MediaCP Manual
    1. Getting Started
    2. Sales Questions
    3. Frequently Asked Questions
    4. Transcoder System Benchmarks
    5. Start your own streaming platform
    1. Product Licensing
    2. Change account currency
    1. Introduction
    2. Installation & Upgrade
      1. System Requirements
      2. Versions & Releases
      3. Installation
      4. Upgrading
      5. SSL Certificates
      6. Streaming Servers
        1. Nginx-Rtmp Video Server
        2. Wowza Streaming Engine
        3. Flussonic Media Server
        4. Video Feature Comparison
        5. Icecast 2 / Icecast KH
        6. Shoutcast 2
    3. Billing Integration
      1. Clientexec Integration Guide
      2. Blesta Integration Guide
      3. WiseCP Integration Guide
      4. WHMCS Integration Guide
    4. Migrate from other software
      1. Migrate From AzuraCast
      2. Migrate From Centovacast
    5. Backup & Restoration
      1. Backup MediaCP
      2. Restore MediaCP
      3. Transfer to another server
    6. Administration
      1. MediaCP System Commands
      2. Admin Tools
      3. Custom Web Service Configurations
      4. Change MediaCP domain name
      5. Port 80 / 443 Proxy
      6. Move media to another hard disk
      7. Custom Language Translations
      8. Custom Facebook App
      9. Secure your server
      10. Setup CSF Firewall
      11. Troubleshooting Login Errors
      12. Reset Admin Password
    7. Scaling
      1. Nginx-Rtmp with CloudFront CDN
      2. Scale with Wowza and CloudFront CDN
    8. Troubleshooting
      1. Troubleshooting Wowza Streaming Engine
      2. FTP Troubleshooting
      3. MySQL Database Troubleshooting
      4. Reporting Troubleshooting
      5. Troubleshooting Liquidsoap AutoDJ
      6. Video Relay Troubleshooting
      7. Grant access to support team
    1. Introduction
    2. Administrators Dashboard
    3. System Configuration
      1. General
      2. Services
      3. Video Players
      4. Albums
      5. Email
      6. Plugins
      7. Statistics
      8. Backups
      9. Custom HTML
      10. Misc
    4. Customer Accounts
      1. Managing existing Customers
      2. Create a new Customer
      3. Deleting a Customer
      4. Login as another Customer
      5. Send email to Customer
      6. Reset Customer Password
    5. Reseller Accounts
      1. Create a Reseller Account
      2. Reseller Plans
    6. Administrator Accounts
      1. Create a new Administrator
    7. Media Services
      1. Creating a Media Service
      2. Deleting a Media Service
    8. Announcements
      1. Managing Announcements
      2. Creating Announcement
      3. Deleting Announcement
    9. Statistics
    10. Software Health
    11. Software Updates
    12. Email Templates
    13. API
    1. Introduction
    2. Audio Operation Manual
      1. Basics 101
      2. Station Overview
      3. Media Library
      4. Playlists
        1. General Rotation
        2. Jingles & Advertising
        3. Scheduling
        4. Repeat Protection
      5. Live DJ Connections
      6. Live Stream Recording
      7. DJ Manager
      8. Country Blocking
      9. Fallback, Backup and Intro Files
      10. HTML5 Player
      11. Stream Authentication
      12. Stream Proxy
      13. Public Page
      14. Widgets & Links
      15. Reporting
    3. Video Operation Manual
      1. Basics 101
      2. Service Overview
      3. File Manager
      4. Scheduling
      5. Streaming to Your Service
      6. Stream Targets
      7. GeoIP Country Locking
      8. Public Page
      9. Widgets & Links
      10. Reporting
    4. Reseller Operations Manual
      1. Reseller Dashboard
      2. Customers
      3. Media Services
    5. API
    1. Shoutcast 2 Admin Guide
    2. Wowza and Flussonic on same system
    3. Submit a feature request
    4. Custom Domain Names
    1. Getting started with Audio Streaming
    2. Icecast Live Broadcasting
    3. Shoutcast 2 Live Broadcasting
    4. Broadcasting with AutoDJ
    5. DJ Accounts
    6. GeoIP Country Locking
    7. HTML5 Audio Player
    8. Mount Points
    9. Managing Your Media
    10. Managing Media Using FTP
    11. Statistics
    12. Shoutcast 2 Premium
    1. Getting started with video streaming
    2. Live Streaming Overview
    3. TV Station Overview
    4. Ondemand Video Streaming
    5. GeoIP Country Locking
    6. VAST Advertising
    7. Relay & IP Camera
    8. Stream Recording
    9. Connecting your encoder
    10. Preparing Your Media Files
    11. Managing Media Using FTP
    12. Understanding Video Playlists
    13. Embedding player on your website
    14. Smooth Streaming and Content Transition
    15. Video Transcoding (Adaptive Bitrate Streaming)
    16. Stream Watermark​
    17. DVR Rewind
    18. Statistics
    19. Facebook Live Streaming
    20. Youtube Stream Publishing
    21. Twitch Stream Publishing
    22. Shoutcast 2 Stream Publishing
    23. Icecast Stream Publishing
    24. RTMP Stream Publishing
    1. Cloud Video Overview
    2. Admin Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Dashboard - A First Look
      2. Branding your platform
      3. Team & Staff Members
      4. Plans & Customers
      5. WHMCS Billing Provisioning Module
      6. Login to your cloud platform
      7. Activating VOD on Customer Plan
      8. API
    3. User Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Login to your video platform
      2. First Look
      3. Creating a Channel
      4. Channel Overview
      5. Broadcasting
      6. Recording
      7. Media Content
      8. Live Events
      9. Fallback Video
      10. 30 Minute Rewind
      11. TV Channels - 24x7 UGC
        1. TV Event Scheduling
      12. Video on Demand
      13. Relay Channels
      14. VOD Playlists
      15. Publishing
      16. Bandwidth Utilisation
      17. Viewing Analytics
      18. Publish Zoom Meetings
      19. Advertising
      20. Restreaming IP Cameras
    4. Video Guide Series
    5. Streaming Best Practices
    6. Feature Comparison
    7. Roadmap & Release Notes
System Requirements

Last updated 2 weeks ago

The MediaCP is software that must be installed on your own dedicated or virtual server which can be purchased from a provider such as Vultr, OVH or Amazon.

Operating System

MediaCP recommends Debian 12 for all new installations. x86-64 architecture is required.

The full list of supported operating systems:

  • Debian 11 & Debian 12
  • Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04
  • CentOS 9 Stream*
  • AlmaLinux 8 & AlmaLinux 9*

* Flussonic Server is best with Debian or Ubuntu. Flussonic does not provide support for CentOS/AlmaLinux systems.

*For more information about which system to select for longevity click here

Virtualization

Most hypervisor-based virtualization technologies should be supported provided they do not alter the operating system or kernel. OpenVZ , LXC and similar containers are not supported because they are not the real versions of CentOS or Debian and provide custom kernels that cause problems.

Domain Name

A domain or sub-domain name is required if you wish to use HTTPS/SSL services.

Licensing

A Static IP address and connection through to https://www.mediacp.net:443 is required.

CloudFlare protects our website and licensing system. You can view a list of all IP addresses required at Cloudflare IP Ranges page.

Memory Usage

Minimum of 2 GB Memory is required.

Disk Space

MediaCP is installed in /usr/local/mediacp and we recommend 25GB disk minimum at this location.

There must be 4 GB free in /usr/local/ to install MediaCP.

Compatibility

It is recommended to run MediaCP on its own dedicated server. However, we do provide compatibility for cPanel, Plesk, CentOS Web Panel, DirectAdmin and standard Apache 2 or Nginx installations.

Network / Firewall

It is required that your server have the following ports available to operate the MediaCP:

  • Main web GUI – 2020
  • AutoSSL – 80
  • FTP server access – 2121, 50000 – 51000

Additional ports are required to run various media services:

  • Audio Services (Shoutcast 1/2 & Icecast) – 8000-9000, 10000-11000 (Icecast SSL/NON-SSL support)
  • AutoDJ Live Streaming Port – 6800-7000
  • Wowza Streaming Engine – TCP 554, 1935, 1936, 8084, 8086, 8089 & UDP 554
  • Flussonic Media Server – TCP 554, 1935, 3308, 8080, 8081
  • Nginx Free Video Server – TCP 19350, 19360

Recommended Hardware

The below recommendations are guidelines only and different usages of Audio and Video streaming use different amounts of resources.

Audio Streaming

Audio streaming itself is very lightweight and will not use many resources. AutoDJ functions perform transcoding of audio files and will use a greater amount of CPU power.

  • CPU Usage – SHOUTcast & Icecast use minimal CPU power however AutoDJ features may consume a larger amount of processing.
  • Memory – SHOUTcast/Icecast utilize approximately 20 MB per process. AutoDJ (Liquidsoap) can utilize approximately 215 MB per process. 30 Shoutcast services with AutoDJ would therefore require approximately 7 GB of memory. You should ensure 4 GB is available for the MySQL database server at minimum for Medium loads and 8 GB for larger loads.
  • Network – Network is entirely dependant on the number of listeners to the stations on the service. For example 100 listeners at 128 Kbps is 12.8Mbps, 1000 listeners is 128 Mbps etc.

Minimum

Recommended Requirements
10 services
5 AutoDJ
  • Disk: 25 GB
  • Disk: SATA
  • CPU: 1 CPU
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Network: 100 Mbps

Small

Recommended Requirements
30 services
15 AutoDJ
  • Disk: 250 GB
  • Disk: SATA / RAID
  • CPU: 4 Core or better
  • RAM: 4 - 8 GB
  • Network: 250 Mbps

Medium

Recommended for Medium Load
50 services
30 AutoDJ
  • Disk: 1 TB
  • Disk: SSD
  • CPU: 8 Core or better
  • RAM: 12 - 16 GB
  • Network: 1Gbps

High Load

Recommended for High Load
100 services
60 AutoDJ
  • Disk: 2 TB +
  • Disk: NVMe
  • CPU: 8 Core or better
  • RAM: 16 - 32 GB
  • Network: 1 Gbps+

Video Streaming

Live Streaming will use the least amount of resources. Ondemand streaming will require greater disk performance and SSD’s are recommended. TV Station services will consume CPU power.

Transcoding will consume a great amount of CPU power and we recommend you refer to our Transcoder on VPS Benchmark and Wowza’s Transcoder Benchmark

Minimum

Recommended Requirements
250 Connections
25 Live / Ondemand Streaming
5 TV Stations
No Transcoders
  • Disk: 80-100 GB
  • CPU: 2 Core +
  • RAM: 4 - 8 GB
  • Network: 100-200 Mbps

Medium Load

Recommended for Medium Load
1000 Connections
100 Live / Ondemand Streaming
15 TV Stations
8 CPU Transcoder Profiles
  • Disk: 1,000 GB SSD
  • CPU: 8 Cores 3Ghz +
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Network: 1000 Mbps

High Load

Recommended for High Load
1000+ Connections
100 Live / Ondemand Streaming
25 TV Stations
12 CPU Transcoder Profiles
  • Disk: 1,000 GB+ SSD / RAID
  • CPU: 8-12 Cores 3Ghz +
  • RAM: 32 GB
  • Network: 1000 Mbps +

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