Stream management in Agora¶

Separate independent video streams in Agora include:

• TV channels broadcast continuously (typically in-house production);
• one-off broadcasts of major events;
• feeds from fixed cameras that contribute to the content mix.

A stream in Agora is a cluster-wide view of all streamer and relay paths involved in delivery.

Source capture settings and clustering strategy are described on a dedicated page: Source capture.

Why stream management matters¶

Stream management brings ingest, processing, outgoing publications, and health into one entity. The stream is the operator’s main unit: through it you define broadcast logic, redundancy, transcoding, and content delivery.

Stream list¶

On the streams page the operator can:

• view the list of all streams;
• create a new stream by name;
• open a specific stream card;
• refresh the list manually;
• enable automatic refresh every 5, 15, or 60 seconds.

The stream table shows key operational fields:

• overall stream status;
• system stream name;
• display title;
• input mode;
• input bitrate;
• current output bitrate;
• outgoing publications and their state.

For streams in twincast mode, the UI shows primary and backup path state separately. For outgoing publications, URLs and status are listed so you can see which pushes are active and which are waiting.

Stream card¶

From the list you can open a stream card. There you can:

• view and edit basic stream properties;
• edit inputs;
• configure stream processing;
• manage publication and outgoing publications;
• view stream and push statistics;
• save changes;
• reload configuration;
• delete the stream.

Detailed editing for individual tabs is covered on dedicated documentation pages.