> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mottostreaming.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Live stream

> A term with various definitions in different contexts

As most people know, a live stream is a semi-realtime video broadcast over the internet.

While this is no different for Motto, the term "live stream" may sometimes be used by Motto to refer to a technical object
used by Motto's APIs. When you [create a live-stream](/guides/streaming/events/live-streaming#get-started) in Motto,
you are in fact creating a series of low-level objects in a single operation. These objects include:

* <b>An RTMP/SRT ingest object</b>. This allows you to connect your encoder to Motto's ingest servers.
* <b>A workflow object</b>. This defines the processing pipeline that Motto will apply to your stream (e.g. transcoding, recording, etc).
* <b>A video object</b>. This represents the output of the workflow, and is what viewers will see when they watch your stream.

## See also

* [Playlist](/glossary/playlist)
* [Video](/glossary/video)