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Streaming a Live VOD List on Video Streaming
This guide explains how to live stream a list of videos from the VOD service using the Video Streaming product.
What's the purpose?
This feature allows using the VOD service to create a video playlist and then using the Video Streaming service to broadcast it live, for example in the context of a music video channel, teleshopping, documentaries, etc. It's possible to insert advertisements between each video, manually or using VAST tag. The playlist will be looped infinitely until the user stops it.
Some usage examples
Streaming a playlist can serve as a fallback solution as soon as a live stream cuts off (voluntarily or involuntarily) and in this case, take over the air. As soon as the live encoder pushes a stream again, it takes control of the playlist. This allows broadcasting alternative content if there's an issue with the live stream or if the user only streams live content in the evening, for example, they can automate playlist content broadcasting for the rest of the day.
It's also possible to schedule playlist broadcasting from the Video Streaming scheduling tool. Thus, you can choose single or different playlist broadcasting time slots in advance, or recurrently. The live streaming encoder will be automatically disconnected during the entire playlist broadcasting period; once the time slot ends, the encoder will reconnect, and its content will be streamed.
A VOD playlist can be created and edited manually (by selecting the video to add to the list) or be dynamic if automatically composed by a batch of videos located in a specific folder and added as needed. In both cases, stop and restart the live streaming to take into account any new video added to the playlist - note that this will no longer be necessary in a future tool update.
Prerequisites
- Own a VOD service (at least the free VOD space with the Video Streaming service)
- Own a Video Streaming service in the same organization and managed by the same account
Live Streaming a VOD Playlist
Building the playlist from a few imported videos
Import the videos to the VOD space:
- Log in to the Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Edge
- Click on the icon at the top right of the interface (or navigate through the left side menu, for example)
- Choose VOD/AOD (Streaming universe)
- Click on the name of the relevant object in the displayed table
- Click the Select button (in the Quick Import section)
Once the videos are imported:
- Click on Media in the left side menu
- Click on Playlists / WebTV in the left side menu
- Click the button to add a new playlist
- Name the playlist and determine if it should be automatic (linked to a folder) or manual
- Choose the folder or specific videos to use for building the playlist
- Click the Create live button
- Choose the Video Streaming stream that should broadcast the playlist and adjust your preferences: