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Service Overview

The VOD console provides functions such as audio and video upload and management, video processing, and audio and video moderation. You can view real-time monitoring information such as VOD resource usage and popular media assets on the console.

Dashboard

After you log in to the VOD console, the Dashboard page is displayed. You can view the VOD resource usage and click Getting Started in the upper right corner for quick operation.

Figure 1 Dashboard
  • You can view VOD resource usage in trend charts.
    Table 1 Statistics

    Item

    Description

    Storage Usage

    Storage space occupied by all media files, including input audio/video files, images, subtitles, and output media files.

    NOTICE:

    There is a delay of at least one hour in obtaining storage space data. Only data for full-hour intervals is supported. Example:

    • If the current Beijing time is 9:50, data from 7:00 to 8:00 can be obtained.
    • If the current Beijing time is 10:00, data from 8:00 to 9:00 can be obtained.

    Transcoding Duration

    Total duration of transcoded videos (SD).

    • For outputs in 4K or HD with the frame rate less than 30 fps, the duration is converted to SD-equivalent time using the ratios 4:2:1 (4K:HD:SD) for statistical purposes.
    • For outputs in 4K or HD with the frame rate greater than 30 fps, the duration is converted to SD-equivalent time using the ratios 5:2.5:1.25 (4K:HD:SD) for statistical purposes.

    Traffic Usage

    Total traffic used for VOD acceleration.

    Bandwidth Usage

    Daily peak bandwidth generated by VOD-accelerated content distribution.
  • Billing Mode shows the current CDN billing mode. You can click Change to change the CDN billing mode.

    The billing modes for distribution acceleration include by traffic, by daily peak bandwidth, and by 95th percentile bandwidth.

    • You cannot switch to the 95th percentile bandwidth billing mode on the console. To do so, you need to submit a service ticket.
    • You cannot switch from the 95th percentile bandwidth billing mode to another mode on the console. To do so, you need to submit a service ticket.
    • Only traffic-based billing is supported in the AP-Bangkok region, and the billing mode cannot be changed.

Functions

You can access various functions from the left navigation pane on the VOD console.

Table 2 Console functions

Function

Description

Domain Name Management

You can add and manage your own domain names, and configure HTTPS and hotlink protection for these domains.

Audio/Video Upload

You can upload audio/video files from the local PC, or pull audio/video files from their URLs.

Audio/Video Management

You can perform operations on uploaded audio/video files, including transcoding, real-time container format conversion, pre-loading and updating media asset information on CDN, canceling transcoding, restoring archived files, changing the storage class, categorizing media assets, extracting audio, exporting media asset information, deleting media assets, viewing basic information of media assets, and obtaining media asset streaming URLs.

Video Processing

You can perform operations on video files, such as snapshot capturing and workflow creation.

Global Settings

You can configure transcoding templates, watermark templates, HLS encryption, tenant-level media asset cold storage, categories, event notifications, and workflows.

Audio/Video Review

Audios, images, and files can be automatically or manually reviewed to block inappropriate content.

NOTE:

This function is not available in AP-Bangkok.

Usage Query

You can view the traffic and peak bandwidth statistics on CDN, as well as the storage space and transcoding duration used on the VOD origin server.

Data Analysis

You can view data such as the traffic, bandwidth, and traffic hit ratio on CDN, as well as the number of playback times and ranking (by playback times) of audio/video files by domain name.