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 distribution.

Features of VOD Station

VOD Station service has 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 packetizes video rather than using progressive download, so you can deliver streams with stable quality.
• Convenient CDN creation: with the Content Delivery Network (CDN) selection option, you can conveniently create CDN optimized for VOD streaming services.
• Flexible integration between services: provides flexible integration for VOD services including encoding, security, and integration with video players.

Various features provided by VOD Station

The following describes various features of VOD Station.

• Encoding: you can easily reformat files or convert video to different sizes for multi-screen in the cloud, without having to build or operate your own expensive 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, with risks of service load blocked.
• Template encoding settings: VOD Station collects frequently used options and provide them as a list of default encoding settings, so you can select them from a list without having to set complex encoding options.
• DRM: you can apply DRM to VOD streaming packets to enhance content security. It's faster, easier, and more secure than the traditional method that applies DRM to the files and managing and servicing 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 while encoding video. 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 to be utilized for services.
• Generating optimal CDNs (optional): configuring CDNs required to secure 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 check the following information in each topic.

• VOD Station overview: information on VOD Station and its strengths, a guide to using VOD Station, and information on related resources.
• Prerequisites for using VOD Station: information on matters that should be prepared before using VOD Station
• Getting started with VOD Station: information on how to subscribe to VOD Station service from 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 to build VOD streaming services
  • VOD streaming: information on how to VOD Station to offer VOD streaming services
  • Implementing auto-encoding using Cloud Functions : information on how to implement auto-encoding using Cloud Functions
• Troubleshooting VOD Station: information on how to troubleshoot issues you may encounter while using VOD Station
• Managing VOD Station Sub Account permissions: information on how to manage VOD Station Sub Account permissions and related policies
• VOD Station release notes: update history of VOD Station guide

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 environment guide: manual on VPC environments and supported features
• Portal and console user guide: answers to questions about subscribing to and managing VOD Station, and basic usage of the portal and console.
• Various leaning contents: information on the learning contents provided by NAVER Cloud Platform
• Pricing introduction, characteristics, detailed features: summary of VOD Station pricing system, characteristics, and detailed features
• Latest service news: latest news on VOD Station
• FAQs: frequently asked questions by VOD Station users
• Contact us: send direct inquiries for unresolved questions that aren't answered by the guide