Live-to-VOD

Live-to-VOD features allow you to provide video replays to your viewers after a live event has ended.

To enable live-to-VOD for your livestreams, configure the associate API request body during creation or update it later.

• Create: POST /bv/cms/v1/lives

• Update: PUT /bv/cms/v1/lives/:id

Configure the live_vod object in the request body with the following options:

• source of the VOD:

Query Parameters	Description
LIVE_VOD_SOURCE_CATCHUP	Utilize the catchup of the live event as the source of VOD. Note that the recording cannot exceed 8 hours.
LIVE_VOD_SOURCE_REPLACE	Enable the replacement of the catchup video with an edited VOD for playback.
LIVE_VOD_SOURCE_PLAYBACK	Utilize a VOD for the playback.

• Publishing schedule:

Query Parameters	Description
started_at	Specify the time when the content will become available in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
ended_at	Specify the time when the content will no longer be available in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

Here's an example of the request body:

{
  "live_vod":{
    "source":"LIVE_VOD_SOURCE_PLAYBACK",
    "playback":{
      "id":"your_vod_id_for_playback"
    },
    "started_at":"2023-04-11T12:00:00Z",
    "ended_at":"2023-04-11T13:00:00Z"
  }
}