Ingest

What is it?

Ingest is the entry point where a live stream first arrives at the platform — the platform's "front door" for video. Everything that happens to a broadcast (processing, recording, distribution) starts after the video has been ingested.

Practical example

When a creator presses "Go Live" in their streaming app, their video travels to an ingest server — say, the one closest to them geographically. From that moment, the platform "has" the stream and can do everything else with it: convert qualities, record it, and send it out to viewers and other platforms.

Key things to know (non-technical)

• One broadcast = one ingest point; everything downstream depends on this connection staying healthy.
• Platforms usually offer ingest servers in multiple regions so the creator connects to the nearest one — shorter distance, more stable stream.
• If ingest drops, viewers see the stream freeze, no matter how good everything else is. That's why "backup ingest" exists (a second, standby entry point).
• The quality of what arrives at ingest is the ceiling: the platform can lower quality for slow viewers, but it can never improve a bad source.

In Tupic Live

Tupic Live's ingest layer is where every creator's broadcast lands first. Regional ingest points (e.g., one close to the Middle East) would directly improve stream stability for the core audience.