MediaCP Manual
    1. Getting Started
    2. Sales Questions
    3. Frequently Asked Questions
    4. Transcoder System Benchmarks
    5. Start your own streaming platform
    1. Change account currency
    2. Product Licensing
    1. Introduction
    2. Installation & Upgrade
      1. System Requirements
      2. Versions & Releases
      3. Installation
      4. Upgrading
      5. SSL Certificates
      6. Streaming Servers
        1. Nginx-Rtmp Video Server
        2. Wowza Streaming Engine
        3. Flussonic Media Server
        4. Video Feature Comparison
        5. Icecast 2 / Icecast KH
        6. Shoutcast 2
    3. Billing Integration
      1. Blesta Integration Guide
      2. WiseCP Integration Guide
      3. WHMCS Integration Guide
      4. Clientexec Integration Guide
      5. Billing Platform Comparison
    4. Migrate from other software
      1. Migrate From Centovacast
      2. Migrate From AzuraCast
    5. Backup & Restoration
      1. Restore MediaCP
      2. Backup MediaCP
      3. Transfer to another server
    6. Administration
      1. MediaCP System Commands
      2. Admin Tools
      3. Custom Web Service Configurations
      4. Change MediaCP domain name
      5. Port 80 / 443 Proxy
      6. Move media to another hard disk
      7. Custom Language Translations
      8. Custom Facebook App
      9. Branding Your Panel
      10. Secure your server
      11. Setup CSF Firewall
      12. Troubleshooting Login Errors
      13. Reset Admin Password
    7. Scaling
      1. Nginx-Rtmp with CDN Proxy
      2. Scale with Wowza and CloudFront CDN
      3. Nginx-Rtmp with CloudFront CDN
    8. Troubleshooting
      1. FTP Troubleshooting
      2. MySQL Database Troubleshooting
      3. Reporting Troubleshooting
      4. Troubleshooting Liquidsoap AutoDJ
      5. Video Relay Troubleshooting
      6. Disk Troubleshooting
      7. Grant access to support team
      8. Troubleshooting Wowza Streaming Engine
    1. Introduction
    2. Administrators Dashboard
    3. System Configuration
      1. General
      2. Services
      3. Video Players
      4. Albums
      5. Email
      6. Plugins
      7. Statistics
      8. Backups
      9. Custom HTML
      10. Misc
    4. Customer Accounts
      1. Managing existing Customers
      2. Create a new Customer
      3. Deleting a Customer
      4. Send email to Customer
      5. Login as another Customer
      6. Reset Customer Password
    5. Reseller Accounts
      1. Reseller Plans
      2. Create a Reseller Account
    6. Administrator Accounts
      1. Create a new Administrator
    7. Media Services
      1. Creating a Media Service
      2. Deleting a Media Service
    8. Announcements
      1. Managing Announcements
      2. Creating Announcement
      3. Deleting Announcement
    9. Statistics
    10. Software Health
    11. Software Updates
    12. Email Templates
    13. API
    1. Introduction
    2. Audio Operation Manual
      1. Basics 101
      2. Station Overview
      3. Media Library
      4. Playlists
        1. General Rotation
        2. Jingles & Advertising
        3. Scheduling
        4. Repeat Protection
      5. Live DJ Connections
      6. Live Stream Recording
      7. DJ Manager
      8. Fallback, Backup and Intro Files
      9. Country Blocking
      10. HTML5 Player
      11. AutoDJ Crossfade
      12. Stream Proxy
      13. Stream Authentication
      14. Public Page
      15. Widgets & Links
      16. Reporting
    3. Video Operation Manual
      1. Basics 101
      2. Service Overview
      3. File Manager
      4. Scheduling
      5. Streaming to Your Service
      6. Stream Targets
      7. GeoIP Country Locking
      8. Public Page
      9. Widgets & Links
      10. Reporting
    4. Reseller Operations Manual
      1. Reseller Dashboard
      2. Customers
      3. Media Services
    5. API
    1. Wowza and Flussonic on same system
    2. Submit a feature request
    3. Shoutcast 2 Admin Guide
    4. Custom Domain Names
    1. Getting started with Audio Streaming
    2. Icecast Live Broadcasting
    3. Shoutcast 2 Live Broadcasting
    4. Broadcasting with AutoDJ
    5. DJ Accounts
    6. GeoIP Country Locking
    7. HTML5 Audio Player
    8. Mount Points
    9. Managing Your Media
    10. Managing Media Using FTP
    11. Statistics
    12. Shoutcast 2 Premium
    1. Getting started with video streaming
    2. Live Streaming Overview
    3. TV Station Overview
    4. Ondemand Video Streaming
    5. GeoIP Country Locking
    6. VAST Advertising
    7. Relay & IP Camera
    8. Stream Recording
    9. Connecting your encoder
    10. Preparing Your Media Files
    11. Managing Media Using FTP
    12. Understanding Video Playlists
    13. Embedding player on your website
    14. Smooth Streaming and Content Transition
    15. Video Transcoding (Adaptive Bitrate Streaming)
    16. Stream Watermark​
    17. DVR Rewind
    18. Statistics
    19. Facebook Live Streaming
    20. Youtube Stream Publishing
    21. Twitch Stream Publishing
    22. Shoutcast 2 Stream Publishing
    23. Icecast Stream Publishing
    24. RTMP Stream Publishing
    1. Cloud Video Overview
    2. Admin Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Branding your platform
      2. Team & Staff Members
      3. Plans & Customers
      4. WHMCS Billing Provisioning Module
      5. Login to your cloud platform
      6. Dashboard - A First Look
      7. Activating VOD on Customer Plan
      8. API
    3. User Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Login to your video platform
      2. First Look
      3. Creating a Channel
      4. Channel Overview
      5. Broadcasting
      6. Stream Transcoding (ABR)
      7. Recording
      8. Media Content
      9. Live Events
      10. 30 Minute Rewind
      11. Fallback Video
      12. TV Channels - 24x7 UGC
        1. TV Event Scheduling
        2. Channel Guide Widgets
      13. Video on Demand
      14. Relay Channels
      15. VOD Playlists
      16. Publishing
      17. Bandwidth Utilisation
      18. Viewing Analytics
      19. Publish Zoom Meetings
      20. Advertising
      21. Restreaming IP Cameras
    4. Video Guide Series
    5. Streaming Best Practices
    6. Feature Comparison
    7. Roadmap & Release Notes

Basics 101

Last updated 1 year ago

An video service or channel is typically powered by an video streaming engine which is responsible for receiving and delivering video content to viewers. MediaCP offers various service types for a variety of streaming needs, this page will outline the primary options.

Live Streaming

Live Streaming services will go online when an encoder is connected and stream live content to viewers and Stream Targets. Live Streaming services will use the least number of resources and are the simplest to operate.  RTMP streaming details are shown on the service overview to allow you to conveniently connect to the service with your encoder.

TV Station

TV stations are designed for a 24/7 live playback experience with powerful scheduling and live options. You can choose to play uploaded content through scheduled playlist or the default playlist when nothing is scheduled. You can also connect to TV services with your encoder in the same way you would with a Live Streaming service.

A default playlist will broadcast when there are no scheduled playlists or live broadcasts connected.

Ondemand Streaming

Ondemand may be available depending on your service provider’s streaming engine. Ondemand Streaming services allow you to upload & create on-demand video playlists to embed on your website. Dynamic playlists allow you to configure their video playlists from the MediaCP and automatically update on your website in realtime with no changes to code. This powerful feature means you only ever need to apply embed code to your websites once.

Stream Relay

Relay services are capable of rebroadcasting from another RTMP, RTSP or HLS source. Rebroadcasting allows you to push out a stream with higher bandwidth availability as well as use many of the MediaCP functions such as transcoding, stream publishing (facebook, youtube, etc), reporting and much more. These are commonly used to for rebroadcasting and for IP cameras.

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