Live Station API

Available in Classic and VPC

Live Station provides the following features through its API:

• Live Short Clip
• Live Curtain
• VOD2LIVE

Live Short Clip

Live short clip is a feature, which allows you to create short clips in real time using DVR of live broadcasting. You can quickly service VODs using the generated short clips, and use them as short-form content.

Using live short clip

Proceed with the following steps to use the live short clip feature.

1. Create snapshot
2. Create live short clip

1. Create snapshot

To create a live short clip, you must first create a snapshot to edit the short clip. Snapshots can only be created from a live broadcasting channel and are created from the last 4 hours of the live broadcast.
<Example 1> if you create a snapshot 3 hours after the start of a live broadcast, a 3-hour snapshot will be created
<Example 2> If you create a snapshot 5 hours after the start of a live broadcast, a 4-hour snapshot will be created, starting from 1 hour after the start of the live broadcast

Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on Short clip management API to check the API for creating snapshots.

2. Create live short clip

You can create a short clip from the snapshot you created. Short clips are created in the highest resolution quality of the original live broadcast, and are created as MP4 files. The created MP4 file will be saved in the Object Storage bucket specified by the user.
Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on Short clip management API to check the API for creating short clips.

Live Curtain

Live curtain is a
feature, which allows you to temporarily replace the playback page of a live broadcasting channel with administrator rights. Using this feature, you can process live broadcasting blinds, announce service notices, etc.

Using live curtain

Proceed with the following steps to use the live curtain feature.

1. Register curtain content
2. Perform live curtain
3. Close live curtain

1. Register curtain content

To use the live curtain feature, you need to register curtain content (alternative content). You can register content with a maximum size of 100 Mbytes and a resolution of FHD or less, as a combination of video or image + audio. Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on Live curtain management API to check the API for registering curtain content.

2. Perform live curtain

During real-time live broadcasting, you can perform live curtain using previously registered curtain content. Specify alternate content ID and set the alternative time. If the target alternative time is longer than the playback time of the curtain content, the registered content is played repeatedly. Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on Live curtain management API to check the API for performing live curtain.

3. End live curtain

In case of exceeding the alternative time, the live curtain will automatically terminate, and before the alternative time is over, it can be force-closed via API. Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on Live curtain management API to check the API for closing live curtain.

VOD2LIVE

VOD2LIVE is a feature that allows you to utilize recording files as a streaming source for live broadcasts. Based on the current time, you can stream live broadcasts within 14 days and stream multiple files of up to 24 hours. You can use this feature to configure live broadcasts with preset videos.

Using VOD2LIVE

Proceed with the following steps to use the VOD2LIVE feature.

1. Create VOD2LIVE channel
2. Register schedule for VOD2LIVE scheduled streaming
3. Remove schedule for VOD2LIVE scheduled streaming

1. Create VOD2LIVE channel

To use the VOD2LIVE feature, you need to create a VOD2LIVE channel. The channel creation options are the same as those for a normal channel. Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on VOD channel management API to check the API for creating VOD2LIVE channels.

2. Register schedules for VOD2LIVE scheduled streaming

You can register a schedule for VOD2LIVE scheduled streaming. To schedule a scheduled streaming, you need to input the scheduled streaming time and the VOD file to be played in the live broadcast. You can select multiple VOD files and register up to 50 files. You cannot enter a time previous to the scheduled streaming time for the scheduled streaming time, and the minimum/maximum time for input is as follows:

• Minimum input time: current request time + time after 10 minutes
• Maximum input time: current request time + 14 days

Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on VOD schedule management API to check the API for registering VOD2LIVE scheduled streaming.

3. Remove schedules for VOD2LIVE scheduled streaming

You can remove registered schedules for scheduled streaming deleted using the schedule ID. Go to the Live Station API guide in the API guide, and click on VOD schedule management API to check the API for removing schedules for VOD2LIVE scheduled streaming.