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Welcome

  • Welcome to Media Services Live 4
  • Key concepts and terms

Create and publish streams

  • Create your MSL streams
    • Supported media file formats
    • Ingest limits
    • Archive options
    • Geographical locations supported by MSL4
    • Use the Instant TV feature
    • Use flexible segment numbering
  • Set up the MSL origin
    • Configure an origin for your stream
    • Configure an Adaptive Media Delivery (AMD) property for failovers
    • Go live in AMD with MSL origin
  • Generate publish and playback URLs
    • HLS
    • HDS
    • DASH
    • CMAF
  • Edit and delete streams
  • Update username and password

Reporting and alerts

  • Configure alert notifications
  • View reports
  • Understand MSL 4 billing model

Encoder guidelines and specs

  • Qualify your encoder
    • Testing process
    • Qualification process
  • HTTP ingest requirements
    • HLS requirements
    • HDS requirements
    • DASH requirements
    • CMAF requirements
  • HTTP ingest recommendations
  • Encoder requirements for OTT

Optional features and reference

  • Share origin
    • Shared keys
    • Update an origin's multi-CDN settings
  • Configure ingest acceleration (IAS)
    • IAS root certificate rotation (G2 update)
  • Manage IAS
    • Configure an instance
    • Check stream configuration status
    • Specify stream authentication
    • Troubleshoot failed authentication
    • Manage encoder listening points
    • Configure your encoder for IAS
    • Performance warnings and error states
    • Troubleshoot notification messages
  • Configure the IAS pull adapter
    • Check stream statistics
    • Manage streams with IAS
    • Update root CA certificate
    • IAS pull adapter DASH workflow

Developer tools

  • Media Services Live 4 Stream Provisioning API
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