MMD Live Introduction

Edgio delivers MMD Live with transcoding and transmuxing.

The following diagram gives an overview of the process of delivering multi-device media via transcode slots. Transcode slots allow you to send MMD Live a single high bitrate RTMP input, which will be transcoded to multiple bitrates and then transmuxed to the output formats.

You send a single bitrate RTMP stream to the Edgio ingest server. Edgio streaming servers located in all of your target regions deliver live playback to support desktop, set-top, and mobile devices across a range of connection speeds. The Limelight Video Player automatically selects the best bitrate for the device. If you use your video player, the playback URLs provided to you also allow you to access multiple bitrates.

The following diagram gives an overview of the process of delivering multi-device media via transmux.

You can input up to eight bitrates per live stream. Your encoder sends these bitrates into the Edgio ingest server, and MMD Live transmuxes the bitrates into multiple playback formats.

Your video latency from ingest to the edge is customizable. The allowable configuration range is from three to 60 seconds, with a default of 30 seconds. If you want to customize your latency, please contact your Account Manager.

MMD Live is allocated by “slot.” A slot is a reserved capacity for you to ingest your live stream into. Slots are of type SD, HD, FHD, or transmux. See Inputs and Outputs for more detail.

The MMD Live section of Control (referred to as the “Configuration UI” in this document) allows you to configure slots for transcoding and transmuxing. Available customer configurations include:

Configuration details are covered in Configuration UI.

Edgio’s DRM capabilities use a sophisticated system of IDs and keys to provide Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection to live streams. DRM is configured on a per-slot basis.

For configuration instructions, see Configuration UI.

For more information about DRM, contact your Edgio Customer Representative.

A client-based live stream encoder must capture live footage and stream to the ingest servers of MMD Live. All encoders must be able to support H.264 CODEC and AAC Audio CODEC.

Edgio MMD Live includes a capability that allows an event that is being streamed live to be automatically recorded to Edgio Origin Storage for later playback as a Video on Demand (VoD) asset. Customers can configure the recording of single live events, recurring live events, or continuous streaming for later VoD playback.

Details about the service and its configuration are in Live to VOD.