Quick Start

FLV_PULL: Stream push is not required. The streaming URL provided by the user is directly obtained and used by Media Live to push streams to the origin server. The streaming URL supports only HTTP.
RTMP_PUSH: An RTMP ingest domain name needs to be configured for stream push.

If you want to use Media Live with your own domain names, refer to Figure 1.

Figure 1 Getting started with Media Live

Table 1 describes how to get started with Media Live.

**Table 1** Getting started with Media Live
No.	Operation	Description
1	Adding domain names	Add an ingest domain name and a streaming domain name to Media Live. You can register a level-1 domain name (for example, example.com) and use two level-2 domain names (for example, live-play.example.com and live-push.example.com) as the ingest domain name and streaming domain name.
2	Configuring CNAME records	Live assigns a CNAME record to the ingest domain name and streaming domain name. Add the CNAME records to your domains' DNS records to enable live streaming acceleration.
3	Creating a channel	You can create a channel before the media livestreaming starts. The media file input type can be: FLV_PULL: Stream push is not required. The streaming URL provided by the user is directly obtained and used by Media Live to push streams to the origin server. The streaming URL supports only HTTP. RTMP_PUSH: An RTMP ingest domain name needs to be configured for stream push.
4	Pushing streams	You can use a third-party streaming tool such as Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) to push streams.
5	Streaming content	You can use a third-party player such as VLC media player to stream content.