VOD Station overview

Available in Classic and VPC

VOD Station is a VOD-exclusive service that provides encoding capabilities to convert stored videos for viewing on a variety of devices and streaming capabilities to packetize video files to use the network efficiently. When used with Media Connect Center (MCC), VOD Station provides reliable service with more effective media file management and release.

Features of VOD Station

VOD Station service provides the following features:

• Encode and stream with one service: instead of having to choose between multiple VOD services, you can encode and stream with only VOD Station.
• Reasonable pricing based on video length and resolution: VOD Station charges based on the length of the video and the converted resolution after coding, so you can use the service at a reasonable cost.
• High-quality and reliable streaming: VOD Station service delivers streaming with stable quality by packetizing the video, rather than using the progressive download method.
• Convenient CDN creation: with the Content Delivery Network (CDN) selection option, you can easily create CDN optimized for VOD streaming services.
• Flexible integration between services: provides flexible integrations for VOD services, including encoding, security, and integration with video players.

Various features provided by VOD Station

VOD Station provides the following features:

• Encoding: you can easily reformat files or convert videos to different sizes for multi-screen in the cloud, without the need to build or operate your own costly media encoding infrastructure.
• On-the-fly packetizing: when a user requests VOD streaming, MP4 files in Object Storage are packetized based on the specified segment duration unit. You can use the network effectively, minimizing the risk of service overload.
• Template encoding settings: VOD Station collects frequently used options and provides them as a list of default encoding settings, allowing you to select them from a list without having to configure complex encoding options.
• DRM: you can apply DRM to VOD streaming packets to enhance content security. It offers faster, easier, and more robust security compared to the traditional method of applying DRM to files and managing them separately. You can eliminate the risk of illegal downloads from paid content services.
• Thumbnail extraction: you can extract high-quality thumbnail images from the original video file during the video encoding process. The extracted thumbnails can be stored in a different file storage path to be separated from the encoded output video files, and can be easily integrated with CDN for use in services.
• Creating optimal CDNs (optional): configuring CDNs to ensure the quality of media services is quite complex, but VOD Station automatically configures and provides the optimal CDN as soon as you finish setting up your channel.

Introduction to VOD Station guide

The VOD Station user guide is composed of the following topics to help you use VOD Station effectively. The reader can view the following information on each topic:

• VOD Station overview: describes features, user guides, and related resources
• VOD Station prerequisites: information on matters that should be prepared before using VOD Station
• Getting started with VOD Station: learn how to manage subscriptions from the NAVER Cloud Platform console
• Using VOD Station: information on how to use features available to VOD Station users
  • Media transcoding: information on how to convert media files using VOD Station
  • Streaming channel settings: information on how to create and configure channels for building VOD streaming services
  • VOD streaming: information on how to offer VOD streaming services using VOD Station
  • Implementing auto-encoding using Cloud Functions: information on how to implement auto-encoding using Cloud Functions
• VOD Station troubleshooting: troubleshoot any issues with VOD Station
• VOD Station permissions management: manage accounts using NAVER Cloud Platform's Sub Account
• VOD Station release notes: see documentation history for VOD Station user guides

VOD Station related resources

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

• Ncloud use environment guide: a guide to VPC environment and supported functions
• Various leaning resources: information on the learning resources provided by NAVER Cloud Platform
• Pricing introduction, characteristics, detailed features: summary of VOD Station pricing system, characteristics, and detailed features
• Latest service news: the latest news on VOD Station
• FAQs: frequently asked questions from VOD Station users
• Contact us: send direct inquiries for unresolved questions that are not answered by the guide