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Author: Maheshwaran G
Maheshwaran G is a Specialist Solution Architect working with Media and Entertainment supporting Media companies in India to accelerate growth in an innovative fashion leveraging the power of cloud technologies. He is passionate about innovation and currently holds 8 USPTO and 7 IPO granted patents in diversified domains.
Quality metrics for live streaming video
In the realm of digital streaming, efficient video encoding is critical in achieving optimal performance and cost-effective transmission to end-user devices. However, video encoding introduces the potential for quality loss, leading to a subpar end-user experience. This concern is further exacerbated in the realm of live streaming, where latency is a critical factor, and only […]
Using NDI for video switching and routing in AWS
Network Device Interface (NDI) is a royalty-free standard developed to facilitate near real-time and ultra-low latency video communication over internet protocol (IP) in a frame-accurate manner without compromising quality. This technology is a bidirectional standard that allows video systems to identify and communicate with one another over IP and to encode, transmit, and receive multiple […]
Secure content using CloudFront Functions
To secure streaming video content from Amazon CloudFront, a fast content delivery network (CDN) service on Amazon Web Services (AWS), two methods are available: signed cookies or signed URLs. Customers can choose to use either one or both, depending on the use case. For example, a customer might choose signed cookies to authorize the resource […]
How to: Automatic failover of file and live inputs in AWS Elemental MediaLive
It’s imperative in a live video streaming workflow to have a video slate (MP4) as a backup for a live input (for example RTMP PUSH). This ensures video continuity by switching automatically to a video slate (MP4) when there is no active live input, and switching back to the live input when live ingest is […]