💻 Environment/Context
- Live ingest
❓ Issue/Question
- What is the difference between Push and Pull for live ingest?
- What is Push ingest and how does it work?
- What is Pull ingest and how does it work?
👌 Resolution/Answer
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Push ingest
- With Push ingest, your encoder or broadcaster sends the live feed directly to a receiver set up in ScorePlay
- ScorePlay acts as the listener and waits for the signal to arrive
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How it works
- Configure your encoder or broadcaster to stream to the receiver set up in ScorePlay
- As long as your encoder sends a signal, ScorePlay records the stream during the scheduled time
- When the encoder stops, the stream ends and a VOD (video on demand) is published to your media library
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Pull ingest
- With Pull ingest, ScorePlay pulls the live feed from a media partner or an external broadcasting server
- ScorePlay acts as the caller and starts the connection at the scheduled time
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How it works
- Your media partner sets up a source feed and shares the connection details with you before the event, such as the SRT or RTMP link, IP address and password
- You enter these details in ScorePlay when you schedule the live ingest
- At the scheduled start time, ScorePlay starts the pull and begins recording
- When the stream ends, a VOD is published to your media library