Introduction
To publish a media via our hosted player you need the following.
- Media - a video file, HLS on-demand stream, HLS live stream, RTMP live stream, etc.
- CDN service - a CDN Static, CDN Static Push, CDN HTTP Live, 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
- HLS stream - an HLS live or on-demand stream or any other HTTP stream can be streamed via a CDN HTTP Live or a CDN Static service. Read more about it here.
- Video file - a video file (e.g. video.mp4) can be streamed via a CDN Static or a CDN Static Push service using pseudo streaming. Alternatively via a CDN Video or a CDN Video Push service using true streaming. We recommend to use pseudo streaming. Read more about differences between true streaming and pseudo streaming here.
- RTMP live stream - an RTMP live stream can be streamed via a CDN Live service. Read more about it here.
Media Content
On the Services/Media/Content page link your Media (Media Path) with your CDN service and click the Create Media Content button.
Media Player
On the Services/Media/Player page create your player template.
Publish Media
Finally on the Services/Media/Publish page select your Media Content and Media Player and click on the Publish Media button.
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What next?
Test pseudo streaming in JW Player.