StreamPackage | Tencent Cloud

Overview

Backed by Tencent Cloud’s compute resources deployed globally, and its independently developed audiovisual platforms as well as leading AI technologies, Tencent Cloud StreamPackage is designed to provide professional, stable, and secure media packaging and origin services for users worldwide. StreamPackage helps reduce the complexity of video packaging and distribution while improving origin elasticity. In addition, StreamPackage provides FAST channel assembly, SSAI (server-side ad insertion), and AVOD services, helping content owners and broadcasting platforms increase advertising revenue.

StreamPackage Documentation

CAPABILITIES

Four Core Capabilities

Media Packaging

StreamPackage packages encoded video and audio tracks into streaming formats for large-scale distribution from the live origin server. It also supports time-shifting, recording, and DRM in channel configurations.

Media Packaging

StreamPackage packages encoded video and audio tracks into streaming formats for large-scale distribution from the live origin server. It also supports time-shifting, recording, and DRM in channel configurations.

High-Performance Origin Server

StreamPackage helps users quickly build their own origin server. It can also integrate with Tencent Cloud stream services to deliver a one-stop, large-scale, broadcast-grade media workflow.

High-Performance Origin Server

StreamPackage helps users quickly build their own origin server. It can also integrate with Tencent Cloud stream services to deliver a one-stop, large-scale, broadcast-grade media workflow.

Channel Assembly

StreamPackage can assemble multiple VOD and live sources into a live channel based on a user-defined schedule, with support for ad insertion. A typical use case is building FAST channels.

Channel Assembly

StreamPackage can assemble multiple VOD and live sources into a live channel based on a user-defined schedule, with support for ad insertion. A typical use case is building FAST channels.

Server-Side Ad Insertion

With the development of audio and video technologies and applications across the internet, video advertising has become one of the mainstream forms of ad delivery. Based on StreamPackage, users can implement personalized dynamic ad insertion for live streams, VOD files, and FAST channels using SCTE-35 and SSAI solutions.

Server-Side Ad Insertion

With the development of audio and video technologies and applications across the internet, video advertising has become one of the mainstream forms of ad delivery. Based on StreamPackage, users can implement personalized dynamic ad insertion for live streams, VOD files, and FAST channels using SCTE-35 and SSAI solutions.

FEATURE

Detailed Technical Capabilities

Multi-Protocol Inputs

StreamPackage supports HLS and DASH stream inputs, with simultaneous primary and backup input ingest. If the primary input becomes unstable, the service can seamlessly switch to the backup input to ensure high ingest stability and availability.

Multi-Protocol Inputs

StreamPackage supports HLS and DASH stream inputs, with simultaneous primary and backup input ingest. If the primary input becomes unstable, the service can seamlessly switch to the backup input to ensure high ingest stability and availability.

Multiple Output Formats

StreamPackage supports endpoint formats including HLS, DASH, CMAF-HLS, and CMAF-DASH. It can be connected to Tencent Cloud CSS CDN with one-click configuration for large-scale distribution, helping customers build their own origin server.

Multiple Output Formats

StreamPackage supports endpoint formats including HLS, DASH, CMAF-HLS, and CMAF-DASH. It can be connected to Tencent Cloud CSS CDN with one-click configuration for large-scale distribution, helping customers build their own origin server.

High-Security Protection

StreamPackage provides multiple authentication mechanisms from input to output. Input supports http-authentication for stream ingest verification. Output supports IP allowlists and blocklists, Authkey, http-header authentication, and CIDR-level protection policies.

High-Security Protection

StreamPackage provides multiple authentication mechanisms from input to output. Input supports http-authentication for stream ingest verification. Output supports IP allowlists and blocklists, Authkey, http-header authentication, and CIDR-level protection policies.

DRM Encryption

StreamPackage provides Multi-DRM capabilities, supporting Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay, and the SPEKE protocol to protect media content and prevent leakage caused by screenshots or screen recording.

DRM Encryption

StreamPackage provides Multi-DRM capabilities, supporting Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay, and the SPEKE protocol to protect media content and prevent leakage caused by screenshots or screen recording.

Time-Shifting and Recording

StreamPackage supports live time-shifting, allowing viewers to watch earlier content during a live stream. It also supports time-shift recording, storing recorded live content in Tencent Cloud COS.

Time-Shifting and Recording

StreamPackage supports live time-shifting, allowing viewers to watch earlier content during a live stream. It also supports time-shift recording, storing recorded live content in Tencent Cloud COS.

High-Revenue Server-Side Ad Insertion

StreamPackage supports server-side ad insertion for live streams, VOD files, and FAST channels, enabling personalized ads for different viewers and improving content monetization.

High-Revenue Server-Side Ad Insertion

StreamPackage supports server-side ad insertion for live streams, VOD files, and FAST channels, enabling personalized ads for different viewers and improving content monetization.

High Scalability

StreamPackage can integrate with other Tencent Cloud stream services, such as StreamLive, StreamLink, and CSS CDN, to deliver a one-stop, large-scale, broadcast-grade end-to-end media workflow.

High Scalability

StreamPackage can integrate with other Tencent Cloud stream services, such as StreamLive, StreamLink, and CSS CDN, to deliver a one-stop, large-scale, broadcast-grade end-to-end media workflow.

High-Availability Cache Protection

StreamPackage provides multi-level cache protection. When a node fails, built-in monitoring automatically removes the abnormal node to ensure high reliability. Primary and backup input also helps maintain high stream ingest availability.

High-Availability Cache Protection

StreamPackage provides multi-level cache protection. When a node fails, built-in monitoring automatically removes the abnormal node to ensure high reliability. Primary and backup input also helps maintain high stream ingest availability.

Flexible Usage Methods

StreamPackage provides an easy-to-use console for quick setup, along with comprehensive APIs and documentation for flexible integration.

Flexible Usage Methods

StreamPackage provides an easy-to-use console for quick setup, along with comprehensive APIs and documentation for flexible integration.

Multi-Protocol Inputs

StreamPackage supports HLS and DASH stream inputs, with simultaneous primary and backup input ingest. If the primary input becomes unstable, the service can seamlessly switch to the backup input to ensure high ingest stability and availability.

Multiple Output Formats

StreamPackage supports endpoint formats including HLS, DASH, CMAF-HLS, and CMAF-DASH. It can be connected to Tencent Cloud CSS CDN with one-click configuration for large-scale distribution, helping customers build their own origin server.

High-Security Protection

StreamPackage provides multiple authentication mechanisms from input to output. Input supports http-authentication for stream ingest verification. Output supports IP allowlists and blocklists, Authkey, http-header authentication, and CIDR-level protection policies.

DRM Encryption

StreamPackage provides Multi-DRM capabilities, supporting Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay, and the SPEKE protocol to protect media content and prevent leakage caused by screenshots or screen recording.

Time-Shifting and Recording

StreamPackage supports live time-shifting, allowing viewers to watch earlier content during a live stream. It also supports time-shift recording, storing recorded live content in Tencent Cloud COS.

High-Revenue Server-Side Ad Insertion

StreamPackage supports server-side ad insertion for live streams, VOD files, and FAST channels, enabling personalized ads for different viewers and improving content monetization.

High Scalability

StreamPackage can integrate with other Tencent Cloud stream services, such as StreamLive, StreamLink, and CSS CDN, to deliver a one-stop, large-scale, broadcast-grade end-to-end media workflow.

High-Availability Cache Protection

StreamPackage provides multi-level cache protection. When a node fails, built-in monitoring automatically removes the abnormal node to ensure high reliability. Primary and backup input also helps maintain high stream ingest availability.

Flexible Usage Methods

StreamPackage provides an easy-to-use console for quick setup, along with comprehensive APIs and documentation for flexible integration.

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SCENARIO

Variety of Solutions for Your Needs

OTT

Sports Live Streaming

FAST Channels

AVOD

OTT Live Channels

As a high-performance origin server, StreamPackage supports broadcast-grade large-scale distribution of OTT channel content. In addition, subscription revenue growth for OTT and streaming platforms has slowed down in recent years. Server-side ad insertion can help improve monetization through programmatic and personalized advertising, while also improving the switching experience between content and ads and reducing multi-device adaptation costs.

Sports Live Streaming

As a live origin server, StreamPackage can connect with Tencent Cloud CSS CDN to transmit sports content to audiences around the world with one-click distribution. It also supports live time-shifting to improve the viewing experience. And Large-scale sports events typically feature high concurrency peaks, strong content timeliness, and the need for real-time monetization. Server-side ad insertion supports ad prefetching, ensuring smoother ad transitions during live streaming under high-concurrency scenarios and significantly improving advertising revenue for sports rights holders.

FAST Channels

FAST, or Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV, is a free streaming model that uses advertising as its primary business model and linear broadcasting as its main content format. Based on the comprehensive audio and video capability matrix, Tencent Cloud provides StreamPackage to help customers perform channel assembly and server-side ad insertion, enabling them to quickly launch FAST channels.

AVOD

For VOD content rights holders, large volumes of long-tail content are often available. StreamPackage can perform personalized server-side ad insertion for VOD files, directly turning content assets into sustainable advertising inventory. It also supports intelligent content analysis, automatically identifying suitable ad opportunity points and reducing manual operation costs.

Pricing

For StreamPackage pricing details, please see Billing Details.

Billing Details

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