Stream to Akamai (RTMP)

While Akamai has deprecated their RTMP ingest services, Videon's products do still support streaming RTMP to Akamai MSL3 in order to better help you transition to Akamai MSL4 seamlessly. Setup for Akamai RTMP streaming only takes a few steps once you have everything set up on your Akamai account's side.

How to configure an RTMP stream to Akamai MSL3

1. Once your Videon hardware is fully set up and you are connected to the Videon Web UI, navigate to Encoder Control and make sure you have Input Settings properly configured correctly to be what video and audio you are using for input.
2. Navigate to RTMP 1, 2, or 3
   
3. Select the Video Source and Audio Source you will use for this stream (as applicable, Audio/Video Source choice may vary based on the Videon product in use)
   
4. Open the Streaming Providers dropdown and select Akamai
   
   
5. The input for streaming to Akamai is simple, since all you need is the RTMP information provided by Akamai. The complicated part is that the URL is formatted as follows, using pieces of information provided by Akamai as well as some user defined components: rtmp://[STREAM_USERNAME]:[STREAM_PASSWORD]@[PRIMARY_ENTRYPOINT]/[EVENT_NAME]_[ANGLE]_[BITRATE]@[STREAM_ID]
   • For example (italicized components should be provided by Akamai):
     • Stream username = 123456
     • Stream password = MyPassw0rd
     • Primary entrypoint (without rtmp://) = p.ep654321.i.akamaientrypoint.net/EntryPoint
     • Event name (user defined) = MyEvent
     • Angle (user defined) = 1
     • Bitrate (user defined, recommended to be Video Source bitrate) = 1000
     • Stream ID = 654321
     • RTMP URL = rtmp://123456:MyPassw0rd@p.ep654321.i.akamaientrypoint.net/EntryPoint/MyEvent_1_1000@654321
6. Enter your constructed RTMP URL into the Stream URL section
   
7. Turn on RTMP with the ON/OFF switch and click Save to start streaming!