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The Media Control Panel supports four billing platforms with dedicated modules/plugins, deciding which works best for your business can be difficult so we have created a useful comparison chart. 

Outside of Metric billing and MediaCP Cloud support, our supported billing platforms are similar in base features, however WHMCS has the advantage of more options. There are more themes, modules, payment gateways, and customization options. This complexity can make it more difficult for beginners compared to competitors. WHMCS is also the most expensive option, coming in at nearly double the starting price of ClientExec and Blesta.

WiseCP is the newest platform to release, and they have built up quite a few unique features and a great focus on security. 

ClientExec specifically has a very intuitive interface making it easy to get started.

Blesta does come out ahead in regard to the community and level of customization, the project is almost entirely open source opening up a pathway to advanced customization options. 

  • WHMCS
  • ClientExec
  • Blesta
  • WiseCP
General Features WHMCSClientExecBlestaWiseCP
General Features
$2495
/mo
1295
/month
$1295
/year
$1590
/month
Starting Monthly Cost $24.95$12.95$12.95$15.90
Trial Period 30 Day Free Trial30 Day Free Trial30 Day Free Trial
MediaCP Billing Module
Cloud Video Support
Metric Billing
Bundled Products
Modules
Payment Gateways
Customization
Automation
Buy NowBuy Now

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]]> Video Feature Comparison https://www.mediacp.net/doc/quick-start/install/activate-media-plugins/video-feature-comparison/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:45:44 +0000 https://www.mediacp.net/?post_type=doc&p=18266 Recommended MediaCP Video Wowza Streaming Engine Flussonic Media Server Recommended MediaCP Video Wowza Streaming Engine Flussonic Media Server Included- $195/month $295/month MediaCP Release Tier ALL ALL ALL Operating System Support ALL ALL Debian/Ubuntu ONLY Monitor Stream & # Viewers Limit Stream Bitrate & # Viewers Stream Output Protocols HLS & RTMP HLS, RTSP, RTMP, DASH […]

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  • Recommended
    MediaCP Video
  • Wowza Streaming Engine
  • Flussonic Media Server
Recommended
MediaCP Video		Wowza Streaming EngineFlussonic Media Server
Included
-
$195
/month
$295
/month
MediaCP Release TierALLALL ALL
Operating System SupportALLALLDebian/Ubuntu ONLY
Monitor Stream & # Viewers
Limit Stream Bitrate & # Viewers
Stream Output ProtocolsHLS & RTMPHLS, RTSP, RTMP, DASH & moreHLS, RTSP, RTMP, DASH, WebRTC & more
RTMPS
HTTPS / HLS Live Streaming
Stream Relay
IP Camera Relay
Ondemand Streaming
Ondemand Playlists
24x7 TV Station Streaming
TV - Instant Playlist Update
Live Video Recording
Simulcasting Facebook / Youtube / Twitch / etc
Domain Locking
Country Locking
ABR & Transcoder
DVR Rewind
Limit Data Transfer
Stream Recording
Low Latency Streaming
Historical Reporting
Format Enforcement
VOD 2 Live
Skip and Currently Playing
More InfoMore InfoMore Info

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]]> Start your own streaming platform https://www.mediacp.net/doc/quick-start/start-a-streaming-platform/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.mediacp.net/?post_type=documentation&p=12841 The MediaCP On-Premise is designed for Broadcasters and Hosting Providers to set-up or resell streaming services on their own equipment, starting from as little as $24/mo. In 3 easy steps, we’ll take you through how to launch your own streaming audio or video platform. This guide includes the following steps: Step 1 – Launch VPS to […]

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The MediaCP On-Premise is designed for Broadcasters and Hosting Providers to set-up or resell streaming services on their own equipment, starting from as little as $24/mo.

In 3 easy steps, we’ll take you through how to launch your own streaming audio or video platform. This guide includes the following steps:

  • Step 1 – Launch VPS to install the MediaCP software on;
  • Step 2 – Domain Name that points to your MediaCP Installation;
  • Step 3 – MediaCP Software installation

Step 1: Launch a VPS

A VPS is a great way to get started quickly and affordably, we recommend using Linode, Vultr, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, or AWS. 

If just starting out, we recommend choosing a small 2GB Memory instance and growing with your client base. Cloud providers such as the ones listed above all offer an almost instant one-click upgrade at any time.

The VPS providers listed here are all top-tier offering excellent stability, security, and customer service. You can’t go wrong with a choice of any of the below listed providers.

  • DigitalOcean: Competitive $12/mo 2GB VPS with a simple friendly interface and platform and competitive.

  • Linode: Also offering an affordable $12/mo 2 GB Instance as a great way to get started.

  • Vultr: Entry level 2GB starts at $20/mo and provides high‑performance servers across many regions at competitive prices, though its support can be limited.

  • Hetzner: Extremely affordable with $4/mo offerings however more limited in regions.

  • AWS: Delivers the most stable platform with the highest uptime, yet its complexity and multitude of pricing metrics make it a more expensive and daunting choice.

  • Google Cloud: Similar to AWS, delivers a very stable platform at a higher price with added complexity.

The System Requirements page provides some great information on getting started with Audio or Video. Below are the minimum requirements, which is all you will need for getting started.

Minimum Audio

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

Minimum Video

250 Connections
25 Live / Ondemand Streaming
5 TV Stations
  • Disk: 80-100 GB
  • Disk: SSD
  • CPU: 2 Core +
  • RAM: 4 - 8 GB
  • Network: 100-200 Mbps

Choose a VPS provider from the below selection and follow the simple steps to get up and running, if unsure, Digital Ocean is very beginner friendly.

Step 2: Your Domain Name

A Domain Name is required to access to the MediaCP software securely. The top-level domain name (i.e., yourdomain.com) is typically used to point to your own website so we recommend using a sub-domain such as streaming.yourdomain.com.

You can purchase a domain name from $6/year at  Namecheap.com, or any domain registrar of your choice.

  1. Purchase your new domain name, or skip this step if you already have one;
  2.  Connect the domain name to your VPS created in Step 1 following steps below

Step 3: MediaCP Software

The MediaCP Support team provide a free installation service for all new trials, and also paid licenses. This is the best way to get started and ensure everything is running optimally. Alternatively, if you would like to install the product yourself it is also fairly straight forward and we have provided instructions below.

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]]> Sales Questions https://www.mediacp.net/doc/quick-start/sales-questions/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:43:53 +0000 https://www.mediacp.net/?post_type=documentation&p=9636 Our helpdesk is available from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday AEST. We are closed on weekends and Australian public holidays. Our staff will respond within the next business day. Contact Sales Pre-sales How much does the MediaCP cost? Please visit our Pricing page for more information Which is more economical, Perpetual or Subscription? The […]

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Our helpdesk is available from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday AEST. We are closed on weekends and Australian public holidays. Our staff will respond within the next business day.
Contact Sales

Pre-sales

Please visit our Pricing page for more information

The Annual Subscription is the most economical license as it includes 2 months free built into the cost. It also includes an unlimited support and software upgrades while the license is active.

The Perpetual license provides a life time cost however only includes 12 months of support and upgrades. It is not required to renew support & upgrades. You can only upgrade the software or contact our support team if you have an active support and upgrades package. We highly recommend you keep the software updated to ensure compatibility with the latest operating system changes, bug fixes and security updates.

Yes – A Free 14 day trial is available. Please review our Free Trial web page for more information.

We provide 2 months for free if you purchase an Annual Subscription.

This is automatically applied to the pricing cost.

Refunds are available within 30 day of purchase for the software license. You will receive your refund within 3-5 business days of request.

Please note that Installation, Upgrade or other services are non-refundable.

The MediaCP includes a free Automatic HTTPS / SSL support using free Lets Encrypt certificates.

Automatic HTTPS / SSL requires that port 80 is available on your server and not in use by any other services.

Alternatively, you can configure a Custom SSL Certificate

Learn how to install SSL for the MediaCP Panel or Contact Us for assistance.

Yes

If you plan on using Wowza Streaming Engine with our software then you must purchase a license directly from their website at www.wowza.com as well as a MediaCP Subscription.

Yes

If you plan on using Flussonic Media Server with our software then you must purchase a license directly from their website at www.flussonic.com as well as a MediaCP Subscription.

There is no limit of AutoDJ services included in our plans.

You can apply AutoDJ to all of your MediaCP Audio services.

Yes

It is possible to create reseller users and provide extensive plans with our extremely configurable reseller plan editor.

You do not need to install apache, mysql or any other service.

The MediaCP software installation will automatically install all services required for its operation.

Yes

We support Nginx-Rtmp Video Server.

Yes

The following languages are supported:

  • Arabic
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Portuguese-br
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Spanish
  • Turkish

Migration & Billing Integration

Yes.

The MediaCP is 100% compatible with WHMCS and we provide a module to all our customers.

Refer to the WHMCS Integration Guide for more information

 

No.

Smarters Billing Panel is a module for Xcodes and not an independent billing panel. We do not have an integration with Smarters Billing Panel. 

We recommend WHMCS for a billing control panel.

Yes.

We have a script available for CentovaCast migration which will transfer all aspects of your CentovaCast installation. 

We also offer a Migration Service where our team of experts can migrate your data for you.

We do not have any other migration scripts or services available at the moment.

Remote Services & Cluster

No.

It is required that the MediaCP be installed on the same server as your media streaming services.

There is currently a request on our Feature Request board for this so please vote on the item and provide feedback.

No.

It is required that the MediaCP be installed on the same server as your Wowza or Flussonic servers. 

There is currently a request on our Feature Request board for this so please vote on the item and provide feedback.

No.

Wowza Streaming Engine CDN is currently not supported.

There is currently a request on our Feature Request board for this so please vote on the item and provide feedback.

Yes.

Scaling and Load balancing of Wowza Streaming Engine though the use of CloudFront CDN is supported. 

Refer to the Scale with Wowza and CloudFront CDN page for more information.

Shoutcast & Icecast

No

The MediaCP software installation will automatically install all services required for its operation.

Unfortunately you would need to setup each relay manually from within the control panel.

If you would like to see combined statistics reports you can download the raw data from “Advanced Reporting” into a CSV file and compile the information manually in Microsoft Excel.

Video Streaming

Yes.
This can be achieved using Wowza Streaming Engine and our Stream Targets feature. 

You will need to create both a Live Streaming service and a Shoutcast or Icecast service in the MediaCP. When creating the Live Streaming service be sure to select the “Shoutcast” and “Icecast” Stream Targets so that you can configure this.

Please note this is not currently available with Flussonic integration and a feature request exists here on our Feature Requests board.

Yes.
Please review our Facebook Live Streaming guide.

Yes.

Please review our Youtube Stream Publishing guide.

Yes.
Please review our Periscope Stream Publishing guide.

Yes.
It is possible to publish your live video to any custom RTMP publishing point.

Yes, this is possible for Wowza Streaming Engine services.

Please note this is not currently available with Flussonic integration and a feature request exists here on our Feature Requests board.

Hi,

The most likely reason for video buffering, pausing or stopping is that Transcoder profiles are used on the service and the CPU is not powerful enough. Transcoding requires a great amount of processing power and even powerful CPUs will struggle to perform with high quality transcoding. We recommend you refer to our Transcoder on VPS Benchmarks

To confirm the issue, we first recommend to test the stream with the following configuration:

  1. Disable all Transcoder profiles (including Passthru)
  2. Disable nDVR
  3. Restart the service and try again

If you continue to see buffering, pausing or stopping and transcoder profiles are not enabled then there is likely a problem with the network of either the client encoder or the server. In this case you can try reducing the bitrate that you are streaming, try a low bitrate such as 500Kbps to see if the video plays smoothly.

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Navigate this page:

Wowza Streaming Engine Benchmarks

720p HD Adaptive Bitrate

Each input provides a 720p stream that is then transcoded to 480p and 240p for basic Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) purposes. It should be noted that the source stream (720p) does not need to be transcoded.

Input Output 2 CPU / 4 GB Memory 4 CPU / 16 GB Memory 8 CPU / 32 GB Memory 16 CPU / 32 GB Memory
1 x 720p 1 x Source / 428p / 240p 65% 40% 25% 8%
2 x 720p 2 x Source / 428p / 240p - 60% 40% 15%
3 x 720p 3 x Source / 428p / 240p - 80% 60% 21%
4 x 720p 4 x Source / 428p / 240p - 95% 80% 28%
5 x 720p 5 x Source / 428p / 240p - - - 35%
6 x 720p 6 x Source / 428p / 240p - - - 45%
7 x 720p 7 x Source / 428p / 240p - - - 50%

VPS - 1080p FullHD Adaptive Bitrate

Each input provides a 1080p stream that is then transcoded to 720p, 480p and 240p for FullHD Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) purposes. It should be noted that the source stream (720p) does not need to be transcoded.

Input Output 2 CPU / 4 GB Memory 4 CPU / 16 GB Memory 8 CPU / 32 GB Memory 16 CPU / 32 GB Memory
1 x 1080p 1 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - 85% 45% 25%
2 x 1080p 2 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - - 70% 50%
3 x 1080p 3 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - - - 75%

Flussonic Benchmarks

720p HD Adaptive Bitrate

Each input provides a 720p stream that is then transcoded to 480p and 240p for basic Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) purposes. It should be noted that the source stream (720p) does not need to be transcoded.

Input Output 2 CPU / 4 GB Memory 4 CPU / 16 GB Memory 8 CPU / 32 GB Memory 16 CPU / 32 GB Memory
1 x 720p 1 x Source / 428p / 240p - 35% 20% 5%
2 x 720p 2 x Source / 428p / 240p - 65% 35% 10%
3 x 720p 3 x Source / 428p / 240p - 80% 50% 15%
4 x 720p 4 x Source / 428p / 240p - - 70% 18%
5 x 720p 5 x Source / 428p / 240p - - 85% 23%
6 x 720p 6 x Source / 428p / 240p - - - 28%
7 x 720p 7 x Source / 428p / 240p - - - 33%

VPS - 1080p FullHD Adaptive Bitrate

Each input provides a 1080p stream that is then transcoded to 720p, 480p and 240p for FullHD Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) purposes. It should be noted that the source stream (720p) does not need to be transcoded.

Input Output 2 CPU / 4 GB Memory 4 CPU / 16 GB Memory 8 CPU / 32 GB Memory 16 CPU / 32 GB Memory
1 x 1080p 1 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - 95% 45% 15%
2 x 1080p 2 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - - 70% 25%
3 x 1080p 3 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - - - 40%
4 x 1080p 4 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - - - 60%
5 x 1080p 5 x Source / 720p / 428p / 240p - - - 80%

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]]> Frequently Asked Questions https://www.mediacp.net/doc/quick-start/frequently-asked-questions/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:00:49 +0000 https://www.mediacp.net/?post_type=documentation&p=5679 Pre-sales How much does the MediaCP cost? Please visit our Pricing page for more information Which is more economical, Perpetual or Subscription? The Annual Subscription is the most economical license as it includes 2 months free built into the cost. It also includes an unlimited support and software upgrades while the license is active. The […]

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Pre-sales

Please visit our Pricing page for more information

The Annual Subscription is the most economical license as it includes 2 months free built into the cost. It also includes an unlimited support and software upgrades while the license is active.

The Perpetual license provides a life time cost however only includes 12 months of support and upgrades. It is not required to renew support & upgrades. You can only upgrade the software or contact our support team if you have an active support and upgrades package. We highly recommend you keep the software updated to ensure compatibility with the latest operating system changes, bug fixes and security updates.

Yes – A Free 7 day trial is available. Please review our Free Trial web page for more information.

We provide 2 months for free if you purchase an Annual Subscription.

This is automatically applied to the pricing cost.

A refund is available for the subscription cost within 7 days of purchase only.

Priority Support, Extended Support, Perpetual Support/Upgrades Renewal, Paid Services, CDN Bandwidth, Egress Bandwidth and Storage costs are not refundable.

You will typically receive your refund within 3-5 business days of request. Once we issue a refund, the process is handled by the payment merchant and your bank.

The MediaCP includes a free Automatic HTTPS / SSL support using free Lets Encrypt certificates.

Automatic HTTPS / SSL requires that port 80 is available on your server and not in use by any other services.

Alternatively, you can configure a Custom SSL Certificate

Learn how to install SSL for the MediaCP Panel or Contact Us for assistance.

Yes.

If you plan on using Wowza Streaming Engine with our software then you must purchase a license directly from their website at www.wowza.com as well as a MediaCP Subscription.

Yes.

If you plan on using Flussonic Media Server with our software then you must purchase a license directly from their website at www.flussonic.com as well as a MediaCP Subscription.

There is no limit of AutoDJ services included in our plans.

You can apply AutoDJ to all of your MediaCP Audio services.

Yes

It is possible to create reseller users and provide extensive plans with our extremely configurable reseller plan editor.

You do not need to install apache, mysql or any other service.

The MediaCP software installation will automatically install all services required for its operation.

Yes

We support Nginx-Rtmp Video Server.

Yes

The following languages are supported:

  • Arabic
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Portuguese-br
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Spanish
  • Turkish

License & Billing

Yes.

  1. Login to the MediaCP Portal and select Services -> My Licenses
  2. Select the license you would like to upgrade
  3. Select “Upgrade/Downgrade” from the side of the page then press on Choose Product

Yes

Please contact our sales department to complete this for you.

Yes

Please contact our sales department to complete this for you.

Panel Administration

Yes.

Please refer to our Reset Admin Password guide.

We strongly recommend you use the default port 2020 as many parts of the panel utilize this. 

If you must use another port we recommend adding an additional port and never disabling port 2020.

You can add another port such as 8080 with the following command:

echo "listen 8080;" > /usr/local/mediacp/nginx/conf.d/8080.conf

Then you must restart nginx:

/usr/local/mediacp/service restart

Yes.

If you enable Port 80/443 proxy you will be able to access your panel without any port in your url. 

Detailed instructions on who to do so are available on our Port 80 / 443 Proxy page.

Yes.

You will need to first disable AutoSSL, update the domain name and then reconfigure AutoSSL.

  1. Disable AutoSSL:
    /root/init autossl-disable
  2. Update domain name in MediaCP -> System Config in both locations
  3. Enable AutoSSL:
    /root/init autossl

It is recommended that you move the content directory to another disk drive and create a symbolic link to the new location.

Please do not create a link of the entire /usr/local/mediacp directory, ONLY the /usr/local/mediacp/content.

1. Move content directory to /home/mediacp/content

mv /usr/local/mediacp/content /home/mediacp

2. Create symbolic link

ln -s /home/mediacp /usr/local/mediacp/content
Run the following command: 
/root/init autossl-disable

FTP

Please ensure the following ports are available on your server:

  • 2121
  • 50000 – 51000

You can check the status of the FTP service by running the following command in SSH:

/usr/local/mediacp/service status

Please ensure the following ports are available on your server:

  • 2121
  • 50000 – 51000

You can check the status of the FTP service by running the following command in SSH:

/usr/local/mediacp/service status

Please try to regenerate all FTP account logins using the following command in SSH:

/root/init beta --reset-ftp

Migration & Billing Integration

Yes.

The MediaCP is 100% compatible with WHMCS and we provide a module to all our customers.

Refer to the WHMCS Integration Guide for more information

 

No.

Smarters Billing Panel is a module for Xcodes and not an independent billing panel. We do not have an integration with Smarters Billing Panel. 

We recommend WHMCS for a billing control panel.

Yes.

We have a script available for CentovaCast migration which will transfer all aspects of your CentovaCast installation. 

We also offer a Migration Service where our team of experts can migrate your data for you.

We do not have any other migration scripts or services available at the moment.

Remote Services & Cluster

No.

It is required that the MediaCP be installed on the same server as your media streaming services.

There is currently a request on our Feature Request board for this so please vote on the item and provide feedback.

No.

It is required that the MediaCP be installed on the same server as your Wowza or Flussonic servers. 

There is currently a request on our Feature Request board for this so please vote on the item and provide feedback.

No.

Wowza Streaming Engine CDN is currently not supported.

There is currently a request on our Feature Request board for this so please vote on the item and provide feedback.

Yes.

Scaling and Load balancing of Wowza Streaming Engine though the use of CloudFront CDN is supported. 

Refer to the Scale with Wowza and CloudFront CDN page for more information.

Shoutcast & Icecast

No

The MediaCP software installation will automatically install all services required for its operation.

Unfortunately you would need to setup each relay manually from within the control panel.

If you would like to see combined statistics reports you can download the raw data from “Advanced Reporting” into a CSV file and compile the information manually in Microsoft Excel.

Video Streaming

This can be achieved using Wowza Streaming Engine and our Stream Targets feature. 

You will need to create both a Live Streaming service and a Shoutcast or Icecast service in the MediaCP. When creating the Live Streaming service be sure to select the “Shoutcast” and “Icecast” Stream Targets so that you can configure this.

Please note this is not currently available with Flussonic integration and a feature request exists here on our Feature Requests board.

Yes – Please review our Facebook Live Streaming guide.

Yes – Please review our Youtube Stream Publishing guide.

Yes – Please review our Periscope Stream Publishing guide.

Yes – it is possible to publish your live video to any custom RTMP publishing point.

Yes, this is possible for Wowza Streaming Engine services.

Please note this is not currently available with Flussonic integration and a feature request exists here on our Feature Requests board.

The most likely reason for video buffering, pausing or stopping is that Transcoder profiles are used on the service and the CPU is not powerful enough. Transcoding requires aagreat amount of processing power and even powerful CPUs will struggle to perform with high quality transcoding. We recommend you refer to our Transcoder on VPS Benchmarks

To confirm the issue, we first recommend to test the stream with the following configuration:

  1. Disable all Transcoder profiles (including Passthru)
  2. Disable nDVR
  3. Restart the service and try again

If you continue to see buffering, pausing or stopping and transcoder profiles are not enabled then there is likely a problem with the network of either the client encoder or the server. In this case you can try reducing the bitrate that you are streaming, try a low bitrate such as 500Kbps to see if the video plays smoothly.

Misc

Most services are not able to restrict bitrate in the application themselves, or offer a very limited method to control bitrate.

Instead, the MediaCP regularly monitors all services in the panel and will automatically kick a source for exceeding the bitrate.

The software can also be configured to automatically stop or suspend a service after a number of bitrate abuses.

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