How Do I Select a Live Origin Server and Acceleration Area?

How Do I Select a Live Origin Server?

• The associated ingest domain name and streaming domain name must belong to the same Live origin server.
• The origin server of the ingest domain name must be in the region where the streamer is. Streamers cannot push streams across regions. For example, if a streamer needs to livestream in both the Chinese mainland and Malaysia, two sets of streaming and ingest domain names need to be configured. The origin servers of each set of domain names are the Chinese mainland and Singapore, respectively.

Select a Live origin server based on the actual livestreaming scenario. The details are as follows:

• If live streams are pushed and played in the Chinese mainland and media processing operations (such as live recording, transcoding, and snapshot capturing) are not required:

  When adding a domain name, you can select any area in the Chinese mainland. If the streamer is not in the selected area, the streamer can still be connected to the access node in the area. Streams are scheduled based on the area where the audience is, which is independent of the location of the media processing center.

• If media processing operations (such as live recording, transcoding, and snapshot capturing) are required on live streams:

  Live recording files and snapshots need to be stored in OBS buckets. Therefore, you need to create an OBS bucket in the region of the Live service.

• If both the streamer and audience are outside the Chinese mainland:

  You are advised to push video streams to a Live origin server that is close to the streamer.

  • Edge stream push

    Live CDN nodes are deployed around the world. Edge stream push is used to push video streams to the edge node closest to the streamer and then to the Live origin server.

  • Real-time network status monitoring

    To observe the network status of a domain name in real time, you can log in to the Live console. On the Usage Statistics page, view the usage trends of bandwidth, traffic, transcoding, live recording, and snapshot capturing of the current domain name in real time to maintain stable and smooth livestreaming. For details, see Usage Statistics.

How Do I Select an Acceleration Area?

When creating a domain name, you can specify areas where streaming domain names can be accelerated. This function is not available for ingest domain names. If the video is not played in the selected acceleration area, the livestreaming quality may be compromised.

You can select one of the following acceleration areas as required:

• Chinese mainland

  Select this option when the audience is in the Chinese mainland. The domain name must be licensed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

• Outside Chinese mainland

  Select this option when the audience is outside the Chinese mainland (including in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan).

• Global

  Select this option when there is audience in and outside the Chinese mainland (including in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan). The domain name must be licensed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

  

  The Live CDN bandwidth or traffic unit prices vary with acceleration areas. For details, see Product Pricing Details.