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Before You Start

The new version of Live provides more functions than the old version. Table 1 lists the differences between the new version and old version.

  • The new version will constantly provide new functions. The functions provided in the new version are unavailable for ingest domain names and streaming domain names added to the old version.
  • If you want to use functions in the new version, delete domain names from the old version and add them to the new version. When you delete a domain name from the old version, the related configuration is also deleted. You need to configure domain settings again on the new console.
Table 1 Differences between the old and new versions

Function

New Version

Old Version

Domain name management
  • Add domain names.
  • Enable, disable, and delete domain names.
  • Associate domain names added to the old or new version.
  • Enable, disable, and delete domain names.
  • Associate domain names added to the old or new version.

Transcoding settings

Supported

Supported

Recording

Supported

Supported

Snapshot settings

Supported

Supported

Stream status notifications

Supported

Not supported

Stream authentication
  • Configure URL validation and ACL on the console.
  • URL validation supports three authentication algorithms.

Submit a service ticket to configure URL validation.

Latency settings

Supported

Not supported

Origin pull settings

Supported

Not supported

HTTPS secure acceleration

Supported

Not supported

Playback authentication
  • Configure referer validation, URL validation, and ACL on the console.
  • URL validation supports three authentication algorithms.
  • Configure referer validation and URL validation on the console.
  • Submit a service ticket for URL validation settings to take effect.

Downstream traffic/bandwidth

Query by domain name, province, and carrier

Only query by time

Upstream bandwidth/Channels

Supported

Supported

Online viewer statistics

Supported

Not supported

Transcoding/Recording/Snapshot statistics

Supported

Not supported

Stream playback profile information

Supported

Not supported

HTTP status code statistics

Supported

Not supported

Stream monitoring

Supported

Not supported

Log management

Supported

Not supported

Cross-domain requests

This function is automatically enabled.

Submit a service ticket to configure it.

Signed URL generation tool

Signed URLs for streaming and ingest domain names can be automatically generated.

Not supported

Player

You can preview video streams in FLV and M3U8 formats.

Not supported

How Do I Check Whether a Domain Name Is In the New or Old Version?

Procedure
  1. Log in to the Live console. In the navigation pane, choose Domains.
  2. Locate the row that contains the target domain name and click Settings in the Operation column.
  3. Check whether the domain name is added to the new version on the top of the Basic Info area.
    Figure 1 Basic domain information