5centsCDN push zone can be used as the storage source to the media servers for video-on-demand (VOD) streaming. This article provides information about how to use the push zone feature in 5centsCDN for the source of the external media server.
Make sure you have created push zone with 5centsCDN. See how to create a push zone with 5centsCDN: https://5centscdn.net/help/knowledge-base/http-push-zone/
To use 5centsCDN push zone as media server source, please follow the below steps
- Upload media files to the 5centsCDN push zone using File Manager or FTP services
- Transcode the files to MP4( h264+ AAC) and appropriate quality if needed. See how to transcode uploaded files in 5centsCDN: https://5centscdn.net/help/knowledge-base/how-to-implement-file-transcoding-for-your-uploaded-files/
- Use the Playback URLs for the uploaded/transcoded file to your media server.
Below are some examples of configuring media servers with 5centsCDN push zones.
Flussonic Media server
Flussonic configurations for VOD:
file vod {
path http://push-id.5centscdn.com;
cache /home/cache 1d 500G;
}
Here is the sample URL for Playing a demo file from push zone using Flussonic: http://HOSTNAME/vod/path/to/file.mp4/index.m3u8
Wowza Streaming Engine
To configure VOD in Wowza for 5centsCDN push zone, you need to configure Wowza media cache. Use 5centsCDN push zone CDN hostname as the base path for Wowza media cache. Below is the sample screenshot for configuring Wowza media cache for 5centsCDN push zone.
