Simultaneous transmission channel

Available in Classic and VPC

Media Connect Center simultaneous streaming channels provide the re-streaming feature where you can simultaneously transmit live media videos to other platforms easily through NAVER Cloud Platform's Live Station. You can transmit videos simultaneously to various broadcasting platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, Afreeca TV, etc., and the transmission statuses can be managed together at Live Station.

The simultaneous transmission channel menu is a feature that's only available by linking with NAVER Cloud Platform's Live Station. Previously, managing simultaneous transmission channels had to be done through Live Station. Now you can perform the task at once in Media Connect Center's simultaneous transmission channel easily and conveniently through the linkage.

Link Live Station

When you link Live Station, Object Storage buckets used by Live Station will be managed after importing them to Media Connect Center. The following describes how to set up linkage with Live Station.

1. Click the Live Station > Link Live Station menu at the left side of the screen.
   
2. When the Link Live Station pop-up window appears, check the details, and then click the [Link now] button.
3. When the Link Live Station pop-up window appears, check the list of buckets to be linked, and then click the [Confirm] button.
4. After linking, check the Live channel, Simultaneous transmission channel, and VOD2LIVE channel menus created.

Simultaneous transmission channel screen

The basics of using simultaneous transmission channel are as follows.

Simultaneous transmission channel list

You can view the list of simultaneous transmission channels and details of each channel in the simultaneous transmission channel list. It's linked to Live Station, so you can terminate channels as you could by using Live Station from the NAVER Cloud Platform console, as well as create a new channel.
Please note that Media Connect Center's channel list page and guide (usage instruction) correspond to Live Station as below.

View the list of simultaneous transmission channels and their details

You can view the list of simultaneous transmission channels or their details, or set the information for simultaneous transmission platforms. The information that can be seen from Simultaneous transmission channel list is linked data from Live Station, and the setting result from Simultaneous transmission channel list is reflected to Live Station as well.
The following describes how to view the list of simultaneous transmission channels or their details, or to set recording-related information.

1. Click the Live Station > Simultaneous transmission channel menu at the left side of the screen.
2. When the simultaneous transmission channel list appears, check the required information.
   

• Description of each item and how to use them: refer to Live Station Guide
• [Create channel] button: click to create a channel

3. Click the channel whose details you want to view.
4. Check or set the details which appear on the right side of the screen.

• General tab menu: view and set the Live channel's properties
  Refer to Live Station Guide
  • [Channel information] button: click to view the channel ID, channel status, type, and channel creation date
  • [Stream information] button: click to view the URL and stream key
  • [Number of simultaneous transmission platforms] button: click to see the transmission per second set for each platform, accumulated number of reconnection attempts, and accumulated transmission
  • [View stream information] button: click to view the transmission URL by platform and stream key

5. If you would like to only view the simultaneous transmission channels you want by searching, then set the channel name and status at the top of the screen and click the [Search] button.

Create simultaneous transmission channel

You can create new simultaneous transmission channels and add them. The creation result will be reflected to the linked Live Station as well.
The following describes how to create a simultaneous transmission channel.

1. Click the Live Station > Simultaneous transmission channel menu at the left side of the screen.
2. Click the [Create channel] button.
3. Enter the necessary information, and then click the [Save] button.

• Description of each item and how to use them: refer to Live Station Guide

There are 3 simultaneous transmission channel statuses. The following explains each status.

• In creation: The channel is in the process of being created, but it's not created yet.
• Ready: This is the ready status without any video source input. You can see this status after the channel is created, or after streaming is ended.
• Steaming: A broadcast is on air, working normally through the channel that was created. Click the monitoring button to check the stream.

Edit simultaneous transmission channel stream

You can edit steams of each platform on a simultaneous transmission channel. The result of the edit will be reflected to the linked Live Station as well. The following describes how to edit streams of each platform on a simultaneous transmission channel.

1. Click the Live Station > Simultaneous transmission channel menu at the left side of the screen.
2. Select the channel to edit, and then click the [View stream information] button under the channel details.
3. Select the simultaneous transmission platform to edit, and then click the [Edit] button.
4. Enter the necessary information, and then click the [Save] button.

Terminate simultaneous transmission channel

You can terminate simultaneous transmission channels. The termination result will be reflected to the linked Live Station as well. The following describes how to delete a simultaneous transmission channel.

1. Click the Live Station > Simultaneous transmission channel menu at the left side of the screen.
2. Select a channel to terminate, and then click the [Terminate channel] button.
3. When the Terminate channel pop-up window appears, click the [Delete] button.