- What's New
- Function Overview
- Product Bulletin
- Service Overview
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Billing
- Billing Items
- Basic Service Billing
- Value-added Service Billing
- Billing Modes
- Changing the Billing Option
- Renewing a Resource Package
- Bills
- Arrears
- Billing Termination
- Cost Management
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Billing FAQs
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Common Cases
- What Do I Need to Pay?
- Do I Need to Buy the CDN Service Before Using Live?
- How Do I Change the Billing Option?
- Do I Need to Delete Resources If I Don't Want to Use Live Any More?
- How Do I View the Usage and Expenditure of Pay-per-Use Live Resources?
- Is Downstream Traffic or Upstream Traffic Billed?
- Will I Be Billed for URL Validation?
- How Is Transcoding Billed?
- Does the Daily Peak Bandwidth Mean the Upstream Bandwidth or Downstream Bandwidth?
- Why Is a Recording Fee Deducted on the First Day of Each Month?
- Arrears
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Common Cases
- Cloud Live
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Media Live
- Overview
- Scenarios
- Functions
- Product Advantages
- Constraints
- Getting Started
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Console Operations
- Prerequisites
- Functions
- Permissions Management
- Domain Name Management
- Channels
- Live Transcoding
- Service Monitoring
- Cloud Resource Authorization
- Tools
- Best Practices
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Cloud Live API Reference
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Examples
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Domain Name Management
- Creating a Domain Name
- Deleting a Domain Name
- Modifying a Domain Name
- Querying a Domain Name
- Mapping Domain Names
- Deleting a Domain Name Mapping
- Configuring the Domain Name IPv6 Function
- Querying IP Address Information
- Modifying the Streaming Domain Name Delay
- Querying the Streaming Domain Name Delay
- Modifying the HLS Configuration of a Domain Name
- Querying HLS Configurations of Domain Names
- Modifying Origin Pull Settings
- Querying Origin Pull Settings
- Notification Management
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Authentication Management
- Configuring a Referer Validation ACL
- Deleting a Referer Validation ACL
- Querying Referer Validation ACLs
- Querying IP Address ACLs
- Modifying an IP Address ACL
- Generating a Signed URL
- Querying Supported Areas of a Streaming Domain Name
- Modifying Supported Areas of a Streaming Domain Name
- Querying the URL Validation Configuration of a Specified Domain Name
- Modifying the URL Validation Configuration of a Specified Domain Name
- Deleting the URL Validation Configuration of a Specified Domain Name
- Snapshot Management
- Log Management
- Recording Management
- Recording Callback Management
- HTTPS Certificate Management
- OBS Bucket Management
- Transcoding Template Management
- Stream Management
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Statistics Analysis
- Querying Peak Bandwidth
- Querying Total Traffic
- Querying HTTP Status Codes for Pulling Live Streams
- Querying the Duration of Transcoded Outputs
- Querying Recording Channels
- Querying the Number of Snapshots
- Querying Upstream Bandwidth
- Querying the Number of Stream Channels
- Querying the Historical Stream List
- Querying the Playback Profile
- Querying the Distribution of Live Streaming Metrics by Region
- Querying Stream Data of a Streaming Domain Name
- Stream Analytics
- Appendix
- Change History
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Media Live API Reference
- Before You Start
- API Overview
- Calling APIs
- Examples
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OTT Channel Management
- Creating an OTT Channel
- Querying Channel Information
- Deleting Channel Information
- Modifying Channel Packaging Information
- Modifying Channel Input Stream Information
- Modifying Channel Recording Information
- Modifying General Channel Information
- Changing the Channel Status
- Modifying Channel Transcoding Template Information
- Appendix
- Change History
- Cloud Live Server SDK Reference
- Low Latency Live Client SDK Reference
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FAQs
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Product Consulting
- Do I Need to Buy the CDN Service Before Using Live?
- How Do I Use Live? Do I Need to Create a Channel?
- In Which Regions Is Live Available?
- Can I Use a Camera to Stream Live Video?
- Do I Need to Have a Domain Name?
- Can I Send HTTP Requests After Configuring an HTTPS Certificate?
- How Do I Select a Live Origin Server and Acceleration Area?
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Billing
- What Do I Need to Pay?
- How Do I View the Usage and Expenditure of Pay-per-Use Live Resources?
- How Do I Change the Billing Option?
- Do I Need to Delete Resources If I Don't Want to Use Live Any More?
- Is Downstream Traffic or Upstream Traffic Billed?
- Why Charges Are Still Debited to My Account Even Though My Account Is in Arrears?
- Will I Be Billed for URL Validation?
- How Is Transcoding Billed?
- How Do I Know Whether My Account Is in Arrears?
- Does the Daily Peak Bandwidth Mean the Upstream Bandwidth or Downstream Bandwidth?
- Why Is a Recording Fee Deducted on the First Day of Each Month?
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Domain Name Management
- How Many Domain Names Can I Add?
- Are There Any Requirements for the Streaming and Ingest Domain Names?
- What Does CNAME Mean on the Domains Page?
- What Can I Do If a Message Is Displayed Indicating that the Domain Name Fails to Be Added and the User Is in the Deleted State?
- Why Does the Domain Status Change from Normal to Configuring?
- A Conflict Occurs When Adding a CNAME Record
- Can the Ingest and Streaming Domain Names Be Second-level Domain Names?
- Can a Domain Name Be Added to Live in Multiple Regions?
- How Do I Check Whether Acceleration Has Been Enabled for a Live Domain Name?
- Will My Domain Names Be Cleared If My Account Is in Arrears?
- How Long Should I Disconnect a Stream for the New Streaming Configuration to Take Effect?
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Recording
- Can Live Recordings Be Stored in OBS?
- How Long Is the Maximum Recording Length?
- Can I Configure a Recording Template for Each Live Stream?
- Are Transcoded Streams Recorded During Live Recording?
- How Long Is the TS Segment Length Supported by Live?
- How Many Recordings Are Created for a Live Recording Task?
- Why Still Are Recording Files Created Even Though I Have Already Deleted the Recording Template?
- Why Are There Two Recording Files When A Live Stream Is Not Interrupted?
- How Do I Obtain the URL of Recordings?
- Can I Call an API to Record a Live Video?
- Why Are No Recording Files Created After I Configured a Recording to OBS Template?
- Can I Enter Wildcard Characters in Stream Name When I Configure Recording to OBS?
- How Do I Delete a Recording?
- Can Live Stream Recording Be Started and Stopped at Any Time?
- Why Didn't I Receive a RECORD_FILE_COMPLETE Callback?
- Do StreamNames Support Regular Expressions?
- Why Can't I Download Videos Using the download_url Generated During Recording?
- Why Do the Modified Recording Rule and File Storage Path Not Take Effect?
- Can I Record and Store the Live Streams That Are Disconnected for Multiple Times in One File?
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Transcoding
- How Do I Play a Transcoded Live Video?
- Why Is the Live Video Resolution During Playback Inconsistent with That Configured In the Transcoding Template?
- How Does the System Define the Effective Template If I Configure Multiple Transcoding Templates?
- How Is a Video Transcoded When Only the Width or Height Is Configured?
- Why Is the BANDWIDTH Value in a Level-1 M3U8 File for Pulling a Transcoded Stream Not the Bitrate of the Transcoded Stream?
- How Do I Configure Definitions of Video Streams?
- Snapshot Capturing
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Security
- How Do I Protect Live Videos?
- Are There Any Requirements for the Key and Timeout Interval in URL Validation?
- Why Does Referer Validation Not Take Effect?
- Do I Need to Use the Same Key for Streaming Authentication and Playback Authentication?
- How Do I Set the Validity Period of a Signed Ingest URL to a Longer Period?
- Why Does HTTPS Access Fail When an HTTPS Certificate Has Been Configured for My Domain Name?
- Why Are Messages Indicating Insecurity Displayed During Video Playback After an HTTPS Certificate Is Configured?
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Streams Pushing
- Which Ingest Protocols Are Supported?
- How Do I Live Stream?
- How Do I Get the Ingest URL?
- Are There Any Requirements for StreamName in an Ingest URL?
- How Do I Obtain a StreamName?
- How Do I Set the Resolution and Bitrate?
- What Do I Do If Stream Pushing Failed?
- How Many Live Streams Can I Push Simultaneously?
- How Long Is the Latency If a Live Video Resolution is 1080p?
- What Can I Do If I Use OBS to Push Streams but the Latency Is Too High?
- Why Does Open Broadcaster Software Fail to Push Streams?
- How Do I Disable a Live Stream?
- How Do I View Disabled Live Streams?
- How Do I Resume a Disabled Live Stream?
- What Are the Differences Between Stream Disabled and Stream Interrupted?
- Can an Ingest URL Push Multiple Streams at the Same Time?
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Live Streaming
- Which Streaming Protocols Are Supported?
- How Do I Get the Streaming URL?
- Are There Any Requirements for StreamName in a Streaming URL?
- What Can I Do If I Fail to Play a Live Video?
- Is There Any Limit on the Daily Downstream Traffic?
- Is There Any Limit on the Number of Concurrent Viewers?
- Can I Pull Live Streams from Other Platforms to Huawei Cloud Live?
- Why Do Black Bars Appear on the Video?
- Why Does Playback Using the HTTPS Address Fail?
- Callback
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API Usage
- What Is the Token for Calling Live APIs?
- Why Does the System Display a Message Indicating that the API Does Not Exist When I Call an API?
- Why Is "projectId in token is nil" Returned When I Call an API?
- Why Is "The token must be updated" Returned When I Call an API?
- Why Is a Message Stating "APIG.0301" Displayed When a VOD API Is Called?
- How Can I Query the Peak Number of Concurrent Recording Channels in a Month?
- Why Do I Receive Only the Recording Completion Callback But Not the Recording Start Callback After Configuring Recording Callbacks?
- Statistics Analysis
- Third-Party Tools
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Product Consulting
- Troubleshooting
- Videos
- General Reference
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Media Live Transcoding
Media 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 input and output videos.
Concepts
- Dual transcoded streams: Two streams are input and two streams (primary and standby) are output after transcoding. When one stream is interrupted, the other stream can seamlessly take over the transcoding, so you are not aware of the fault.
- One transcoded stream: One stream is input and one stream is output after transcoding. Video streams may be interrupted for a short period of time on terminals, such as frame loss, frame freezing, and artifacts. If stream interruption occurs, the retry mechanism can be used to resume transcoding.
Resolution definition
- SD: The vertical resolution is less than 720 px.
- HD: The vertical resolution range is [720, 1080] px.
- UHD: The vertical resolution range is (1080, 2160] px.
Billing modes
- Pay-per-use is a postpaid billing mode. You pay as you go and just pay for what you use. In each billing cycle, the system calculates the fee based on the actual usage of each resource multiplied by the unit price, and then deducts the fee from your account balance.
- Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing mode. You pay in advance for a subscription term, and in exchange, you get a discounted rate. The longer the subscription term, the bigger the discount. This mode is a good option for long-term, stable services.
If you purchase a yearly package in the same region, the total transcoding duration of all channels per hour cannot exceed one hour. If you purchase two yearly packages of the same specifications, the total transcoding duration of all channels per hour cannot exceed two hours. The excess is charged in the pay-per-use mode. You can evaluate the total transcoding duration per hour to purchase suitable yearly/monthly packages.
Notes
Media Live transcoding supports only the single-pipeline mode with pay-per-use billing.
Prices
Billing description of Media Live transcoding
- Media Live will charge you for both the input and output of transcoding.
- Prices vary depending on regions, that is, prices are different in AP-Singapore and ME-Riyadh.
- Pay-per-use
Price Calculator shows the input and output pricing of Media Live transcoding in AP-Singapore and ME-Riyadh.
- The transcoding fee of Media Live is charged by MPC.
Billing Rules
See Table 1.
Rule Item |
Description |
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Billing Rule |
You are charged based on the codec standard, and the resolution and duration of the input and output videos. The duration is accurate to four decimal places, and the fourth digit is rounded off based on the fifth digit. If there are multiple output specifications, the total transcoding fee covers the transcoding input and each output specification. The number system of the transcoded stream bitrate is 1,024. For example, 1 Kbit/s = 1,024 bit/s. |
Billing Cycle |
Pay-per-use: Billed by hour and deducted in real time |
Billing Mode |
Pay-per-use |
Bill Run Time |
Pay-per-use: After the current billing cycle (hours) ends, the bill run time is subject to the system. |
Settlement Time |
Pay-per-use: Fees are automatically deducted after bill run. |
Billing Examples
Assume that you are in the AP-Singapore region and use the single-pipeline mode with pay-per-use billing to transcode an HD video stream using H.264. If there are five transcoded streams with different resolution levels, the total cost per hour is calculated as follows:
- Cost of an input stream using H.264 per hour:
- Cost of an output stream using H.264 per hour:
$0.729 USD for HD (720 px)
$0.3661 USD for SD (576 px)
$0.3661 USD for SD (432 px)
$0.3661 USD for SD (288 px)
Total cost: $0.243 USD + $0.729 USD x 2 + $0.3661 USD x 3 = $2.7993 USD/hour
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