receive and disperse web content to the CDN
server closest to the user. The closer the server is to the user the faster the content is delivered. Streaming your
content through a CDN allows you to stream any time, anywhere, regardless of the viewing device.
You can test how your content is streamed by sending your content to Epiphan’s CDN or choose one of
Epiphan’s preferred CDN providers
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Stream content to a CDN provider
Publish to any CDN provider that supports incoming streams sent via RTSP announce or RTMP push. Both RTSP
and RTMP can be used for live streaming, however not all CDNs or media servers support both formats. Choose
the streaming format that your CDN or media server supports. Epiphan has tested with the CDN providers
listed here:
. Contact your CDN for a list of supported audio codecs and
ensure your Encoding configuration uses one of the supported codecs.
To publish content to a CDN provider ensure you have:
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