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ApsaraVideo Live:Benefits

Last Updated:Apr 04, 2023

ApsaraVideo Live is a live streaming platform developed by Alibaba Cloud. ApsaraVideo Live leverages the technical foundations laid out by Alibaba Cloud over the years, including our global content delivery network and security technologies, to deliver secure and fast live streaming services for global audiences.

End-to-end coverage

ApsaraVideo Live leverages Alibaba Cloud's experience in Internet technologies to provide end-to-end services across multiple channels.

  • ApsaraVideo Live provides solutions for stream ingest, video processing, content delivery, and video playback.

  • ApsaraVideo Live supports features such as adaptive bitrate streaming for uplink and downlink transmission, Narrowband HD™ transcoding, snapshot capture, recording, time shifting, data monitoring, production studios, Real-Time Streaming (RTS), and stream management.

Global presence

ApsaraVideo Live helps enterprises deploy live streaming services around the world.

  • Points-of-presence (POPs): More than 3,200 POPs are deployed around the world, with over 2,300 POPs deployed in 31 regions in the Chinese mainland and over 900 POPs deployed in more than 70 countries and regions outside the Chinese mainland, including Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), and Taiwan (China). Our global network reaches most countries and regions, ensuring worldwide coverage for your live streaming services.

  • Live center distribution: The live centers of ApsaraVideo Live are deployed in nine countries and regions across China, Europe, and Southeast Asia, providing reliable live streaming services within and outside China.

High security and stability

ApsaraVideo Live provides live streaming services that are compliant with National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) regulations.

  • Multiple security mechanisms are used to ensure the security of video transmission.

  • High-resolution monitoring (accurate to the second) lets you observe the health of your live streams in real time.

  • The live stream merging feature allows you to merge multiple streams into a single stream without affecting the smoothness of playback.

Smooth experience

ApsaraVideo Live is capable of handling tens of millions of concurrent playback requests, letting streamers interact with their viewers in real time.

  • Ultra-low playback stuttering rate delivers a smooth live streaming experience.

  • CDN routes streams through POPs nearest to the viewers, minimizing stream latency and ensuring the quality of live interactions.

  • Dynamic scaling technologies and high concurrency capabilities underpin the reliability of services built on top of ApsaraVideo Live.

Ultra-low latency

ApsaraVideo Live makes use of RTS technologies to greatly reduce the latency of concurrent live streams to within a few milliseconds.

  • Minimal latency ensures the quality and experience of live interactions.

  • Extensive network of POPs around the world underpins the performance of millions of concurrent streams.

  • Our RTS technologies have been extensively optimized through our experience in delivering services to a wide array of online businesses.

  • New SDKs can be directly integrated with the player, without the need to change the stream ingest architecture. This simplifies service deployment.

Unparalleled quality

ApsaraVideo Live supports Narrowband HD™ 2.0 to provide high-definition videos at 50 frames per second.

  • The Narrowband HD™ technology that is developed based on the human vision model reduces the bitrate of videos while maintaining the same level of quality. High-definition streams can be delivered with 20 to 40% less bandwidth consumption.

  • Different encoding optimization policies are applied to different images to allow a vivid video experience.

Panoramic data

ApsaraVideo Live supports the panoramic data feature that allows you to analyze data from multiple dimensions.

  • Panoramic data monitoring allows you to monitor bandwidth, traffic, access quality, and the usage of various features.

  • Multi-dimensional data analysis allows you to analyze various data such as unique visitors (UVs), user distribution, and domain ranking.

  • Full log download and real-time log subscription features allow you to analyze your business data. This facilitates data statistics and helps you make business decisions.

Technology prospects

ApsaraVideo Live leverages cutting-edge technologies to lead the video cloud market.

  • Millisecond-level time shifting and the strong verification mode ensure the security of your live streaming services.

  • Traditional video production tools are migrated to the cloud, allowing you to set up your production studio in the cloud.

  • 8K live streaming with a resolution up to 7680 × 4320 delivers more detailed images.

  • The Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol is supported for professional live streaming, and Dolby sound is supported.