Live Station overview

Available in Classic and VPC

Live Station is a video encoding platform service that provides all the necessary features for building a live broadcasting service.
With Live Station, you can make a single Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) original stream into multiple multi-bitrate output streams, and transfer videos by packetizing in HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).

Live Station features

Live Station provides the following features:

• Super low latency (around 3 seconds) LL-HLS streaming service
• Various additional features specialized for Internet broadcasting: offering additional features such as Live Short Clip, Live Curtain, VOD2LIVE, and RTMP streaming redundancy
  • Live Short Clip: you can create real-time short clips using the DVR of live broadcasting being streamed
  • Live Curtain: allows the administrator to temporarily replace the playback screen of a live broadcasting channel being streamed
  • VOD2LIVE: you can broadcast a recorded video file as a live stream in real-time
  • RTMP streaming redundancy: in the event of a problem with the main broadcasting device or main channel, automatic switching to a backup channel ensures stable streaming
• Convenient re-stream feature: you can re-stream broadcasts to various SNS broadcasting platforms such as YouTube, Afreeca TV
• General Channel: you can stream general live broadcasting where devices and channels are connected 1:1
• Easy usability: CDN auto-creation option allows broadcasting service without complicated settings just by channel creation and quality settings
• LL-HLS: the cloud's first CMAF-based HLS service with ultra-low latency of 3 seconds is provided

About Live Station user guide

Live Station provides its services in the Korea Region. See the following table of contents and their details for smooth use of Live Station.

• Live Station overview: introduction to Live Station and a guide to related resources to help you use it
• Prerequisites for using Live Station: supported specifications and pricing information for using Live Station
• Live Station scenarios: guide to the entire process for using Live Station
• Getting started with Live Station: guide to get started with Live Station
  • Subscribe and unsubscribe: guide on how to subscribe to and unsubscribe from the Live Station
• Using Live Station: guide on how to use the features provided by Live Station
  • Channel Management: guide on the Channel Management menu screen and how to use the provided features
    • Channel Management screen: guide on the Channel Management screen and the composition of the channel details screen
    • Creating and managing channels: guide on channel creation/return and viewing channel details, and changing status
    • Managing broadcast streaming: guide on test streaming before broadcast streaming, and viewing and monitoring streaming status during broadcast streaming
    • Recording management: guide on configuring the recording tab and how to upload/delete recording files
  • Re-Stream Management: guide on the Re-Stream Management menu screen and how to use the provided features
    • Re-Stream Management screen: guide on configuring the Re-Stream Management screen and re-stream channel details screen
    • Creating and managing re-stream channels: guide on creation/management of re-stream channels and how to view channel details
  • Quality Management: guide on the Quality Management menu screen and how to use the provided features
    • Quality Management page: guide on configuration of the Quality Setting and Quality Profile screens
    • Adding and management custom image quality settings: guide on how to add and manage custom image quality settings
    • Adding and deleting custom image quality: guide on how to add and delete custom image quality
  • Notification Setting: guide on configuration of the Notification Setting screen and how to set notifications for events occurring in channels
• Live Station broadcast streaming: guide on recommended options and precautions for streaming, and how to stream a broadcast for each encoder
• Live Station API: guide on how to use features through the Live Station API
• Managing Live Station permissions: guide on how to manage Live Station permissions using Sub Account
• Live Station glossary: terms you must know when using Live Station and their descriptions
• Live Station release notes: update history for Live Station guide

Live Station related resources

NAVER Cloud Platform provides a variety of related resources as well as the user guide to help customers better understand Live Station. If you're a developer or marketer in need of detailed information while you're considering adopting Live Station for your company or establishing data related policies, then please make good use of the resources below.

• Improvement in comprehension and usage methods for Live Station

  • Live Station API guide: how to use the API for Live Station developers
  • Ncloud user environment guide: a user guide on VPC and Classic environments and supported features
  • Pricing introduction, characteristics, detailed features: summary of Live Station pricing system, characteristics, and detailed features
  • Latest service news: the latest news on Live Station
  • FAQs: frequently asked questions from Live Station users
  • Contact us: send direct inquiries in case of any unresolved questions that aren't answered by the user guide

• User guides for linked services required for the use of Live Station

  • Global Edge user guide: how to use Global Edge to quickly transfer various content around the world using large-scale global networks
  • Object Storage user guide: how to use Object Storage to save recorded broadcasts in real time
  • VOD Station user guide: how to use VOD Station to enable high-quality viewing of saved videos on various devices
  • Media Connect Center user guide: how to use Media Connect Center, which can integrate and manage media services of NAVER Cloud Platform
  • Sub Account user guide: how to use Sub Account to help manage Live Station operations