# Setting up the encodes
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This section describes the rules for setting up the audio-only encode in a MediaLive channel.

1. Configure the streams in each output so that they are suitable for generating audio-only outputs. 

   **All outputs *except UDP***

   In the **Streams settings** section for each output, set up so that each output has one and only one audio encode: 
   + Remove the video encode that MediaLive automatically adds.
   + Make sure that you don't add any captions encodes.

   **UDP outputs**

   In the **Streams settings** section for the single output, set up so that each output contains only audio encodes:
   + Add as many audio encodes as you require.
   + Remove the video encode that MediaLive automatically adds.
   + Make sure that you don't add any captions encodes.

1. In each **Streams settings** section, in the **Audio** section, set up each encode as follows.
   + In **Audio selector name**, choose one of the audio sources that you set up when you configured the input attachment.
   + In **Codec settings**, choose any output audio codec that the output type supports.