Using the new NextGen Live streaming module with redundancy, I’ve encountered a workflow issue that I’d like some input on.
With the Live 1.0 module and redundancy you got the following:
- A top level video ID you published to the audience, automatically handling switching between streams.
- A Master video ID
- A Backup video ID
All three of these video ID’s could have a short link URL published (i.e. https://bcove.video/12aBCd3 etc), which could then be shared with the producer or others on site for external monitoring. They would then be able to see how the Master and Backup video stream performed for the audience directly.
Using the NextGen Live streaming module, this three way separation is gone. All you get is the top level video ID that automatically handles switching. This means the only way to monitor the “end product” the audience sees for Master and Backup is to be able to log in to Video Cloud Studio and monitor in the Live module. Our producers on site are not meant to do this task as well, since we run the Live module with a tech team that knows Brightcove.
Is there currently a way to effectively be able to share a direct link to Master and Backup separately? I’ve been toying with the idea of inspecting the m3u8 playlist of the top level video ID to extract playlist URLs for Master and Backup and create new Remote asset videos for them, but that’s a very cumbersome workflow.
