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MSL5 Powered by Harmonic
GuideAPIRelease notes
MSL5 Powered by Harmonic
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GuideAPIRelease notes

Overview

  • Media Services Live 5 overview

Migration

  • MSL4 to MSL5: Key Benefits and Rationale
  • Migration guide
    • MSL5 Migration Guide - Final Phase

Get started

  • Access MSL5
    • Landing page

MSL5 user interface guide

  • Create an MSL5 stream
    • Clip an event
    • Export clipped events to a storage connection
    • Add log export to S3 object storage
    • Use the Instant TV and Live2VOD features
      • Integration with Adaptive Media Delivery using Instant TV and Live2VOD features
  • Set up the MSL5 origin
    • Get your Stream ID
    • Configure an Origin for the Stream
    • Configure G2O Authentication in Akamai AMD
    • Go Live in AMD with MSL5 origin
    • Configure AMD property for redundant MSL5 origins
  • Generate publish and playback URLs
    • HLS
    • DASH
    • CMAF
  • Edit and delete streams
  • Update username and password
    • Delete a credential
  • Export storage
    • Create a storage connection for exports
  • Access Management
    • API Token
    • Start an emergency token rotation
    • CP Tag
    • Group
  • Documentation

Reports and Logs

  • Alerts
  • Audit logs
  • Metrics
  • Usage reports

Specifications

  • Ingest specifications
  • Stream creation quota
  • MSL5 origin application specifications
  • Media file formats
  • Geographical locations supported by MSL5
  • Archive options
  • MSL5 Origin Low-Latency HLS ingest requirements
  1. MSL5 user interface guide

Export storage

MSL5 supports stream-level extraction of input playlists and segments and exports clipped events from the archive to external object storage (Akamai Linode Object Storage).

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