Creating and managing channel

Available in Classic and VPC

In the creating and managing channel section, we describe how to create a channel, view channel details, and return a channel.

Create channel

To utilize NAVER Cloud Platform's Live Station for live streaming service, you need to create a channel.

The following describes how to create a channel.

1. Access the NAVER Cloud Platform console.
2. From the Region menu, click the Region you're using.
3. From the Platform menu, click the platform you're using.
4. Click Services > Media > Live Station menus, in that order.
5. Click the Channel management menu.
6. Click the [Create channel] button.
7. When the Create channel page appears, proceed with the following steps in order.
   • 1. Create channel
   • 2. Set image quality
   • 3. Set recording
   • 4. Final confirmation

1. Create channel

Set basic information for the channel you want to create, and then click the [Next] button.

• Channel name: enter the channel name
• Output protocol settings: select protocol
  • HLS: an option to enable stable and highly compatible HLS streaming
  • LL-HLS: an option to enable low-latency HLS streaming through CMAF. Integration of a separate player is required
  • HLS, Dash: an option to enable both general HLS and Dash streaming
  • NAVER Cloud Video Player Enhancement Player is required.

• Create CDN: select CDN to integrate
  • Create new: a CDN is created along with the channel, and you can obtain the playback URL of the channel after the CDN creation is complete
  • Use custom CDN: select an existing CDN to integrate with

• Channel type: classification of customer service environment
  • Depending on the service environment to be applied, you can set the Live Station channel type to REAL/DEV/STAGE.
  • The channel type is a simple identifier, and there is no difference in channel functionality.
• Streaming redundancy settings: if there is a problem with the main stream URL during setup, stream to the backup stream URL without interruption

2. Set image quality

Select the image quality setting of the channel you want to create, and then click the [Next] button.
When the LL-HLS protocol is enabled, only LL-HLS exclusive image quality options are selectable.

• Set system image quality: set up with built-in image quality
• Set custom image quality: set up your own image quality
  • In the Quality management > Quality setting menu, you can Create custom quality settings.
• Once you select Set image quality, you can view the image quality configuration status and the segment status included in the image quality settings.

3. Set recording

Set the recording feature, and then click the [Next] button.

• Time machine settings: the feature available on the Live Station, which allows you to rewind live broadcasts up to 6 hours in the past (equivalent to the existing DVR setting)

• Recording save settings: the configuration for determining whether to record and how and where to save the recorded files

  • Save temporarily: temporarily save recorded files for 3 days
    • You can check the recording files on the [Recording] tab and store them in the Object Storage bucket. Unsaved recording files will be permanently deleted.
  • Auto save: automatically save recorded files in a designated bucket after broadcasting ends
  Note

  The time point when saving actually happens depends on the automatic recording settings, and it either automatically records at the same time as the video is streamed, or saves the file when the user completes the start and end of the recording.

• Automatic recording settings: set whether or not to record automatically

  • Manual: start recording by clicking the [Start recording] button during broadcasting
  • Auto: start recording at the same time as streaming
    • However, multiple recording files may be created if streaming is unstable.

• Recording types of automatic save: select the recording file type

  • You can select either MP4, HLS, or both.

4. Final confirmation

Check the setting information of the channel you want to create, and then click the [Create channel] button.

View channel details

The following describes how to view the details of the channel you created.

1. Click the environment you are using in the Region menu and Platform menu of NAVER Cloud Platform console.
2. Click Services > Media > Live Station menus, in that order.
3. Click the Channel management menu.
4. Click on the channel name in the channel list to view the details.
   • You will be directed to the details page of that channel.
     • Channel name: the name of the channel
     • Channel status: the status of the channel
       • Creating: the status in which the channel is being created
       • Ready: the ready status without any video source input, which is displayed after the channel is created, or after streaming has ended
       • Stopped: the status in which the channel, which is in the streaming or ready status, is stopped
       • Streaming: the status of streaming successfully in the created channel
     • Apply CDN: indicates whether to apply CDN and the name of the applied CDN service
     • Channel type: the type of the channel
     • Channel ID: the ID of the channel
     • Stream information - Main: stream key that is needed to be entered in the encoder and streamed for broadcasting
     • Image quality settings: the image quality settings applied to the selected channel
     • Origin information (origin domain/origin path): origin information
     • Channel creation time: channel creation date and time
     • Channel usage hour: time spent streaming through the channel (including test streaming)
     • Recent streaming start time: recent streaming start date and time
     • Output protocol: output protocol
     • Recording settings: recording settings information
     • Event settings: event configuration status

Change channel status

You can stream a broadcast by stopping a channel that is in streaming or ready status, or by changing a channel that is in a stopped status to ready status again.

The following describes how to change the channel status.

1. Click the environment you are using in the Region menu and Platform menu of NAVER Cloud Platform console.
2. Click Services > Media > Live Station menus, in that order.
3. Click the Channel management menu.
4. To change the status, select the channel by clicking on it and then click the [Channel OFF] or [Channel ON] button.
   • If the channel status is Ready or Streaming, the [Channel OFF] button is displayed.
   • If the channel status is Stopped, the [Channel ON] button is displayed.
5. If you click the [Channel OFF] button, stop the channel by clicking the [Channel OFF] button in the channel ON/OFF pop-up window.
6. If you click the [Channel ON] button, enable the channel by clicking the [Channel ON] button in the channel ON/OFF pop-up window.

Return channel

To return a channel, follow these steps:

1. Click the environment you are using in the Region menu and Platform menu of NAVER Cloud Platform console.
   1. Click Services > Media > Live Station menus, in that order.
2. Click the Channel management menu.
3. In the channel list, click to select the channel you wish to return, and then click the [Return channel] button.
4. Click the [Delete] button in the channel return pop-up window.
   • The channel will be returned and removed from the channel list.