Channels

channels are a combination of one or more sources that are prepared for output in the zen system each channel is assigned to a specific channel processing broadcaster cluster there are six types of channels, each involving a different process in preparing the stream for output the following is a description of the channel types transcoded channel – transcodes a single source to multiple bitrates for output to an http, s3, mediastore or gcp target pass through channel – no actual processing is done on the stream a pass through channel with a single source simply sends the source to an output a pass through channel with multiple sources creates redundancy by defining parallel streams from multiple sources as a single entity this ensures that if one source becomes inactive the stream will be automatically transmitted from the parallel source aws mediaconnect flow create and manage a completely new mediaconnect flow in zen master a mediaconnect source that was configured in zen master can be assigned to the mediaconnect flow channel aws medialive channel – create and manage a new aws medialive channel in zen master by clicking more options you can also choose adaptive channel – combines multiple sources to create a unified hls stream for output to an http, s3, mediastore or gcp target if you would like to create a new channel with a configuration similar to an existing channel you can use the clone feature, see cloning a channel docid 8h dmm0awbakxqphd8vkk channel sources docid\ s4bhhhfskwkgxnd 3 olh redundancy in zen master docid\ k9mukecy4pzgeowujdrhh adding transcoded channels docid\ xwf mfnvra5e3jql2ymju adding pass through channels docid 4b xot6db 1rg wkrq8iu adding mediaconnect flow channels docid\ vghkldpl2bb4kppwwqzlq adding a aws medialive channel docid 1rm8mcdm 28pyf0cg82dy adding adaptive channels docid\ rkvnzf tft8vgnzzsb79b cloning a channel docid 8h dmm0awbakxqphd8vkk viewing existing channels docid\ ojrj8lq8uz66l32ubwb56