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Kuu Miyazaki

Author: Kuu Miyazaki

Kuu is a Specialized Technical Account Manager based in Tokyo, Japan. He has many years experience in video streaming and related technology. He is passionate about helping customers deliver perfect media experiences.

A deep dive into Output Locking in AWS Elemental Live

Introduction In order to deliver broadcast-grade resilience, it’s essential to have redundant contribution encoders so live event viewing won’t be affected even if one of the encoders fails. However, when you run multiple encoders for redundancy, the outputs from those encoders must be synchronized with frame-level accuracy. Otherwise, viewers experience discontinuity when the encoder is switched […]