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Cloud Live Transcoding

Cloud Live provides standard transcoding and low-bitrate HD transcoding. The fee is calculated based on the actual codec standard, and the resolution and duration of the output video.

  • Prices
  • Billing rules
    Table 1 Billing description

    Rule Item

    Description

    Billing Rule

    You are billed based on the encoding standard, output resolution, and output file duration. The duration is measured to four decimal places, with the fourth digit rounded off based on the fifth digit. If multiple output specifications are configured, the total transcoding fee includes all output specifications.

    The unit system of the transcoded stream bitrate is 1,024. For example, 1 kbit/s = 1,024 bit/s.

    The billing scenarios are as follows:

    Cloud Live transcoding can be triggered by stream push or stream pull. An application can have up to 20 transcoding templates.

    • Transcoding triggered by stream push: When a stream is pushed, a transcoding task is initiated, and the corresponding transcoding fee is generated. If multiple transcoding templates are configured for an application, each template generates its own transcoded stream and incurs the corresponding transcoding fee, regardless of whether the streams are pulled.
    • Transcoding triggered by stream pull: When a viewer plays a livestream, only the transcoding template corresponding to the pulled stream generates a transcoded stream and incurs the corresponding fee.

    Note: Transcoding templates are distinguished by name. Templates with different names are treated as different templates, even if they use identical parameter settings.

    NOTE:

    The specification of an output video is determined by comparing the output's resolution to the defined ranges. A video is classified into a given specification if either its width or its height falls within that specification's ranges.

    • For example, a video qualifies as HD (1280 × 720) as long as its width does not exceed 1280 or its height does not exceed 720. It is classified as a higher specification only if both its long side exceeds 1280 and its short side exceeds 720.
    • As another example, an output resolution of 2400 × 800 has a width greater than 1920 (the FHD width limit), but its short side does not exceed 1080 (the FHD height limit). Therefore, the output video is still classified as FHD.

    Billing Cycle

    Calculated on an hourly basis and reflected in real time

    Billing Mode

    Pay-per-use

    Bill Run Time

    After the current hourly billing cycle ends, the exact time when charges are posted is determined by the system.

    Settlement Time

    Settlement occurs automatically after the charges are posted.
  • Examples

    Assume you use Cloud Live transcoding from 09:00 to 10:00 in AP-Singapore. Livestream 1 uses the H.265 encoding and is transcoded to 1,720 x 1,080 at a low bitrate (duration: 1 hour). Livestream 2 uses the H.264 encoding and is transcoded to 1,280 x 960 at a low bitrate (duration: 100 minutes). Livestream 3 uses the H.264 encoding and is transcoded to 480 x 480 (duration: 120 minutes). You need to pay the following fees for the transcoding service from 09:00 to 10:00 on that day:

    $0.1088 USD/minute × 60 minutes + $0.019 USD/minute × 100 minutes + $0.0025 USD/minute × 120 minutes = $8.728 USD