Introduction
To publish a media via our hosted player you need the following.
- Media - a video file, HLS on-demand stream, RTMP live stream, HLS live stream, etc.
- CDN service - a CDN Static, CDN Static Push, CDN Video, CDN Video Push or a CDN Live service.
- Media content - a link between a media and a CDN service.
- Media player - a player template.
Media & CDN service
- Video file - a video file can be streamed via a CDN Static or CDN Static Push service using pseudo streaming or via a CDN Video or CDN Video Push service using true streaming. We recommend to use pseudo streaming. Read more about differences between true streaming and pseudo streaming here.
- HLS on-demand stream - an HLS on-demand stream or any other HTTP on-demand stream can be streamed via a CDN Static or CDN Static Push service. Read more about it here.
- RTMP live stream - an RTMP live stream can be streamed via a CDN Live service. Read more about it here.
- HLS live stream - an HLS live stream or any other HTTP live stream can be streamed via a CDN Static service. Read more about it here.
Media content
On the Services/Media/Content page link your media (Media Path) with your CDN service as in the picture below.

Media player
On the Services/Media/Player page create a player template as in the picture below.

Publish media
Finally on the Services/Media/Publish page select your media content and media player and click on the Publish Media button as in the picture below.

Missing some features?
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What next?
Test pseudo streaming in JW Player.