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# Live events

MK.IO has two live streaming workflows. Use the **Live** interface for new events, sources, and multiview events. Use the Media API workflow when you already automate live events and outputs through the Media API.

## Use Live and multiview

The **Live** interface is the recommended starting point for new work. It keeps source creation, single-source events, multiview events, and playback checks in one workflow. Create sources first, then use them in either a live event or a multiview event.

* Live and multiview for the complete Live workflow.

* Create an SRT source to prepare Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) ingest.

* Create a live event to stream one source.

* Create a multiview live event to combine sources in one layout.

## Use the Media API workflow

The established workflow creates Media API live events, live outputs, streaming locators, and streaming endpoints. Keep using it for existing API-backed integrations.

* Live stream in five minutes for a first Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) test.

* Configure a Media API live event for passthrough, encoding, RTMP, encrypted RTMP (RTMPS), SRT, archive, and transcription options.

* Configure an extended archive window when the default archive duration is not enough.

## Connect a Media API source

Choose the guide for your source software:

[OBS Studio](/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/set-up-the-source-stream-using-obs)

[FFmpeg](/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/set-up-the-source-stream-using-ffmpeg)

[GStreamer](/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/set-up-the-source-stream-using-gstreamer)

## Publish and monitor

* Publish the live output with a streaming endpoint and locator.

* Monitor MK.IO services through operational metrics.

* Build live workflows with the Media API.

## Docs

- [Configure a Live Event](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/set-up-a-live-streaming-event.md)
- [Extended archive window](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/extended-archive-window.md)
- [Set up the source stream using FFmpeg](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/set-up-the-source-stream-using-ffmpeg.md)
- [Set up the source stream using GStreamer](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/set-up-the-source-stream-using-gstreamer.md)
- [Set up the source stream using OBS](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/set-up-the-source-stream-using-obs.md)
- [Live and multiview](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/live.md)
- [Create a live event](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/live/create-a-live-event.md)
- [Create a multiview live event](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/live/create-a-multiview-live-event.md)
- [Create an SRT source](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/live/create-a-live-source.md)
- [Troubleshoot Live playback](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/how-to/live-streaming/live/troubleshoot-live-playback.md)