Smooth Streaming Quick Reference

Quick reference information is provided for:

• Encoder Setup
• Media Player Setup
• Purge
• Features
• Stream Components

Encoder Setup (Live Streaming Only)

Encoder setup involves defining audio/video format, publishing point, and stream name settings.

Audio/Video Format

Audio/video format requirements are provided below.

Type	Encoding Format
Output Format	IIS Smooth Streaming
Video	H.264This format is required for HLS transmuxing/iOS support. VC-1
Audio	AAC-LCThis format is required for HLS transmuxing/iOS support. WMA

Publishing Point

Point an encoder to the closest publishing point location.

Location	Publishing Point URL
North America (East Coast): Ashburn	Publishing Point Location: rtmp://wsi.dca.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointAuthKeyReplace this term with the name of the desired publishing point directly followed by its authentication key. .isml
North America (West Coast): Los Angeles	Publishing Point Location: rtmp://wsi.oxr.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointAuthKeyReplace this term with the name of the desired publishing point directly followed by its authentication key. .isml
Europe: Amsterdam	Publishing Point Location: rtmp://wsi.ams.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointAuthKeyReplace this term with the name of the desired publishing point directly followed by its authentication key. .isml
Europe: Frankfurt	Publishing Point Location: rtmp://wsi.frf.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointAuthKeyReplace this term with the name of the desired publishing point directly followed by its authentication key. .isml
Europe: Stockholm	Publishing Point Location: rtmp://wsi.arn.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointAuthKeyReplace this term with the name of the desired publishing point directly followed by its authentication key. .isml
Asia: Hong Kong	Publishing Point Location: rtmp://wsi.hhp.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointAuthKeyReplace this term with the name of the desired publishing point directly followed by its authentication key. .isml

Media Player Setup

A list of Smooth Streaming player URLs is provided below.

Service	Type	Player URL (Streamer)
Live Streaming	Silverlight	Player URL: http://wsp.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointReplace this term with the name of the publishing point..isml/Manifest View sample URL. Player URL Example: http://wpc.0001.{Base Domain}/210001/mypublishingpoint.isml/Manifest
Live Streaming	iOS	Player URL: http://wsp.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PublishingPointReplace this term with the name of the publishing point..isml/Manifest(format=m3u8-aapl).m3u8 View sample URL. Player URL Example: http://wpc.0001.{Base Domain}/210001/mypublishingpoint.isml/Manifest(format=m3u8-aapl).m3u8
On-Demand Streaming	CDN Storage	Player URL: http://wpc.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/01ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PathReplace this term with the path to the manifest file./ManifestReplace this term with the manifest's filename..ism/Manifest View sample URL. http://wpc.0001.{Base Domain}/010001/sales/media/mymanifest.ism/Manifest

Purge

A list of the recommended CDN URLs through which Smooth Streaming content should be purged is provided below.

Type	Recommended Purge URL
Live Streaming CDN Ingest	CDN URL: http://wpc.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/21ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./StreamReplace this term with the name of the stream that will be purged..isml/* View sample URL. http://wpc.0001.{Base Domain}/210001/mypubpoint.isml/*
On-Demand Streaming CDN Storage	CDN URL: http://wpc.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/01ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./PathReplace this term with the path to the manifest file./ManifestReplace this term with the manifest's filename..ism/* View sample URL. http://wpc.0001.{Base Domain}/010001/sales/media/mymanifest.ism/*
Live Streaming External IIS IngestA live stream may be served by your IIS server with our CDN service providing stream acceleration. This type of setup requires the creation of a customer origin configuration that points to your IIS server.	CDN URL: http://wpc.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/80ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./customeroriginIdentifies a customer origin configuration by its directory name./StreamReplace this term with the name of the stream that will be purged..isml/* View sample URL. http://wpc.0001.{Base Domain}/800001/myorigin/mypubpoint.isml/*
On-Demand Streaming External IIS ServerAn existing Smooth Streaming presentation may be stored and served by your IIS server with our CDN service providing stream acceleration. This type of setup requires the creation of a customer origin configuration that points to your IIS server.	CDN URL: http://wpc.ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC..{Base Domain}/80ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC./customeroriginIdentifies a customer origin configuration by its directory name./PathReplace this term with the path to the manifest file./ManifestReplace this term with the manifest's filename..ism/* View sample URLs. http://wpc.0001.{Base Domain}/800001/myorigin/sales/media/mymanifest.ism/*

Features

The interaction between Smooth Streaming and other features on the HTTP Large platform is described below.

Feature	Description
Rules Engine	Most rules on the HTTP Large platform will impact Smooth Streaming. Please review them carefully. The best way to ensure that a rule will not apply to Smooth Streaming is to match by origin server or by URL. Smooth Streaming may use any of the following origin identifiers: 21 01
Token-Based Authentication	Please avoid streaming from a directory requiring authentication. Learn more.

Stream Components

A brief description is provided below for each stream component.

File Type	Consumed By	Description
ISMV	Media Player	A single MP4 file is generated for each bit rate stream. This file can contain audio and video.
ISMA	Media Player	A single audio file can be generated for each bit rate stream. This audio file is unnecessary when the ISMV contains an audio track.
ISM	IIS Smooth Streaming Server	A server manifest file that describes the relationship between media tracks, bit rates, and files.
ISMC	Media Player	A client manifest file that describes the available bit rate streams. This is the first file that is delivered to the media player.