Where the work changes hands
- 1Authorize
Document rights and configure source access.
- 2Verify
Test origin and relay output on representative players.
- 3Operate
Monitor health and have a communication and fallback plan.
Start with a healthy origin
Validate manifests, segments, codecs, bitrate ladder, authorization, and player compatibility directly. Relay cannot repair a bad upstream stream.
Protect access intentionally
Use the relay’s playback controls as one layer in an authorized distribution plan. Do not treat a hard-to-guess URL as rights management or permission to republish.
Monitor the whole chain
A viewer depends on player, TransferSize relay, network, origin, encoder, and source. Instrument the origin and keep an operator runbook for the live window.