AWS for M&E Blog
Author: Dan Gehred
Dan Gehred is a Sr. Industry Product Marketing Manager for Media & Entertainment with AWS.
Tutorial: Creating CMAF outputs with AWS Elemental MediaConvert
The Common Media Application Format (CMAF) standard has quickly gained adoption across the ecosystem of media technologies and playback devices. By enabling a single file format to store, process, and deliver video streams to both HLS and DASH clients using fMP4 segments, CMAF can increase efficiency and reduce complexity and cost for live and on-demand […]
Save money on VOD transcoding with reserved pricing in AWS Elemental MediaConvert: Part 1, introduction and how to use it
Introduction When the file-based video transcoding service AWS Elemental MediaConvert launched, only a single pricing model was available: on-demand. On-demand pricing is simple and pay-as-you-go, with no long term commitment. It’s based on the number of minutes of video generated and the features used. This pricing is attractive for transcoding applications with short-term, spiky, or […]
Guest post from BuyDRM: Studio-mandated multi-DRM in the cloud
Guest post by BuyDRM The content and opinions in this post are those of the third-party author and AWS is not responsible for the content or accuracy of this post. With the rise of the OTT platform as the dominant method of consumer video delivery, the major Hollywood studios have all moved to licensing models […]
Webcast on-demand: Intro to QVBR, Quality-Defined Variable Bitrate Control
If the most important characteristic of encoded video is quality, a simple and certain way to achieve it is through quality-defined variable bitrate (QVBR), a new rate control mode designed to deliver constant video quality and waste zero bits in the process. When your video quality requirements are high, but your bandwidth budget is […]
HDR video webcast on-demand: New standards, future trends, and current use cases
Few advancements in video demonstrate as dramatic an improvement in image quality as High Dynamic Range (HDR). In the midst of today’s intense competition for content, the ability to implement HDR puts video providers miles ahead of operators that do not. The good news is that HDR can be readily implemented using a software-based video […]
Building a video ecosystem in the cloud with AWS Elemental Technology partners
Creating an end-to-end solution for media processing and delivery in the cloud takes a lot of application expertise and a host of complementary tools. That’s why, when we launched AWS Media Services in November 2017, we didn’t do it alone. To offer customers the kind of choice, functionality, and flexibility they expect from next-generation video […]