Start and stop streaming to a CDN

After your stream to a CDN is configured on the channel, you can start and stop streaming.

Start and stop your stream using:

  • the admin panel
  • Epiphan Edge
  • the front screen streaming button or the front screen menu. When you use the front screen menu, you can also modify the URL of a chosen stream.

Start and stop streaming using the Admin panel

  1. Login to the Admin panel as admin, see Connect to the Admin panel.
  2. From the Channel(s) menu, select a channel and click Streaming. The Streaming configuration page opens.

To set up a stream using the Admin panel, click New stream and follow the instructions for how to Streaming to a CDN, multicasting, and streaming to multiple destinations.

  1. Click Start at the top right corner to start that stream, or click Start all at the top of the page to start streaming all streams that are configured for the channel.
  2. Click Stop at the top right corner to stop that stream, or click Stop all at the top of the page to stop streaming for all streams that are configured for the channel.

Start and stop streaming using the front screen menu

  1. Press the left arrow key repeatedly on the control key interface until the Menu screen displays.
  2. Use the arrow and check mark keys to select Channel. Then from the Channel screen, select Streaming to open the Streaming screen with the list of streams already configured for the channel.
  3. Use the arrow and check mark keys to select a stream and open the stream's details screen.
  4. From the stream's details screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Start and press the check mark key start streaming. When you're done, highlight Stop and press the check mark key to stop streaming.

    5. Before you start the stream, you can select Destination url using the check mark key and modify the stream destination's URL.

Start and stop streaming using the Stream control key on the front panel

Simply press the Stream control key on Pearl Nano's front panel to easily start and stop streaming a channel.

The Stream control key glows solid blue and the streaming timer on the Channel view increments while streaming is in progress. When you're done, press the Record control key again to stop streaming. If multiple streams are configured for the channel, pressing the Stream control key starts and stops all streams at the same time. For more information, see Record and stream using the control keys.