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Enabling HLS stream
Enabling RTMP stream
HTTP Live Stream
This section defines how to use the HTTP Live Stream (HLS) technology streaming solution in KUDO meetings.
Setup the HLS Streams
Clients
1. Login to KUDO as Client
2. Click on the “Schedule a Meeting” button from the meeting management console
3. Enter the meeting information
a. Add meeting title, languages to be added into the meeting
b. Click on “More than 300 attendees” on “estimated Number of Attendees”
c. Click on “Save”
4. You will be redirected to the meeting details page for this new meeting
5. Click on the “Configuration” tab
a. Set the video resolution to 720 @ 30fps
6. Click on the “Broadcast” tab for configuring HLS
NOTE: If you do not see the Broadcast tab, contact customer service to enable this feature on your client account
a. Click on the “On” button to enable HLS
b. Set the stream duration (max 4hrs)
7. Click on the “Information” tab to access the HLS widget code
a. Click on the “Copy Widget Code” and select “Broadcasting **” from the dropdown
b. Paste this code within the body tag of the desired HTML webpage
Start/Stop the HLS Streams
Clients
1. Login to KUDO as Client
2. Click on the meeting to control from the meeting management console
3. Click on the “Broadcast” tab
a. To Start Broadcasting
i. Click on the “Start Broadcast” link
ii. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Start Broadcasting” button
b. To Stop Broadcasting
i. Click on the “Stop Broadcast” link
ii. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Stop Broadcast” button
Operators
1. Login to the meeting as Operator
2. To Start Broadcasting
a. Click on the “Broadcast” button
b. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Start Broadcasting” button from the pop-up window
3. To Stop Broadcasting
a. Click on the “Broadcast” button
b. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Stop Broadcast” button
Real-Time-Messaging-Protocol
This section defines how to use the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) technology streaming solution in KUDO meetings.
Setup the RTMP Streams
Clients
1. Login to KUDO as Client
2. Click on the “Schedule a Meeting” button from the meeting management console
3. Enter the meeting information
a. Add meeting title, languages to be added into the meeting
b. Click on “More than 300 attendees” on “estimated Number of Attendees”
c. Click on “Save”
4. You will be redirected to the meeting details page for this new meeting
5. Click on the “Broadcast Tab” for configuring RTMP
NOTE: If you do not see the Broadcast tab, contact customer service to enable this feature on your client account
6. Click on the “On” button to enable RTMP broadcast
a. You will see the “+ Add RTMP stream” link to configure RTMP broadcast with the languages added to the meeting
b. Prior to adding RTMP streams, you must configure your casting medium (YouTube or Facebook Live or IBM Video Streaming) See the below appendix for either medium
7. Click on “+ Add RTMP stream” and enter the following details
a. Casting Medium - Select either Facebook or YouTube or IBM Video Streaming
b. Server URL - copy and paste this from the casting medium settings page (see appendix below)
c. Stream Key - copy and paste this from the casting medium settings page (see appendix below)
d. Stream Language - select from dropdown
e. For IBM Video Streaming: additional steps
i. Language Code will be auto populated based on the language selected
1. NOTE: Not all KUDO languages have a match from the library of IBM Video Streaming, in such a case (example Sign Language) you must select the appropriate choice from the dropdown of language code options. You cannot save until this is complete.
ii. NOTE: IBM Video Streaming can stream up to 4x languages + Floor where the floor is automatically streamed (the user does not have to set this up)
iii. NOTE: IBM Video Streaming can only support 1x sign language per stream, but you can create multiple IBM Video Streaming RTMP streams
f. NOTE: You will only be able to select from the languages entered to this meeting + floor
8. Click on “Save”
9. If more streams are needed, repeat step 7 and then click on “Save” for each stream
Start/Stop the RTMP Streams
Clients
1. Login to KUDO as Client
2. Click on the meeting to control from the meeting management console
3. Click on the “Broadcast” tab
a. To Start Broadcasting
i. Click on the “Start Broadcast” link
ii. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Start Broadcasting” button
b. To Stop Broadcasting
i. Click on the “Stop Broadcast” link
ii. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Stop Broadcast” button
Operators and Host
1. Login to the meeting as Operator or Host
2. To Start Broadcasting
a. Click on the “Broadcast” button
b. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Start Broadcasting” button from the pop-up window
3. To Stop Broadcasting
a. Click on the “Broadcast” button
b. Confirm your action by clicking on the “Stop Broadcast” button