Stream Live is now Generally Available
Sep 21, 2022Brendan Irvine-Broque, Kyle Boutette, Mickie Betz

Summary
This post announces the General Availability of Cloudflare Stream Live, marking its transition from beta to production-ready. It details the challenges of live video streaming at scale (bandwidth, encoding, ingest/delivery location, protocol evolution) and positions Stream Live as a solution that leverages Cloudflare's global network and hardware. Key features highlighted include free encoding, ingestion, and analytics, simple per-minute pricing, instant live recordings, and support for RTMPS and SRT. The post also provides a step-by-step guide for creating a live input, using the RTMPS key with broadcasting software, previewing the stream, and adding playback to websites/apps.
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