# Stream Management

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**](https://cloud.medianova.com) by navigating to **CDN → CDN Resources** and selecting your **Streaming CDN Resource** or a **Large CDN Resource** configured with **Streaming Content Caching** and **RTMP Push**.

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

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For **Large CDN Resources**, **Stream Management** is available only when the resource uses **Streaming Content Caching** with **RTMP Push**.\
If the resource uses **My Origin**, this section is not used.
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### Create a New Stream (SMIL)

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

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**Click Create New Stream**

In the **Streams** section, select **Create New Stream** to open the stream creation form.
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**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.
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**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**
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**Add Multiple Qualities (Optional)**

To enable adaptive bitrate streaming, add additional quality profiles.

Click **Add Quality** to define multiple bitrate and resolution variants.
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### View Stream Definitions

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

Use this list to review the stream definitions created for the selected resource.

From this list, you can:

* Review existing **Stream Name** and **SMIL Name** values
* Verify that each stream includes the expected quality profiles
* Confirm that the stream definition belongs to the selected resource

Each stream definition remains associated with the selected CDN Resource:

* a **Streaming CDN Resource**, or
* a **Large CDN Resource** configured with **Streaming Content Caching** and **RTMP Push**

This helps you keep stream definitions separated by resource and delivery workflow.

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Before starting a live broadcast, verify that the quality profile values in **Stream Management** match your encoder output settings.
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### 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.
* For **Large CDN Resources**, make sure **RTMP Push** is selected during resource creation before configuring streams here.
* Validate stream configurations before starting live broadcasts.


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