Pearl Mini User Guide
Directly sharing channel stream URLs with viewers
To publish content to a CDN provider, ensure you have:
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the URL (or path) to the mount point or an XML configuration file (provided by the CDN provider)
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the supported transport protocols, audio codecs, and any other settings like key frame rates and
bit rates recommended by the CDN provider
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See
for the best streaming settings for Pearl Mini.
You can control streaming to a CDN using the Admin panel. You can also use:
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For more information see
Start and stop streaming to a CDN
You can also test how your content is streamed by sending your content to Epiphan’s CDN. For a list of
Epiphan’s preferred CDN providers, see:
https://www.epiphan.com/partners/cdn-partners/
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Streaming to multiple destinations
There are a few different ways to stream to multiple destinations using Pearl Mini. One option is to
configure a channel on Pearl Mini as your switched program channel, then use the Admin panel to create
multiple streaming destinations for that channel. You can add multiple RTMP streams to different CDNs,
configure multicast streaming, and even share the live broadcast link with viewers on your network all at
the same time. But remember, the more streams you configure, the more network bandwidth you need.
To stream to CDNs and multicast a channel at the same time, the channel must have H.264 configured as
the channel encoding
Another option is to set up multiple channels on Pearl Mini and stream those using the Admin panel. That
way, you can configure each channel with different encoding settings. For example, you can configure one
channel with the streaming specifications for YouTube and configure the second channel for streaming to
Facebook. Using one channel as your main switched program, use Pearl Mini's channel as a source
feature to feed that channel into your second channel. That way, you're streaming the exact same
switched program to different destinations at different encoding settings. For information about using a
channel as a source, see
Add video sources or a channel as a source
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As you can see, setting up streaming to multiple destinations is very flexible with Pearl Mini.
Directly sharing channel stream URLs with viewers
People on the same local network as Pearl Mini can easily view a channel's live broadcast stream. All you
need to do is provide the channel's stream URL and log in credentials for viewers, see
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- You can provide people separate URLs for streams coming from each
channel, or one URL that includes all the streams for the channel.
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