Download streaming presets
June 2024
What’s changing
Section titled “What’s changing”MK.IO now allows defining a streaming locator that supports download URL.
Who is impacted
Section titled “Who is impacted”MK.IO users — Download content for offline editing, or post processing
Playback clients — For clients compatible progressive download can be used to start playing as soon as a small amount of data is received
CMS — Thumbnails file can be made available for proposing a cover image for example
Why you would use this / Why it matters
Section titled “Why you would use this / Why it matters”In addition to the streaming URLs that MK.IO provides through streaming locators, some use cases require a way to download of audio/video files or additional files such as thumbnails or subtitles files.
This is now possible using one of MK.IO download policies. This can be a download only policy or a combined policy with clear streaming support.
Additional details
Section titled “Additional details”When using a download streaming preset, MK.IO will generate a set of download URLs for all files with known extensions from the targeted asset.
Getting started
Section titled “Getting started”Enabling download of content is as easy a creating a new streaming locator and assign either a Predefined_DownloadOnly or Predefined_DownloadAndClearStreaming streaming policy.
For more details on how to create a streaming locator and on the structure of the download URLs, please have a look at the streaming locator page.
Availability & rollout plan
Section titled “Availability & rollout plan”Download presets are available in all MK.IO regions starting June 2024.
Pricing
Section titled “Pricing”There is no charge for using a download preset in MK.IO but outbound traffic will incur charges that will be reflected in your MK.IO invoice.