Stream Management

Learn how to create and manage live stream definitions (SMIL) for your Streaming CDN Resources using the Medianova Control Panel.

The Stream Management section allows you to define live stream configurations by creating SMIL streams with one or more quality profiles. These streams are used to deliver adaptive bitrate live content across Medianova’s streaming infrastructure.

You can manage all live stream configurations from the Stream Management tab in the Medianova Control Panel by navigating to CDN → CDN Resources and selecting your Streaming CDN Resource.

This section lists existing streams and provides the necessary tools to create and manage SMIL-based live streaming configurations.

Create a New Stream (SMIL)

To define a new live stream, create a SMIL configuration with one or more quality profiles.

1

Click Create New Stream

In the Streams section, select Create New Stream to open the stream creation form.

2

Enter Stream Details

Provide the required stream identifiers:

• Stream Name – Internal name for managing the stream.

• Stream SMIL Name – The SMIL identifier used by the streaming system.

3

Define Quality Profiles

Each stream must include at least one quality profile. A quality profile defines how the stream is delivered at a specific bitrate and resolution.

Required fields include:

• Video Bitrate

• Audio Bitrate

• Width

• Height

4

Add Multiple Qualities (Optional)

To enable adaptive bitrate streaming, add additional quality profiles.

Click Add Quality to define multiple bitrate and resolution variants.

View and Manage Streams

All created streams appear in the Streams list under the Stream Management tab.

From this list, you can:

• Review existing SMIL configurations

• Verify defined quality profiles

• Manage active streaming definitions for your resource

Streams remain associated with the selected Streaming CDN Resource and are applied immediately after creation.

Best Practices

• Define multiple quality profiles to support adaptive bitrate streaming.

• Use consistent naming for Stream Name and SMIL Name to simplify operations.

• Align bitrate and resolution settings with your encoder output.

• Validate stream configurations before starting live broadcasts.