Packages
Use a Package to share access duration, media, connection limits, resolution limits, and CDN settings across Users.
Sidebar Actions
| Action | What to Do |
|---|---|
| Manage Packages | Open Package → Manage Packages, select Settings, and check dependent Users before saving a shared change. |
| Add Package | Open Package → Add Package, set its name, price, duration, Bouquets, maximum connections, maximum Stream resolution, and CDN servers, then save. |
Price Packages by Resolution
Create a separate Package for each playback resolution tier. Set its Price and Maximum Stream Resolution, then choose the duration, Bouquets, connection limit, and CDN servers. You set the price; Engine does not calculate it from the resolution.
The resolution limit controls live playback access. HLS and DASH adaptive playlists include only allowed variants; HTTP-TS and RTMP also enforce the limit. A Package does not create lower-resolution streams: configure the required outputs before offering each tier.
These are subscriber Package prices, separate from the Engine license fee for each server. Test playback with a User assigned to each Package.
Package or Custom Access?
- use a Package when multiple Users should inherit the same policy;
- use Custom User access only for an exception that should not change with a Package.
After saving, create or update a test User and confirm effective expiration, media access, connections, resolution, CDN selection, and playback. See Users, Packages, and Playback Access.
User Package Actions
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Add Package | Assigns the Package, charges its price to a non-administrator owner, and starts expiration from the current UTC time |
| Renew Package | Charges the Package price and extends from the later of the current expiration or current UTC time |
| Change Package | Converts remaining time by the old and new Package hourly credit rates |
| Cancel Package | Ends access immediately, removes the Package, and returns the remaining calculated credits to a non-administrator owner |
Review the displayed Package, expiration, and owner credits before confirming. A custom-access User does not use Package actions.