Channel name criteria

When you create a channel name, the following criteria apply:

  • Maximum of 200 characters
  • Use only the following characters:

  • Alphanumerics

    0-9, A-Z, a-z

    0x30-0x39, 0x41-0x5A, 0x61-0x7A

    Exclamation mark

    ' ! '

    0x21

    Open parenthesis

    ' ( '

    0x28

    Close parenthesis

    ' ) '

    0x29

    Plus

    ' + '

    0x2B

    Minus

    ' - '

    0x2D

    Period

    ' . '

    0x2E

    Equals

    ' = '

    0x3D

    Underscore

    ' _ '

    0x5F

    Tilde

    ' ~ '

    0x7E

    Percent

    ' % '

    0x7F

    Note: You can only use the percent sign for URL encoding. Follow the percent sign by two uppercase hex characters.

Note: Channel names can have mixed case for clarity. However, do not use different case versions of the same channel. For example, do not use "MyChannel" and "mychannel" at the same time, or audio connection issues can occur.

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