This method uses Media delivery type to optimize the delivery of a single media format–video on-demand, live, or event–using a single property hostname. The example in this guide uses the video on-demand (VOD) content type.

Create a new property hostname

This example creates a new property configuration for AMD and defines a new secure property hostname to edge hostname association to enable the appropriate delivery mode.

1. From the Edit dashboard of your AMD property, navigate to Property Hostnames.

2. Click +Hostnames, and select Add Hostname(s).

3. Add your hostname, for example, www.example.com, and click Next.

4. In the Domain and Certificate Security step, choose your certificate details, and click Next.

5. In the Mapping Solution step, ensure Media delivery type is selected.

6. In the Segmented media mode dropdown, select VOD from the available options: VOD, LIVE, or EVENT.

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   If you also have Edge IP Binding on your contract, it's revealed here, too. You can't use both mapping solutions in the same property hostname.

7. Click Next.

8. In the Edge Hostnames step, review your generated edge hostname details. Verify that VOD has been applied as the Delivery Optimization.

9. Click Submit

The edge hostname used by your new hostname has been configured to use an optimal edge map for delivery of video on-demand (VOD) content.

Segmented media mode delivery type vs. the Segmented Media Delivery Mode behavior

In this method, you set up a property hostname and apply the segmented media mode delivery type. There's also a mandatory Segmented Media Delivery Mode behavior located in your Default Rule:

• The segmented media mode delivery type. Configure this when setting up your hostname to determine the optimized edge map for delivering your selected media mode (VOD, LIVE, or EVENT). This only applies to requests that are directed to the edge hostname applied in that specific property hostname. For example, if you create another property hostname and don't apply the media delivery type, requests to its edge hostname won't be optimized to a specific edge map.

• The Segmented Media Delivery Mode behavior. This behavior is in your Default Rule. Use it to apply other delivery-related optimizations for your selected mode. For the example in this use case (VOD), you would set the Segmented Media Delivery Mode to On demand. This matches the Mapping Solution setting to avoid a mismatch condition. Use the table below to choose the appropriate behavior mode option based on your selected use case.

  Segmented media mode delivery type	Segmented Media Delivery Mode option
  VOD	On demand
  LIVE	Live
  EVENT	Live

What's next?

This is the simplest example of Media delivery type for AMD. Requests to your new edge hostname set in Property Hostnames use an optimized edge map for video on-demand (VOD) content and deliver that content based on how you configure your rules and behaviors.

Continue to define your property configuration, and set up your behavior settings in the Default Rule and subsequent rules, if needed. Once you’re satisfied with your property configuration:

• Activate on the staging network, and test.

• Activate on the production network, and go live. At this phase, update your DNS record to redirect (CNAME) your property hostname to the edge hostname you created. This ensures that requests to it are resolved to the edge server.