Using Mutual Exclusion
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You can use mutual exclusion objects to specify groups of streams, only one of which will be delivered at a time. Mutual exclusion can be used to handle a variety of scenarios, both native to the SDK and custom.
The following sections describe how to work with different types of mutual exclusion.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Using Multiple Bit Rate Mutual Exclusion | Describes how to use mutual exclusion to encode one input into multiple streams with different bit rate settings. |
| Using Custom Mutual Exclusion Types | Discusses custom mutual exclusion. |
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