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Cover Images

A cover image serves as the scene displayed on the player that viewers will see before and after a live streaming event. You can specify different images for different statuses of a livestream:

StatusDescription
Ready to startThe Livestream has built up resources.
PreviewThe Livestream is in preview mode.
EndThis Livestream has ended.
CloseThis Livestream has closed.

To embed cover images for a livestream, configure the associated API request body during creation or update it later.

Configure the cover_image request body for each status with the following options:

Query ParametersRequiredDescription
typeRequiredSpecify the type of cover image to utilize:
  • COVER_IMAGE_TYPE_AUTO: Black screen.
  • COVER_IMAGE_TYPE_CUSTOMIZE: Customized image uploaded from your ends.
  • customizeOptionalRequired if the type is set to COVER_IMAGE_TYPE_CUSTOMIZE.

    Specify the image to use as the cover image with library_id.

    You can upload and obtain the ID for a image file using this API:
    POST /bv/cms/v1/library/files:upload
  • Supported Formats: png, jpg, jpeg, gif
  • File Size Limitation: 5 MB