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Tencent Cloud Live Video Streaming

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Spec score 8.7 #17 of 169 in Live TV streaming services

Spec sheet

Free plan
NoRead 21 Sep 2026 · tencentcloud.com
Security
The features page lists push and playback authentication, IP allowlists and blocklists, and DRM encryption using Widevine, FairPlay, or NormalAES.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Support
The product page directs users to contact sales and technical support for more information about use cases and technical architecture.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
AI features
The product page describes live translation and subtitles, automatic highlight clips, stream summaries, real-time erasure of identified illegal audio and private images, and highlight-area recognition.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Billing
CSS offers daily pay-as-you-go billing and prepaid traffic and transcoding packages; traffic or bandwidth and value-added features can incur separate charges.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Cloud recording
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · tencentcloud.com
Custom RTMP destinations
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · tencentcloud.com
Default feature state
The product page says value-added features such as watermarking, transcoding, recording, screenshots, and content moderation are disabled by default and billed separately when activated.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
DRM limitation
Tencent states that DRM-encrypted playback supports HLS only and that DRM licenses come from third-party providers SDMC or DRMtoday, which charge licensing fees.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Interactive streaming
Tencent says CSS can be used with IM products for barrage and chat, and supports real-time interactive co-anchoring between audience and host.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Management APIs
CSS supports graphical console management and APIs for live-stream operations, including domain management and delayed playback.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Pre-recorded streams
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · tencentcloud.com
SDKs and integrations
The features page names Tencent’s MLVB SDK, Tencent Effect SDK, and third-party streaming tools such as OBS, XSplit, and FMLE; it also describes pulling streams or on-demand files from third-party platforms through Relay.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Service
Cloud Streaming Services provides cloud-based live video broadcasting, including Live Video Broadcasting for large-scale playback and Live Event Broadcasting for ultra-low-latency streaming.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Streaming protocols
The features documentation lists RTMP, SRT, WebRTC, and RTMP over SRT for push, and RTMP, FLV, HLS, and WebRTC for playback.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Use cases
Tencent lists live e-commerce, live shows, online education, live sports, and live gaming as supported scenarios.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Video processing
The product page lists cloud processing including transcoding, adaptive bitrate, recording, time shifting, real-time subtitles, screenshots, watermarks, and standby streams.Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com

Plans and prices

Free standard live streaming traffic package Free 20 GB · standard live streaming within China · valid for one year · new users activating the service Read 12 Oct 2026 · indonesia.tencentcloud.com
Daily pay-as-you-go (bill by traffic) $0.04 a month Daily; USD/GB, mainland China downstream traffic, 0–2 TB tier 0–2 TB tier · higher tiers are priced separately · value-added features billed separately Read 12 Oct 2026 · buy.tencentcloud.com

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