Static Ingest Point Reference

When producing repeated live events, an ingest point allows you to configure your encoder to push to a fixed ingest URL and have the live stream receive its input.

An ingest point is a non-unique, persistent URL designed to receive source input from your encoder. Ingest points support SRT and RTMP formats and can be attached to only one live stream at a time.

Ingest points offer several benefits:

• Consistent encoder configuration while allowing separate management of the source input destination
• Automatic routing of any received source to the attached live stream
• Reuse in subsequent live streams

Prerequisite

Create an ingest point

Follow these steps to create an ingest point:

1. On the Live Streaming page, click Broadcast Live > Manage ingest points. The Ingest points list page appears.
2. Click Create ingest point. The Create ingest point panel appears.
3. Enter an ingest Name.
4. Choose an Ingest format.
5. Click Create. The new ingest point will appear on the Ingest points list page.

Manage an ingest point

After creating an ingest point, you can manage the stream it is associated with, identify associated streams, or rename or delete the ingest point.

Change the ingest point associated with a stream

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If an event is past its scheduled state and ready to go live, the ingest point cannot be changed.

Follow these steps to associate a new ingest point:

1. On the Live Streaming page, click Broadcast Live. The list of Broadcast Live streams appears.
2. Click the name of a stream. The stream settings page appears.
3. Under Ingest point, click ​​⋯ > Remove. The ingest point is removed.
4. Click + Select an ingest point. The Select ingest point popup window appears.
5. Select an ingest point from the dropdown menu.
6. Click Save. The popup window disappears and the ingest point appears under Ingest point.

Identify streams associated with an ingest point

Follow these steps to identify a stream associated with a static ingest point:

1. From the Live Streaming page, click Broadcast Live > Manage ingest points. The Ingest points list page appears.
2. (Optional) In the Search box, enter the partial or full name of the stream.
3. (Optional) From the Ingest format dropdown menu, select a format to filter the list of stream.
4. Click an ingest point. The ingest point details page appears with the Associated streams listed.
5. (Optional) In the Search box, enter the partial or full name of the stream.
6. (Optional) From the Status dropdown menu, select a status to filter the list of streams.

Rename an ingest point

Follow these steps to rename an existing ingest point:

1. From the Live Streaming page, click Broadcast Live > Manage ingest points. The Ingest points list page appears.
2. (Optional) In the Search box, enter the partial or full name of the stream.
3. (Optional) From the Ingest format dropdown menu, select a format to filter the list of streams.
4. Click an ingest point. The ingest point details page appears.
5. Enter a new Name.
6. Click Update.

Delete an ingest point

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Although deleting an ingest point permanently removes it from your account, you can create another ingest point.

Follow these steps to delete an ingest point:

1. From the Live Streaming page, click Broadcast Live > Manage ingest points. The Ingest points list page appears.
2. (Optional) In the Search box, enter the partial or full name of the stream.
3. (Optional) From the Ingest format dropdown menu, select a format to filter the list of stream.
4. Click an ingest point. The ingest point details page appears.
5. Click Delete ingest point. The Delete Ingest Point confirmation popup window appears.
6. Click Delete. The ingest point will be deleted and removed from the Ingest points list page.