Identify encode sharing opportunities

If you have already identified the details for all the output encodes, you can now identify opportunities for encode sharing.

If you plan to identify details later, we recommend that you come back to this section to identify opportunties.

Read about encode sharing and encode cloning in Sharing encodes among outputs.

You will use encode sharing and encode cloning when you create the encodes in the channel, starting with Set up the video encode.

• When you have a complete list, compare the values for the encodes:

  • If you have two (or more) encodes with identical values, you can share the encode. When you create the channel, you can create this encode once, in one output. You can then reuse that encode in other outputs. The procedure for creating the encode provides detailed instructions for reusing.

    Keep in mind that two encodes are identical only if they are identical in all their fields, including sharing the same video source. For example, in the sample table earlier in this section, the first video encode for HLS and the video encode for RTMP share the same video source.

  • If you have two (or more) encodes with nearly identical values, you can clone an encode to create a second encode, and then change specific fields in the second encode. The procedure for creating the encode provides detailed instructions for cloning.

  Then identify opportunities for sharing, in the same way as you did for the video encodes. Keep in mind that two encodes are identical only if they are identical in all their fields, including sharing the same audio source.

  Carefully identify the video encodes to share by noting the outputs and output groups each belongs to.

Then identify opportunities for sharing, in the same way as you did for the video encodes. Keep in mind that two encodes are identical only if they are identical in all their fields, including sharing the same captions source.

Example

Following from the example in the earlier steps in this section about channel planning, you might decide you have these opportunities shown in the last two columns of this table.