Overview
Last update：2026-07-07 18:04:50
Media Acceleration Live Broadcast lets you deliver live video through the CDNetworks CDN. You can use it to ingest live streams from broadcasters or encoders, pull live streams from your own origin, and distribute playback traffic through CDN edge servers to viewers.
The product is built for live streaming workflows that require stable ingest, scalable playback, access control, protocol management, origin configuration, and operational visibility. You manage these capabilities from live streaming domains in the CDNetworks console.
Use this guide as an entry point to Media Acceleration Live Broadcast. It explains the basic product model and helps you find the guide that matches your task.
How live streaming works
Media Acceleration Live Broadcast sits between your live stream source and your viewers.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Stream source | A broadcaster, encoder, or origin server provides the live stream. |
| CDN ingest or origin pull | CDNetworks receives pushed streams through an ingest domain or retrieves streams from your origin server. |
| CDN delivery | CDNetworks distributes playback traffic through CDN edge servers. |
| Playback | Viewers request the stream through a delivery domain and play it in a compatible player. |
Media Acceleration Live Broadcast supports common live streaming protocols, including RTMP, HTTP-FLV, and HLS. The protocols available for a domain depend on the domain role, live streaming mode, and domain configuration.
What you can do
Use Media Acceleration Live Broadcast to set up and operate live streaming services across the following areas.
| Capability | Description | Related guides |
|---|---|---|
| Create live streaming domains | Add ingest domains, delivery domains, and DNS routing for live streaming traffic. | Get Started |
| Pull streams from your origin | Configure origin addresses, origin protocols, Host header behavior, and advanced origin routing. | Origin Settings |
| Control playback output | Manage application names and delivery protocols for delivery domains. | Application Names and Delivery Protocols |
| Protect live streams | Restrict access by IP, Referer, User-Agent, token authentication, or remote authentication. | Access Control |
| Tune HTTP delivery behavior | Configure HTTP headers, HTTP/2, cache rules, and query string handling. | HTTP Protocol Settings, Cache Optimization |
| Receive stream event notifications | Send callback notifications when live streams start or end. | Stream Status Callbacks |
| Support your operations | Pass the original client IP address to your origin and review access log settings. | Client IP Header, Log Service |
| Use live media features | Capture, process, or transform live streams with features such as live recording, live screenshots, time shifting, and live transcoding. | Live Recording, Live Snapshot |