Primary and Backup Clusters:
If you have multiple clusters active on your account, you will see a Backup Cluster dropdown menu appear.
Backup Clusters create region redundancy in VVCR. This provides some protection in case AWS Regions experience issues during your shows.
If you would like to use redundant clusters, start by creating two clusters inside the Cluster menu. Create the first cluster in the region closest to you and the second in the next closest region.
Once there are multiple clusters, click on the Primary Cluster dropdown menu and assign a cluster.
In the stream creation menu, select the first cluster in the Primary Cluster dropdown menu and the second cluster in the Backup Cluster dropdown menu.
If you only have one cluster active on your account, that cluster will automatically be added to the Primary Cluster dropdown menu.
Primary & Backup Encoders:
Primary and Backup Encoders provide extra redundancy for streams while keeping them within the same VPC. Redundant Encoders allow multiple sources to send to the same VVCR stream simultaneously.
Create a new Cluster with at least two Instances.
Create a new Stream and adjust the settings as necessary.
Go to the Encoder Redundancy menu and enable Primary and Backup Encoders.
Select the “cluster-name”-streamer-1 for X Primary and the “cluster-name”-streamer-2 under X Backup.
If there is just one instance, which is the default when you create a cluster, Single Encoder will automatically be checked under the Encoder Redundancy menu and Instances will be set to Auto.
Once you save your new stream, select your stream in the Stream tab and click the Inputs tab.
Each instance is assigned a different SRT address. Send your Primary Stream to the first address and the Backup Stream to the second address.
To switch between your Primary and Backup Output Addresses, go to the Output tab and click on the Input dropdown menu. This is one way to pull down your streams into a decoder for monitoring or for destinations that need to be set to SRT Caller or RTMP Pull.
You can also switch between the feeds in the Destination Menu. Go to the Destinations tab and click Add New Destination.
Give the Destination a Name and select your Stream.
Then, if you need to switch to your Backup Stream during a show, go back into the Destination’s Settings. To do this, go to the Destinations Tab and click on the Edit icon in the far right menu bar of your destination.
Click on the Stream Encoder dropdown menu and switch from Primary to Backup.
Configure the rest of the Destinations Settings and Press Save.
It can take 5-10 seconds for the change to reflect on the platform.