Category: AWS Elemental MediaPackage

Pioneering live streaming tech from IMAX and AWS brings immersive sports events to giant screens globally without buffering, offering unparalleled viewing quality under 20mbps bitrate.

What is AV1 AV1 was developed as a state-of-the-art video codec for distribution over the web by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), which consists of representation from several companies including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, and Nvidia, and others. It’s designed to succeed AVC, VP9, and HEVC as a next generation of natively supported video […]

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Media & Entertainment (M&E) Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming solution area provides services and solutions to help M&E companies prepare, deliver, personalize, and monetize their content across multiple platforms and channels and to provide rich customer experiences with live, linear, and on-demand content. At IBC Show 2024 September 13—16 in Amsterdam, […]

This blog was co-authored by Aravind Pamula, CEO – Futuralis and Nadeem Shaik, Solution Architect – Futuralis. In this blog post, we will focus on equipping our readers with the knowledge necessary to use various AWS Media Services to construct a comprehensive live video streaming workflow. The workflows encompass live video transport, transcoding, origination, and […]

Introduction Monitoring adaptive bitrate (ABR) media workloads requires attention to detail to provide a successful viewing experience. Keeping an eye on the health of the origin servers, confirming video and audio quality, and analyzing data reports from players are common monitoring tactics. However, issues such as manifest non-compliance, staleness, incorrect ad-break decorations, or missing data […]

Introduction Customers with live streaming video use cases often express a desire for flexibility in how they deploy live streaming services. Not all live channels are alike, and the ability to balance resiliency against cost is crucial. AWS Media Services from Amazon Web Services (AWS) are designed with redundancy in mind. Stateful services for video […]

In Part I of this blog post series, we introduced the Sustainability Pillar of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well-Architected Framework through the lens of live and on-demand video encoding workflows powered by Media Services from AWS. We provided guidance to apply best practices from the Sustainability Pillar regarding the choice of AWS Region, use […]

As awareness grows around the importance of reducing an organization’s carbon footprint, media workflow architects are increasingly interested in understanding the environmental impacts of the workloads they design. One overall resource offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud architects is the Sustainability Pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework (WAF), which provides design principles, operational guidance, […]

Introduction One common feature request from customers using AWS Media Services is the ability to visualize and monitor live video workflows. To address this, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced the workflow monitor for AWS Media Services and Amazon CloudFront. The workflow monitor provides a visual representation of services and connectivity in a video workload. In addition, the […]

NAB Show 2024 may have come and gone, but at Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re still full of excitement. From the West Hall to South Hall of the LVCC and everywhere in between, the AWS for Media & Entertainment (M&E) team and technology were out in full force. To top it off, three of our […]