Overview
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AWS provides two live video streaming AWS Solutions to cost-effectively deliver media content to a global audience as part of the AWS Solutions Library. This page provides guidance to help you choose between the two live video streaming AWS Solutions to best fit your business needs.
For additional guidance on choosing the right option for your use case from all the live streaming solutions and services available on AWS, read this blog post.
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Small & Medium Business
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Media & Entertainment
Which Live Streaming on AWS Solution should I choose?
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Feature | Live Streaming on AWS with Amazon S3 | Live Streaming on AWS |
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AWS services | AWS Elemental MediaLive Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) |
AWS Elemental MediaLive AWS Elemental MediaPackage |
Customizations | Less | More |
Inputs | Supports URL_PULL, RTMP_PUSH, RTP_PUSH, and Elemental Link device with no redundancy | Supports URL_PULL, RTMP_PUSH, RTMP_PULL, RTP_PUSH, and MediaConnect inputs with redundancy |
Outputs | HLS only | Multiple outputs including CMAF, HLS, and DASH for playback support on different players |
Support for content protection | N/A | DRM |
DVR-like features (live rewind, restart, etc.) |
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Technical details
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You can automatically deploy this architecture using the implementation guide and the accompanying AWS CloudFormation template.
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Live Streaming on AWS with Amazon S3
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Live Streaming on AWS
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Live Streaming on AWS with Amazon S3
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You can configure this solution to ingest Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) content, or live video from an AWS Elemental Link device.
Step 1
AWS Elemental MediaLive, ingests an input feed and transcodes your content into one adaptive bitrate (ABR) HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) stream as output.About this deploymentShowing results: 1
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- Version: 3.2.7
- Released: 11/2024
- Author: AWS
- Est. deployment time: 5 mins
- Estimated cost: See details
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Related content
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This course provides an overview of setting up AWS Elemental MediaLive, configuring AWS Elemental MediaPackage, and configuring Amazon CloudFrount to distribute the MediaPackage.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to take in a high-quality video feed from a live event, use AWS Elemental MediaLive to create an adaptable bitrate (ABR) stream. How to configure AWS Elemental MediaPackage to package the ABR stream so that it can be sent over the internet to any number of customers. And finally to use Amazon CloudFront to distribute that ABR stream to any number of connected devices throughout the world.
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.
This Learning Plan is designed to help Business Decision Makers, Media Engineers, and Media Operators use AWS services to create high-quality media experiences. The digital training included in this Learning Plan will expose you to building live and on-demand video workflows, while the self-paced lab activities provide a mechanism to build your skills.