Welcome to Media Services Live
Use Media Services Live (MSL) 4 to provide high-quality streaming media to a global viewing audience. Learn how to:
- Create your Media Services Live streams
- Generate publish and playback URLs
- Configure alert notifications
- View reports
For some background information on how we deliver a broadcast-quality experience to live-streaming viewers, check out the Media Service Live product page.
You can access your Media Services Live account on Control Center.
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Log in to https://control.akamai.com.
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Go to ☰ > ORIGIN SERVICES > Media Services Live.
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View the MSL streams dashboard. You can use the entity selector on the left to view lists of your live streams and their origins.
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Click the ellipsis ... at the end of the row for the stream you want to manage, then you can choose:
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Further Actions. On this page you can set up delivery configuration, log delivery, QoS monitor, and alerts.
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Reports. Displays the Media Services Live reports for your streams.
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Clone. Creates an exact duplicate of the stream for reuse, without disrupting the workflow.
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Tips and best practices
- Use the Instant TV feature
- Use flexible segment numbering
- Configure alert notifications
- Go live in AMD with MSL origin
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