# Creating audio-only outputs
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You can set up a MediaLive channel with an output group that contains only audio. You can create a channel with these combinations of output groups:
+ One audio-only output group.
+ Several audio-only output groups.
+ One or more audio-only output groups and other regular (video-plus-audio) output groups.

Set up the channel in the [usual way](creating-channel-scratch.md), using the guidelines in this section to set up the inputs, outputs, and encodes for the audio-only output groups.

**Note**  
The information in this section assumes that you are familiar with the general steps for creating a channel, as described in [Creating a channel from scratch](creating-channel-scratch.md). 

**Topics**
+ [Setting up on the input side](audio-only-inputs.md)
+ [Setting up the output](audio-only-outputs-and-outputgroups.md)
+ [Setting up the encodes](audio-only-streams-and-encodes.md)