Feature overview

Category

Feature

Description

How to use

Core live streaming services

Domain configuration

Configure and associate ingest domains with streaming domains. Optionally associate main streaming domains with sub-streaming domains.

• Core live streaming workflow

Stream ingest and playback

Ingest and play live streams.

Stream management

View active and historical streams. Interrupt or disable live streams.

• Manage live streams

Live streaming security

RAM user management

Grant permissions to RAM users so they can access ApsaraVideo Live features within their authorized scope.

• Permission management

Video encryption

Encrypt video data to prevent unauthorized redistribution and hotlinking. Videos remain encrypted even when downloaded locally.

• Alibaba Cloud video encryption

Access control

Control access through URL signing, Referer-based hotlink protection, IP blacklists and whitelists, protocol-based playback blocking, and remote authentication.

• Signed ingest and streaming URLs

• Access control

HTTPS

Enable HTTPS secure acceleration and force redirects.

• Secure acceleration

Automated review for live streaming content

Capture frames and analyze audio to detect violations automatically. Combined with stream management, violating streams can be interrupted or disabled.

• Content moderation for live streaming

Live stream acceleration

Edge ingest

Push live streams to optimal edge acceleration nodes before reaching the live center.

• Edge ingest

Latency configuration

Configure latency based on the streaming protocol.

• Latency configuration

Ultra-Low-Latency Real-Time Streaming

RTS provides millisecond-level latency, high-concurrency, and smooth HD audio and video live streaming with easy integration.

• Real-Time Streaming (RTS)

Live Stream Processing

Live stream recording

Record live streams to preserve content and enable later playback.

• Live stream recording

Live stream transcoding

Transcode live streams to adjust resolution, encoding format, bitrate, and other parameters for different playback requirements.

• Live stream transcoding

Live stream watermarking

Add watermarks to live streams for copyright protection or to label broadcast information.

• Live stream watermarking

Live stream snapshots

Capture and save live stream frames during a broadcast.

• Live stream snapshots

Time shifting

Replay live streams from the start time to the current time.

• Time shifting

Live stream encapsulation

Beyond the default RTMP, HTTP-FLV, and HLS protocols, encapsulation adds LL-HLS, DASH, and segment formats such as TS and CMAF.

• Live stream encapsulation

Real-time captioning (public preview)

Convert live stream speech into captions using real-time speech recognition, with translation support.

• Real-time captioning (public preview)

Callback management

Receive callbacks for stream ingest status, recording, snapshots, and content moderation events.

• Callback management

Live+

Ultra-Low Latency Live Streaming

RTS provides ultra-low-latency, high-concurrency, and smooth HD video live streaming with easy integration.

• Real-Time Streaming (RTS)

ApsaraVideo Real-time Communication

Add interactive elements such as voice chat, video co-hosting, and game interactions to turn viewers into participants.

• ApsaraVideo Real-time Communication

Interactive messages

Add comments, live comments, and likes to your live streaming apps using easy-to-integrate SDKs.

• Interactive messages for live streaming

Production studio

Cloud-based production studio brings traditional video production to the cloud using Alibaba Cloud’s live streaming and media processing services. It integrates video AI detection, bilingual translation, and interactive capabilities with support for dynamic tagging, ET bilingual captions, and ad replacement.

• Cloud-based production studio

BroadEye monitoring

Monitor live broadcasts in real time. Detect anomalies such as frame rate changes, bitrate fluctuations, audio-video sync issues, latency, and stuttering.

• BroadEye monitoring

Stream forwarding

Central forwarding

Forward live streams to other platforms through the live center. Central forwarding can also trigger stream processing tasks such as recording and transcoding.

• Central forwarding

Pull-and-forward

Forward third-party live streams or convert recorded videos into live streams. Pull content from live or on-demand sources and broadcast it to your audience.

• Pull-and-forward

Origin fetch

Pull third-party live streams into the Alibaba Cloud live center for processing and accelerated distribution.

• Origin fetch

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Primary/backup stream mixing

Automatically switch between a primary and backup stream in a single live center. The backup stream plays when the primary stream fails.

• Primary/backup stream mixing

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Dual-stream disaster recovery

Push two identical live streams to the same URL path during critical events or high-traffic scenarios. The system monitors both streams and switches automatically to ensure continuous, stable broadcasts.

• Dual-stream disaster recovery

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HTTP message headers

Configure HTTP request and response header fields.

• Configure HTTP request headers

Data center

Usage query

Query usage for bandwidth and traffic, transcoding, watermarking, stream forwarding, content moderation, and snapshots at specified time granularities.

• Usage query

Operations analytics

View metrics such as playback bandwidth and traffic, unique visitors, user distribution, and origin fetch data.

• Operations analytics

Real-time monitoring

Monitor stream ingest and bandwidth usage in real time.

• Real-time monitoring

Log management

Log management provides log download.

• Log management

SDK quality monitoring

Query stream ingest data for the ApsaraVideo Live SDK over the past three days.

Assess playback quality through metrics such as playback success rate, instant playback rate, and stuttering rate.

• SDK quality monitoring

Toolbox

URL generator

Generate ingest and streaming URLs.

• URL generator

Self-service troubleshooting

Diagnose common stream ingest and playback issues and get resolution suggestions for specific anomalies.

• Self-service troubleshooting

Certificate Service

Upload custom certificates or deploy Alibaba Cloud SSL certificates to the acceleration platform for end-to-end encrypted transmission.

• Certificate Service

IP address check

Check whether a specified IP address belongs to an Alibaba Cloud acceleration node, and identify its region and ISP.

• IP address check