Developer Resources

User Guide

Describes the components and features that AWS Elemental MediaPackage provides and how to use them.

API Reference

Describes basic operations of AWS Elemental MediaPackage. Provides schema structure for job settings and detailed descriptions of encoding settings. Includes sample job requests.

AWS re:Post

Ask questions, find answers, and share knowledge about AWS Elemental MediaPackage by accessing the vibrant community on AWS re:Post.

Service Level Agreement

Is a policy governing the use of AWS Elemental MediaPackage under the terms of the Amazon Web Services Customer Agreement between Amazon Web Services, Inc. and its affiliates and users of AWS’ services.

Resources

E-Books

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    Over-the-Top: The cloud based path to innovation

    The technology infrastructure you choose influences the degree of success you achieve in the increasingly competitive OTT video market. This e-book discusses the accelerating growth in OTT markets, compares hardware- and cloud-based approaches to creating live and on-demand OTT video workflows, and gives specific examples of companies that use cloud-based OTT video services.

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    Use the cloud to deliver great fan experiences

    Nurturing digital relationships with fans means delivering “right-now” OTT live sports offerings that meet broadcast-grade. The cloud is the great equalizer, allowing anyone to deliver personalized experiences and cutting-edge apps for the superfan. This e-book explains how cloud media services and solutions can help you reduce video production costs, grow revenue, and tailor offerings to your specific audiences.

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    Accelerate your Media Workflows

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) has designed purpose-built solutions to help you innovate and accelerate your media workflows. Read how existing AWS customers are using solutions across their media value chain, from content production through to asset management and distribution, and get ideas for your own creative studio.

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    Video Processing and Delivery Moves to the Cloud

    As video quality, accessibility and utility skyrockets, how video providers create and deliver professional-grade video services changes dramatically. This e-book digs into the details behind the causes and effects of this shift. Learn about the benefits of moving video operations to the cloud, the pros and cons of conventional approaches, and tips for adapting to coming changes.

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Webcasts

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    Video Origination Services: Options, Trade-offs & How to Choose

    Learn about the design considerations, understand how to evaluate the trade-offs, and be confident in picking the right video origination service.  

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    Behind the Stream

    Behind The Stream is an online show designed for sports media broadcasters, athletic teams, and digital rights holders, brought to you by AWS video experts. Tune in to get insights, insider tips, and inspiration about how to use AWS media solutions for your next live streaming event.

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    Launch an OTT Service on AWS in as Little as One Day

    Launching a cloud-based DVR service is seemingly complex and time-consuming, but it is possible to launch a complete, professional cloud-based solution quickly and cost-effectively. Cloud-based DVR solutions can be deployed with traditional on-premises cable or IPTV headends, or with video workloads running entirely on AWS. Learn more from this AWS webinar for senior decision-makers.

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    Cloud-based DVR Technical Overview

    Governments, public agencies, educational institutions, and other non-media organizations can easily and cost-effectively launch a live streaming solution with the ability to record video for offline viewing. Learn more from this technical AWS webinar.

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    Windows Migration for Media and Entertainment

    A new IDC report shows AWS remains the no. 1 cloud for Windows workloads. To accelerate your migration process, AWS has a special Windows Jumpstart Migration Assessment for M&E customers. Experts from AWS and Flexera explain the details in this webcast.

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    How to Monetize Your OTT Video using AWS Media Solutions

    This webcast explains how you can use AWS media solutions to simplify the monetization process, and make money, while saving time, effort, and resources in the process.

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White Papers

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    Achieving Broadcast-Grade Low Latency in Live Streaming

    For a long time, OTT video streams over the internet have been lagging behind broadcast TV and social media by 15-30 seconds if not more. It's been a frustrating problem for both viewers and content providers. New knowledge, technologies, and practices are making long-standing video latency problems for live streaming a thing of the past.

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    The Practical Guide to AWS Media Services

    AWS Media Services are designed to give you an easy path to cloud-based video processing and delivery. Virtually limitless capacity, performance to scale, the latest proven video standards, formats and protocols – and much more. Understand the benefits and learn how to deploy the services for discrete workloads or complete, end-to-end video workflows.

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    Live Video Delivery from the Cloud

    For broadcasters using traditional video infrastructure, the cost and complexity of maintaining video operations is a necessary evil. But to advocate for a change for the better, broadcasters need sound business reasons. This paper explains how cloud technologies take high costs and complexity off the table, and create mutually beneficial provider and customer relationships.

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Videos

Introducing AWS Elemental MediaPackage
AWS re:Invent 2019: Hotstar live streaming at record scale
AWS re:Invent 2019: Optimizing live video feeds to the cloud and the consumer
AWS re:Invent 2018: Building and Moving Live Broadcasting to AWS
AWS re:Invent 2018: Any Given Thursday, Friday, Saturday: How Pac-12 Streams Hundreds of Live Events
AWS re:Invent 2018: All the World’s a Stage: Enriching Minds with OTT Video
AWS re:Invent 2018: Broadcasting Sporting Events: AWS Media Services When It Matters Most

Training

Foundations

Video Streaming Concepts: AWS Media Services

In this foundational course, you’ll delve into a breakdown of the key stages involved in streaming content from a source to a viewer’s screen over the internet. You’ll also learn the fundamental video concepts and terminology that are critical to choosing and using cloud-based media solutions that work best for your use case.

Introduction to AWS Media Services by Use Case

This course uses real-world examples to help you understand the solutions AWS Media Services offers, how they work, and which ones would best meet your business needs. This course will help you understand the variables to consider when designing your unique media workflow and allow you to explore the many capabilities, such as advanced analytics and content personalization, that are available when you use AWS Media Services in combination with other AWS services.

AWS Elemental MediaConvert Primer

This course provides an overview of the fundamental functions of AWS Elemental MediaConvert, focusing on key operational aspects of video on demand (VOD) workflows. The course includes a tour of the main elements of the user interface and a demonstration of the steps to format and compress offline video content for delivery to televisions or connected devices. It also outlines the basic steps to monitor system status.

AWS Elemental MediaLive Primer

This course provides an overview of the fundamental functions of AWS Elemental MediaLive, focusing on key operational aspects of live streaming video workflows. It includes a tour of the main elements of the user interface and a demonstration of the steps to create a live video stream using AWS Elemental MediaLive. It also outlines the basic steps to monitor system health.

Media Glossary

Use this digital glossary of essential terms and concepts fundamental to video compression, processing, and delivery as a standalone resource or a companion to other AWS Elemental Media Services training. 

Media Services Learning Path

This path is designed for anyone who wants to learn how AWS Media Services can create professional quality media experienceswithout the time, effort, and expense often required to run specialized video equipment. 

Solution and Deployment Guides

Live Streaming with AWS

AWS provides a live streaming solution that combines AWS Elemental MediaLive and AWS Elemental MediaPackage with Amazon CloudFront to build a highly resilient and scalable architecture that delivers your live content worldwide.

Media Services Application Mapper

AWS offers a solution that displays the logical connections between media services, visualizes error messages and counts, and produces a list of confidence-ranked root causes for problematic workflows. 

Live Streaming with Automated Multi-Language Subtitling

AWS provides a real-time subtitling solution for live streaming video content that combines Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Translate, and AWS Lambda to build a serverless architecture that automatically generates multi-language subtitles for your live streaming videos.

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