Live2VOD

Produce VOD from live streams

Archive content from a live stream to create an instant catch-up TV service based on a dynamic EPG (Electronic Program Guide). Enable your viewers to play back their PVR (Personal Video Recordings) instantly. Viewers never miss a second of their favorite program. And you can create instant highlights and other short-form promotional material before the end of the show.

Key features

Infinite archive

Unlimited archive length, with no performance degradation

Single copy on disk

Keep only a single copy on disk, guaranteeing maximum efficiency and cost-savings

Instant replay

Access content the moment it's archived

Main benefits

Personalized recordings

Viewers can choose what to record, creating a personal library of recordings

Frame-accurate catch-up

Resolve EPG inaccuracies without repackaging or re-encoding

Available on any device

Playback regardless of viewer device

Increase ad revenue

Refresh stale ads and target them for viewer relevance

Deploy anywhere

Bare metal on-premises, containerized, or in the cloud

Integrates into existing solutions

Can be added to live streaming setups built on Unified Origin

How it works

In catch-up and nPVR workflows, live streams are transformed into infinite, frame-accurate recordings for future playback. Media is saved to disk in small manageable segments or ‘chunks.’

Unified Origin Live serves as the live source. Unified Capture is used to archive the live stream. Unified Remix ‘mixes’ clips, from one or multiple sources, into a single stream. Then, Origin VOD delivers requested recordings to viewers.

Remix logic starts with playlists created by a customer's CMS, MAM, or other system. The playlist references segments of recorded media and triggers Remix to stitch it together into a new, seamless MP4 video file. This MP4 file is used by Unified Origin to generate a new personalized stream.