Streaming to a server – Epiphan Pearl Mini Live Video Production System User Manual
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Streaming to a server
Streaming to a server
Your Pearl Mini streams to a server when you want to use a CDN or Multicast. Streaming a channel to CDNs
and multicast streaming is available only when the H.264 codec is configured as the channel encoding, see
.
By default, no server streaming is configured. See
configuring one of these two options.
Publishing Options
Use this option to...
Content Distribution
Network (CDN)
Stream web content to many viewers on different Content Delivery
Networks 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 one or more CDNs to stream live content allows you to reach a large
geographically diverse audience and because CDNs perform format
conversion, the stream is platform independent.
You can control when streaming to a CDN is enabled by using the Admin
panel or the touch screen, see
Start and stop streaming to a CDN
.
For more information about streaming to a CDN, see
Multicast Streaming
Stream content to a multicast IP address where it can be shared with
multiple viewers within the same LAN. All viewers receive the same stream
at the same time. Similar to turning on a radio station where all listeners
hear the same music at the same time.
This delivery method relies on network equipment that supports
multicasting and is usually used in high bandwidth corporate LANs and not
on Internet-based architectures.
This delivery method is useful for training sessions, when there is a specific
timeframe when the audience will view the content. For more information
about using multicasting for streaming your content, see
This option can be used to stream video and audio to an IP TV or set top
box playlist.
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