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 failover channel – creates a failover channel 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 failover channels docid\ wbnr0r5h8tkjdmr 2trrd 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