- Release Notes and Announcements
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- Billing Content Adjustment for Cloud Streaming Services Standard Transcoding and Top Speed Codec Transcoding
- Announcement on the Price Adjustment of CSS Audio/Video Enhancement Feature
- Announcement on the Official Billing for CSS Standby Streams Feature
- CSS to Support H.265 8K and AV1 8K Transcoding
- CSS Adds Support for AV1 Codec and Audio/Video Enhancement
- Notice: CSS to Adjust Prices of Basic Services
- CSS to Adjust Pricing of Third-Party Relay
- Delayed Playback to Become Paid Feature
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- Delayed Playback
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- Moderation Configuration
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- Playback Configuration
- Playback Authentication Configuration
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- HTTPS Configuration
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- Origin Server Configuration
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- DescribeLiveTranscodeDetailInfo
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- DescribeStreamPlayInfoList
- DescribeStreamPushInfoList
- DescribeTopClientIpSumInfoList
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- Billing Data Query APIs
- Live Transcoding APIs
- Delayed Playback Management APIs
- Domain Name Management APIs
- Watermark Management APIs
- Certificate Management APIs
- Live Stream Mix APIs
- Stream Pulling APIs
- Recording Management APIs
- Time Shifting APIs
- Live Callback APIs
- Screencapturing and Porn Detection APIs
- Authentication Management APIs
- Live Stream Management APIs
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- Ops Guide
- Troubleshooting
- About Pushing
- Playing Method
- Live Streaming Quiz
- FAQs
- SLA
- CSS Policy
- Glossary
- Release Notes and Announcements
- Announcements
- Announcement on Optimization of CSS Billing Method Following Policy
- Billing Content Adjustment for Cloud Streaming Services Standard Transcoding and Top Speed Codec Transcoding
- Announcement on the Price Adjustment of CSS Audio/Video Enhancement Feature
- Announcement on the Official Billing for CSS Standby Streams Feature
- CSS to Support H.265 8K and AV1 8K Transcoding
- CSS Adds Support for AV1 Codec and Audio/Video Enhancement
- Notice: CSS to Adjust Prices of Basic Services
- CSS to Adjust Pricing of Third-Party Relay
- Delayed Playback to Become Paid Feature
- Announcements
- User Guide
- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Billing Overview
- Basic Service Fee
- Value-Added Service Fee
- Live Transcoding (Watermarking, Stream Mixing, subtitles)
- Live Audio and Video Enhancement
- Live Recording
- Time Shifting (New)
- Live Screencapture
- Live Stream Moderation
- Intelligent Porn Detection
- Live Video Caster
- Relay
- Overview of Basic Fees for Value-Added Features
- Delayed Playback
- Standby Streams
- Real-Time Log Shipping
- DRM Encryption
- Prepaid plan
- Purchase Process
- Changing Billing Modes
- Refund Policy
- Viewing Bills
- Renewal
- Processing for Overdue Payments
- Billing FAQs
- Live Video Broadcasting (LVB)
- Live Event Broadcasting (LEB)
- Live Video Caster
- Console Guide
- Console Overview
- Overview
- Domain Management
- Adding Domain Names
- Managing Domain Names
- Push Domain Name Management
- Push Configuration
- Recording Configuration
- Time Shifting Configuration
- Screencapture and Porn Detection Configuration
- Watermark Configuration
- Callback Configuration
- Standby Stream Configuration
- Latency Control
- IP Blocklist/Allowlist Configuration
- Delayed Playback
- Moderation Configuration
- Remote Authentication Configuration
- Playback Domain Name Management
- Playback Configuration
- Playback Authentication Configuration
- Referer Configuration
- Template Configuration
- HTTPS Configuration
- Region Configuration
- Origin Server Configuration
- Bandwidth Cap Configuration
- IP Blocklist/Allowlist Configuration
- Blocking Playback by Protocol
- Latency Control
- HTTP Response Header Configuration
- Access Control by Region Configuration
- Remote Authentication Configuration
- Certificate Management
- Cost Allocation by Tag
- Stream Management
- Package Management
- Feature Configuration
- Relay
- Laboratory
- Billing Usage Statistics
- Monitoring
- Toolkit
- OOTB live
- CAM-Based Access Control
- Feature Guide
- Push and Playback
- Features
- Live Streaming Security
- Global CSS Service
- Callback Notifications
- How to Receive Event Notification
- Stream Pushing Notification
- Recording Event Notification
- Recording Status Event Notification
- Screencapturing Event Notification
- Live Broadcasting Image Audit Event Notification
- Live Streaming Audio Auditing Service Event Notification
- Push Error Event Notifications
- Relay Event Notification
- User Guides for Common Third-Party Tools
- SDK Guide
- API Documentation
- History
- Introduction
- API Category
- Making API Requests
- Monitoring Data Query APIs
- DescribeLiveTranscodeDetailInfo
- DescribeAllStreamPlayInfoList
- DescribeGroupProIspPlayInfoList
- DescribeHttpStatusInfoList
- DescribeLiveDomainPlayInfoList
- DescribeLiveStreamPushInfoList
- DescribePlayErrorCodeDetailInfoList
- DescribePlayErrorCodeSumInfoList
- DescribeProIspPlaySumInfoList
- DescribeProvinceIspPlayInfoList
- DescribeStreamDayPlayInfoList
- DescribeStreamPlayInfoList
- DescribeStreamPushInfoList
- DescribeTopClientIpSumInfoList
- DescribeVisitTopSumInfoList
- Billing Data Query APIs
- Live Transcoding APIs
- Delayed Playback Management APIs
- Domain Name Management APIs
- Watermark Management APIs
- Certificate Management APIs
- Live Stream Mix APIs
- Stream Pulling APIs
- Recording Management APIs
- Time Shifting APIs
- Live Callback APIs
- Screencapturing and Porn Detection APIs
- Authentication Management APIs
- Live Stream Management APIs
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- Ops Guide
- Troubleshooting
- About Pushing
- Playing Method
- Live Streaming Quiz
- FAQs
- SLA
- CSS Policy
- Glossary
Billable items of Live Video Caster (LVC) include broadcast output duration, third-party relay, and value-added services. The billing mode is pay-as-you-go (bill-by-duration).
Billing for Broadcast Output Duration
Pay As You Go (Bill-by-Duration)
The billing of PGM duration is based on the output resolution, video type, and duration.
Note:
Closing the browser page does not automatically stop PGM. It continues to run in the background.
After using a caster, to avoid incurring unnecessary product service fees, please go to the Live Video Caster list page and click Stop for the caster. For detailed instructions, see Live Video Caster Management.
LVC Output Specifications | Playlist Type - International Original Price (USD/min) | Universal Type - International Original Price (USD/min) | Output Specification Explanation |
480P and below | 0.019 | 0.0238 | 480P: long side ≤ 640px and short side ≤ 480px |
480P - 720P (inclusive) | 0.0276 | 0.0477 | 720P: long side ≤ 1280px and short side ≤ 720px |
720P - 1080P (inclusive) | 0.0477 | 0.0953 | 1080P: long side ≤ 1920px and short side ≤ 1080px |
1080P - 2K (inclusive) | 0.0953 | 0.1906 | 2K: long side ≤ 2560px, and short side ≤ 1440px |
2K- 4K (inclusive) | 0.1906 | 0.3812 | 4K: long side ≤ 4096px, and short side ≤ 2160px |
Billing details
If your PGM output screen comprises only one stream, the playlist type applies; if your PGM output screen comprises two or more streams, the universal type applies.
The long side and short side are not necessarily the width and height. The larger value is defined as the long side. For example, if the long side is 1280px and the short side is 480px, the specification is considered 720P.
These rules only apply to the output of a single caster. If multiple casters are used, the charges will be accumulated according to the aforementioned rules.
Billing method: Daily pay-as-you-go
Billing cycle: PGM duration fees each day are billed the following day.
Fee calculation
LVC output duration fee = Tiered price corresponding to LVC output specifications × Output duration.
Billing example
Assume that a user used a caster instance for broadcasting on July 12, 2022, with the PGM output specification being 1080P, the output screen type being the single-stream playlist type, and the output duration being 60 minutes, the actual consumption bill generated on July 13, 2022 would be: 0.0477 USD/min × 60 min = 2.862 USD.
Billing for Relay to Third Party
When you use the relay feature of Cloud Streaming Services to direct live broadcasts to third-party addresses, you will be billed based on the bandwidth usage of the relay. The billing is based on the peak bandwidth (unit: Mbps) generated in the relay service's region during the billing cycle. The relay service's region is the region streams are relayed to. If the relay service occurs in multiple regions in the same billing cycle, billing will occur separately based on the bandwidth peaks of the involved regions.
Region | Price (USD/Mbps/Month) |
Chinese mainland | 12.67 |
Hong Kong (China) | 12.67 |
Singapore | 8.04 |
Frankfurt | 7.1 |
Seoul | 16.56 |
India | 23.66 |
Thailand | 13.01 |
Silicon Valley, USA | 7.1 |
Virginia, USA | 7.1 |
Jakarta | 17.4 |
Japan | 13.01 |
Sao Paulo | 23.66 |
Other | 12.67 |
Billing details
Billing mode: Monthly pay-as-you-go
Billing cycle: Fees for each month are billed within the first three days of the following month.
Billable bandwidth: The billing takes the concurrent bandwidth of all relay tasks into account. The default billing mode is pay-as-you-go. Charges are based on the monthly average of peak bandwidth used each day. If the Live Video Broadcasting under the account follows a different monthly bandwidth billing practice, then the bandwidth billing method for the relay tasks follow that of Live Video Broadcasting.
Fee calculation
Third-party relay fee = Billable bandwidth for relay × Unit price.
Billing example
Assume that on May 3, 2023, a user used a caster instance for broadcasting, with the PGM output specification being 1080P, the output screen type being the single-stream playlist type, and the output duration being 60 minutes; on May 20, 2023, the user also used a caster instance for broadcasting, with the same PGM output specification and the output screen type as that used previously, but the output duration was 100 minutes. For both instances, the user set a third-party relay address, which was located in Silicon Valley, USA. The peak bandwidth used on the two days was 15Mbps and 16Mbps, respectively. Each output duration bill would be generated on the following day, while the third-party relay bill would be generated on June 1 to June 3. In this case, the actual consumption in May would be: 0.0477 USD/min × 60 min + 0.0477 USD/min × 100 min + 7.1 USD/Mbps × (15 Mbps + 16 Mbps)/31-days = 14.732 USD.
Possible Costs
As a tool-based product, LVC itself only incurs three fees: broadcast output duration fees, third-party relay fees (collected by Live Video Broadcasting), and value-added feature fees. However, during your use of LVC, you might need services from products like Cloud Streaming Services and Video on Demand. These services might incur normal usage fees such as VOD traffic fees, live recording fees, and stream publishing fees. For related billing instructions, see Billing of LVB and Billing of VOD.
Note:
After using a caster, turn off the output and go to the List Page to stop the caster in a timely manner to avoid incurring unnecessary charges from other product services.
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