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# Live packaging parameters

Below are the parameters accessed in the **Live Packaging** service settings:

## DVR

| Parameter   | Description                                                                                                                 |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name        | Live Packaging service name                                                                                                 |
| Ingest type | Dash-IF Injest is only supported value                                                                                      |
| Base URL    |                                                                                                                             |
| Duration    | Rolling buffer size (DVR window). In initial version of Beam this also controls manifest/playlist duration for live service |

## Asset

| Parameter  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Catalog    | Catalog that will host this content. Content will be available for delivery using all outputs from the given catalog.                                                                                             |
| Access URL | Portion of the complete access URL that defines the service. Prefer URI unreserved characters (alphanumerical characters plus (, ), -, \_, .). Declaring a subpath (a/b) is possible but may impact performances. |

**Related information**
[Live Packaging configuration](/beam/packager/live-packaging-service)