Overview

Comprimato is a live video streaming infrastructure that can scale instantly to any number of parallel video channels, and to global audiences of any size. It takes just three steps to start using Comprimato as your live encoding and streaming backend:

1. Create a live stream on the backend. More about the stream below.
2. Connect your video source by configuring your streaming software
3. Play the live stream

What is the stream resource?

In order to start using Comprimato you need to create your stream resource, which represents one live video stream. You can create an unlimited number of streams. We only charge you when you are using the resource, i.e. when you are streaming. You can use streams as representations of video channels, of different events, or you can have separate stream for each individual user.

A stream has two states: stopped or running. The running state indicates an active stream, i.e. there is an input signal signal detected, and Comprimato is encoding and distributing (streaming) this video signal for you. The stream is switched to running at the moment you connect your video source and we detect the input signal. We only bill you for running streams. When a stream is in the stopped state, there is no input signal so no resources are used and we will not bill you.

For information on other stream operations please refer to Comprimato API.

How to point your live feed to Comprimato

Comprimato is designed so that your incoming video stream is immediately accepted. There is no other API call needed, so no waiting or delay. You can start streaming at any time. Just configure your streaming software and start streaming to Comprimato. Currently we can receive all of the popular video codecs over the SRT transport protocol.

How to play the video

To play the live video, you need to configure your video player so it points at the Comprimato infrastructure. Comprimato distributes your live video streams over the HLS streaming protocol using a global CDN infrastructure.