Step 1: Obtain information

Obtain the following information from your contact person at the upstream system:

• The application name and application instance for the source content. (The application instance is also known as the stream or stream key.) There are two sources for a standard-class input , or one source for a single-class input. For information about input classes and their uses, see Channel class and input class. For information about input classes and their uses, see Channel class and input class.

  The operator of the upstream system might already have rules for assigning these names. If not, you might have names that you would like to use. Make sure that you and the operator of the upstream system are clear about these names.

  In this example, the application name and instance name are identical. But they could be different:

  Application name: live, and instance name curling

  Application name: live, and instance name curling

• The public IP addresses that MediaLive will pull the source content from.

  These addresses must include port 1935. For example:

  rtmp://203.0.113.13:1935

  rtmp://198.51.100.54:1935

• The user name and password to access the upstream system, if the upstream system requires authenticated requests. Note that these user credentials relate to user authentication, not to the protocol. User authentication is about whether the upstream system will accept your request. The protocol is about whether the request is sent over a secure connection.