MediaLive examples using AWS CLI

To create a channel

The following create-channel example creates a channel by passing in a JSON file that contains the parameters that you want to specify.

The channel in this example ingests an HLS PULL input that connects to a source that contains video, audio, and embedded captions. The channel creates one HLS output group with an Akamai server as the destination. The output group contains two outputs: one for the H.265 video and AAC audio, and one for the Web-VTT captions, in English only.

The JSON for this example channel includes the minimum required parameters for a channel that uses an HLS PULL input and that produces an HLS output group with Akamai as the destination. The JSON contains these main sections:

InputAttachments, which specifies one source for the audio, and one source for the captions. It does not specify a video selector, which means that MediaLive extracts the first video it finds in the source.Destinations, which contains the two IP addresses (URLs) for the single output group in this channel. These addresses require passwords.EncoderSettings, which contains subsections.AudioDescriptions, which specifies that the channel contains one audio output asset, which uses the source from InputAttachments, and produces audio in AAC format.CaptionDescriptions, which specifies that the channel contains one captions output asset, which uses the source from InputAttachments, and produces captions in Web-VTT format.VideoDescriptions, which specifies that the channel contains one video output asset, with the specified resolution.OutputGroups, which specifies the output groups. In this example there is one group named Akamai. The connection is made using HLS PUT. The output group contains two outputs. One output is for the video asset (named Video_high) and the audio asset (named Audio_EN). One output is for the captions asset (named WebVTT_EN).

In this example, some of the parameters contain no value or contain nested empty parameters. For example, OutputSettings for the Video_and_audio output contains several nested parameters that end at an empty parameter M3u8Settings. This parameter must be included, but you can omit one, several, or all its children, which means that the child will take its default value or be null.

All the parameters that apply to this example channel but that aren't specified in this file will either take the default value, be set to null, or take a unique value generated by MediaLive.

aws medialive create-channel \
    --cli-input-json file://channel-in-hls-out-hls-akamai.json

Contents of channel-in-hls-out-hls-akamai.json:

{
    "Name": "News_West",
    "RoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/MediaLiveAccessRole",
    "InputAttachments": [
        {
            "InputAttachmentName": "local_news",
            "InputId": "1234567",
            "InputSettings": {
                "AudioSelectors": [
                    {
                        "Name": "English-Audio",
                        "SelectorSettings": {
                            "AudioLanguageSelection": {
                                "LanguageCode": "EN"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "CaptionSelectors": [
                    {
                        "LanguageCode": "ENE",
                        "Name": "English_embedded"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "Destinations": [
        {
            "Id": "akamai-server-west",
            "Settings": [
                {
                    "PasswordParam": "/medialive/examplecorp1",
                    "Url": "http://203.0.113.55/news/news_west",
                    "Username": "examplecorp"
                },
                {
                    "PasswordParam": "/medialive/examplecorp2",
                    "Url": "http://203.0.113.82/news/news_west",
                    "Username": "examplecorp"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "EncoderSettings": {
        "AudioDescriptions": [
            {
                "AudioSelectorName": "English-Audio",
                "CodecSettings": {
                    "AacSettings": {}
                },
                "Name": "Audio_EN"
            }
        ],
        "CaptionDescriptions": [
            {
                "CaptionSelectorName": "English_embedded",
                "DestinationSettings": {
                    "WebvttDestinationSettings": {}
                },
                "Name": "WebVTT_EN"
            }
        ],
        "VideoDescriptions": [
            {
                "Height": 720,
                "Name": "Video_high",
                "Width": 1280
            }
        ],
        "OutputGroups": [
            {
                "Name": "Akamai",
                "OutputGroupSettings": {
                    "HlsGroupSettings": {
                        "Destination": {
                            "DestinationRefId": "akamai-server-west"
                        },
                        "HlsCdnSettings": {
                            "HlsBasicPutSettings": {}
                        }
                    }
                },
                "Outputs": [
                    {
                        "AudioDescriptionNames": [
                            "Audio_EN"
                        ],
                        "OutputName": "Video_and_audio",
                        "OutputSettings": {
                            "HlsOutputSettings": {
                                "HlsSettings": {
                                    "StandardHlsSettings": {
                                        "M3u8Settings": {}
                                    }
                                },
                                "NameModifier": "_1"
                            }
                        },
                        "VideoDescriptionName": "Video_high"
                    },
                    {
                        "CaptionDescriptionNames": [
                            "WebVTT_EN"
                        ],
                        "OutputName": "Captions-WebVTT",
                        "OutputSettings": {
                            "HlsOutputSettings": {
                                "HlsSettings": {
                                    "StandardHlsSettings": {
                                        "M3u8Settings": {}
                                    }
                                },
                                "NameModifier": "_2"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "TimecodeConfig": {
            "Source": "EMBEDDED"
        }
    }
}

Output:

The output repeats back the contents of the JSON file, plus the following values. All parameters are ordered alphabetically.

ARN for the channel. The last part of the ARN is the unique channel ID.EgressEndpoints is blank in this example channel because it used only for PUSH inputs. When it applies it shows the addresses on MediaLive that content is pushed to.OutputGroups, Outputs. These show all the parameters for the output group and outputs, including those that you didn't include but that are relevant to this channel. The parameters might be empty (perhaps indicating the parameter or feature is disabled in this channel configuration) or might show the default value that will apply.LogLevel is set to the default (DISABLED).Tags is set to the default (null).PipelinesRunningCount and State show the current status of the channel.

For more information, see Creating a Channel from Scratch in the AWS Elemental MediaLive User Guide.

To create an input

The following create-input example creates an HLS PULL input by passing in a JSON file that contains the parameters that apply to this type of input. The JSON for this example input specifies two sources (addresses) to the input, in order to support redundancy in the ingest. These addresses require passwords.

aws medialive create-input \
    --cli-input-json file://input-hls-pull-news.json

Contents of input-hls-pull-news.json:

{
    "Name": "local_news",
    "RequestId": "cli000059",
    "Sources": [
            {
                    "Url": "https://203.0.113.13/newschannel/anytownusa.m3u8",
                    "Username": "examplecorp",
                    "PasswordParam": "/medialive/examplecorp1"
            },
       {
                    "Url": "https://198.51.100.54/fillervideos/oceanwaves.mp4",
                    "Username": "examplecorp",
                    "PasswordParam": "examplecorp2"
            }
    ],
    "Type": "URL_PULL"
}

Output:

The output repeats back the contents of the JSON file, plus the following values. All parameters are ordered alphabetically.

Arn for the input. The last part of the ARN is the unique input ID.Attached Channels, which is always empty for a newly created input.Destinations, which is empty in this example because it is used only with a PUSH input.Id for the input, the same as the ID in the ARN.MediaConnectFlows, which is empty in this example because it is used only with an input of type MediaConnect.SecurityGroups, which is empty in this example because it is used only with a PUSH input.State of this input.Tags, which is empty (the default for this parameter).

For more information, see Creating an Input in the AWS Elemental MediaLive User Guide.