Product Overview
AWS Elemental MediaConnect
AWS Elemental MediaConnect is a high-quality transport service for live video. Today, broadcasters and content owners rely on satellite networks or fiber connections to send their high-value content into the cloud or to transmit it to partners for distribution. Both satellite and fiber approaches are expensive, require long lead times to set up, and lack the flexibility to adapt to changing requirements. To be more nimble, some customers have tried to use solutions that transmit live video on top of IP infrastructure, but have struggled with reliability and security.
Now you can get the reliability and security of satellite and fiber combined with the flexibility, agility, and economics of IP-based networks using AWS Elemental MediaConnect. MediaConnect enables you to build mission-critical live video workflows in a fraction of the time and cost of satellite or fiber services. You can use MediaConnect to ingest live video from a remote event site (like a stadium), share video with a partner (like a cable TV distributor), or replicate a video stream for processing (like an over-the-top service). MediaConnect combines reliable video transport, highly secure stream sharing, and real-time network traffic and video monitoring that allow you to focus on your content, not your transport infrastructure.
For the highest-quality, lowest-latency workflows, MediaConnect supports AWS Cloud Digital Interface (AWS CDI) for transporting uncompressed video between applications in AWS. You can also use JPEG XS encode and decode in MediaConnect to transport high-quality video to and from the AWS Cloud. For hybrid broadcast control, live production, and other uncompressed live video workflows, you can build cloud-based applications that work seamlessly with on-premises infrastructure, including AWS Elemental Live for JPEG XS encoding and decoding.
Specifications
Benefits
Reliably transport video
MediaConnect adds a video-specific quality-of-service layer over standard IP transport, enabling uninterrupted, high-quality delivery. This makes your live video workflows more reliable, even over less dependable networks.
Securely share live video streams
MediaConnect lets you secure your live video using industry-standard encryption, so only customers you authorize can access the content. This gives you control over the distribution of your video.
Easily manage high-value live broadcasts
MediaConnect provides real-time visibility into more than 15 critical metrics of your video stream quality, automatically adjusting settings to optimize performance. Broadcast-standard alerts identify issues with transport streams, so you can maintain confidence that your video is delivered without disruption.
Connect remote production applications in the cloud
MediaConnect supports remote production architectures by using AWS CDI flows to connect components such as production switchers, graphics engines, multiviewers, and playout servers running on different Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. MediaConnect bridges these components together without sacrificing latency or video quality. MediaConnect also supports JPEG XS so you can connect your on-premises cameras and monitor walls to your Amazon EC2 remote production architecture.
Build for high availability
MediaConnect provides resilience at the signal level through technologies such as automatic repeat request (ARQ) and at the flow level by employing SMPTE 2022-7 and hot/hot failover. MediaConnect also supports placement at the Availability Zone (AZ) level so it’s easy to build live video workflows without any single points of failure.
Lower your costs by 30 percent or more
MediaConnect uses your IP infrastructure or AWS Direct Connect to enable cost-effective, high-quality live video transport between on-premises and the AWS Cloud. Instead of long-term commitments to satellite transponders and fixed fiber networks, MediaConnect provides a pay-as-you-go transport alternative, saving you 30% or more compared to a typical satellite primary distribution use case with 70 destinations.
AWS Elemental MediaConnect Features
AWS Elemental MediaConnect is a reliable, secure, and flexible transport service for live video that enables broadcasters and content owners to build live video workflows and securely share live content with partners and customers. MediaConnect helps customers who run 24x7 TV channels or stream live events transport high-value live video streams into, through, and out of the AWS Cloud in a fraction of the time and cost of satellite or fiber services.
Key features
Comprehensive range of video industry standard protocols
MediaConnect supports a range of protocols for video delivery including the Zixi protocol, Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST), Secure Reliable Transport (SRT), Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), and RTP with forward error correction (FEC). Using these protocols, MediaConnect enables a quality-of-service layer over IP network transport, which maintains stream integrity through packet recovery, for reliable live video contribution into the AWS Cloud using the public internet or AWS Direct Connect.
Transport uncompressed and visually-lossless video with AWS Cloud Digital Interface (AWS CDI) and JPEG XS
MediaConnect can route video, audio, and metadata streams using AWS CDI to provide uncompressed, low-latency video to CDI-enabled applications. MediaConnect can also receive and decode JPEG XS for contributing live video to applications in the AWS Cloud, and can encode and send AWS CDI content as JPEG XS for return-feed applications back to on-premises infrastructure.
Built-in security
MediaConnect lets you protect your content using industry-standard, end-to-end AES encryption, and you can enable whitelisting to limit access only to trusted sources. MediaConnect is fully integrated with AWS Secrets Manager for key storage and retrieval. You can even configure unique encryption keys for each destination as your video leaves MediaConnect, giving you control over your content’s security.
High-quality video sharing
Create entitlements in MediaConnect to grant another account access to your content, so you can share your video streams with your customers and partners. Instead of hosting distribution hubs in your data center to share live video, you can now reach a larger number of customers quickly and easily using the AWS Cloud. Content sharing is tracked using entitlements, and you can revoke access at any time. Accounts that are granted access can create their own video workflows using MediaConnect and other AWS services.
Monitor in real time
Using AWS monitoring services, such as Amazon CloudWatch, MediaConnect provides at-a-glance network performance metrics. Broadcast-standard alerts identify issues with transport streams, so you can adjust settings to maximize the quality of your video workflows. The service monitors stream performance and recovers automatically without operator intervention.
Use independently or with other AWS services
You can choose to use MediaConnect as a standalone service or integrate it with other AWS services such as AWS Elemental MediaLive to prepare, process, and deliver your content. Whether you manage live 24x7 channels, stream live events, or need disaster recovery capabilities, MediaConnect gives you the tools to build your applications in the AWS Cloud.
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