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IVS Service Quotas | Low-Latency Streaming

The following are service quotas and limits for Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) endpoints, resources, and other operations. Service quotas (also known as limits) are the maximum number of service resources or operations for your AWS account. That is, these limits are per AWS account, unless noted otherwise in the table. Also see AWS Service Quotas.

You use an endpoint to connect programmatically to an AWS service. Also see AWS Service Endpoints.

All quotas are enforced per region.

Important: All accounts have limits on the number of concurrent views and concurrent streams. (A view is a unique viewing session which is actively downloading or playing video. For a more detailed definition, see the IVS Glossary.) Ensure that your limits are adequate and request an increase if needed, especially if you are planning a large streaming event.

Service Quota Increases

For quotas that are adjustable, you can request a rate increase through the AWS console. Use the console to view information about service quotas too.

API call rate quotas are not adjustable.

API Call Rate Quotas

Endpoint Type Endpoint Default
Channel

BatchGetChannel

 5 TPS
Channel

CreateChannel

 5 TPS
Channel

DeleteChannel

 5 TPS
Channel

GetChannel

 5 TPS
Channel

ListChannels

 5 TPS
Channel

UpdateChannel

 5 TPS
Playback restriction policy

CreatePlaybackRestrictionPolicy

 5 TPS
Playback restriction policy

DeletePlaybackRestrictionPolicy

 5 TPS
Playback restriction policy

GetPlaybackRestrictionPolicy

 5 TPS
Playback restriction policy

ListPlaybackRestrictionPolicies

 5 TPS
Playback restriction policy

UpdatePlaybackRestrictionPolicy

 5 TPS
Private channel

DeletePlaybackKeyPair

 3 TPS
Private channel

GetPlaybackKeyPair

 3 TPS
Private channel

ImportPlaybackKeyPair

 3 TPS
Private channel

ListPlaybackKeyPairs

 3 TPS
Private channel

BatchStartViewerSessionRevocation

 2 TPS
Private channel

StartViewerSessionRevocation

 10 TPS
Recording configuration

CreateRecordingConfiguration

 3 TPS
Recording configuration

DeleteRecordingConfiguration

 3 TPS
Recording configuration

GetRecordingConfiguration

 3 TPS
Recording configuration

ListRecordingConfigurations

 3 TPS
Stream

GetStream

 5 TPS
Stream

GetStreamSession

 5 TPS
Stream

ListStreams

 5 TPS
Stream

ListStreamSessions

 5 TPS
Stream

PutMetadata

5 TPS per channel

155 TPS per account
Stream

StopStream

 5 TPS
Stream key

BatchGetStreamKey

 5 TPS
Stream key

CreateStreamKey

 5 TPS
Stream key

DeleteStreamKey

 5 TPS
Stream key

GetStreamKey

 5 TPS
Stream key

ListStreamKeys

 5 TPS
Tags

ListTagsForResource

 10 TPS
Tags

TagResource

 10 TPS
Tags

UntagResource

 10 TPS

Other Quotas

Resource or Feature Default Adjustable Description
Channels 5,000 Yes Maximum number of channels, per AWS Region.
Concurrent streams 100 Yes Maximum number of channels that can be streamed simultaneously, per AWS Region. If you exceed this threshold, the stream is rejected.
Concurrent views 15,000 Yes Maximum number of views allowed to play back a live channel, across all channels in an AWS Region. (A view is a unique viewing session which is actively downloading or playing video. See the Important note at the beginning of this page.)

Ingest bitrate (if channel type is BASIC)

 1.5 Mbps or 3.5 Mbps No

Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose type is BASIC.

  • If input video quality is 480p or less, the default quota is 1.5 Mbps.

  • If input video quality is more than 480p but less than 1080p, the default quota is 3.5 Mbps.

Warning: If you exceed this threshold, the stream probably will disconnect immediately. For details on channel type, see Channel Types in the IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference.

Ingest bitrate (if channel type is STANDARD, with single-track input)

 8.5 Mbps No

Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose type is STANDARD (the default), with single-track input. Warning: If you exceed this threshold, the stream probably will disconnect immediately. For details on channel type, see Channel Types in the IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference.

Ingest bitrate (if channel type is STANDARD, with multitrack input up to FULL_HD resolution)

 15 Mbps No

Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose type is STANDARD (the default), whose multitrackInputConfiguration.maximumResolution is SD, HD, or FULL_HD, with multitrack input. Warning: If you exceed this threshold, the stream probably will disconnect immediately. For details on channel type, see Channel Types in the IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference.

Ingest bitrate (if channel type is ADVANCED_HD)

 8.5 Mbps No

Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose type is ADVANCED_HD. Warning: If you exceed this threshold, the stream probably will disconnect immediately. For details on channel type, see Channel Types in the IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference.

Ingest bitrate (if channel type is ADVANCED_SD)

 8.5 Mbps No

Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose type is ADVANCED_SD. Warning: If you exceed this threshold, the stream probably will disconnect immediately. For details on channel type, see Channel Types in the IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference.

Ingest resolution (single-track input)

 1080p (2.1M total pixels, 1920 pixels/edge) No

Maximum resolution in pixels that can be streamed to a channel (regardless of its type) with single-track input. There are two relevant thresholds: total pixels and pixels per edge. Warning: If you exceed either of these thresholds, the stream probably will disconnect immediately. For details on channel type, see Channel Types in the IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference.

Ingest resolution (if channel type is STANDARD, with multitrack input)

see Description

 No

Maximum resolution in pixels that can be streamed to an individual track on a channel whose type is STANDARD, with multitrack input. The default varies depending on the value of multitrackInputConfiguration.maximumResolution:

  • SD: 480p (0.4M total pixels, 864 pixels/edge)

  • HD: 720p (0.9M total pixels, 1280 pixels/edge)

  • FULL_HD: 1080p (2.1M total pixels, 1920 pixels/edge)>

There are two relevant thresholds: total pixels and pixels per edge. Warning: If you exceed either of these thresholds, the stream probably will disconnect immediately. For details on channel type, see Channel Types in the IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference.
Metadata payload 1 KB No

Maximum size of a PutMetadata request payload (Amazon IVS API).
Playback authorization key pairs 3 No Maximum number of playback authorization key pairs, per AWS Region.
Playback restriction policies 3 No Maximum number of playback restriction policies, per AWS Region.
Playback restriction policy countries 200 No

Maximum size of the allowedCountries list in a playback restriction policy; that is, the maximum number of countries per policy.
Playback restriction policy origins 5 No

Maximum size of the allowedOrigins list in a playback restriction policy; that is, the maximum number of origins per policy.
Playback restriction policy origin length 256 No

Maximum size (in characters) of an entry in the allowedOrigins list in a playback restriction policy.
Playback token size 2 KB No Maximum size of the entire JSON web token (JWT) used to initiate playback.
Recording configurations 20 Yes Maximum number of recording configurations, per AWS Region.
Stream key 1 No Maximum number of stream keys, per channel.
Stream takeovers 100 Yes Maximum number of stream takeovers, per stream.

Service Quotas Integration with CloudWatch Usage Metrics

You can use CloudWatch to proactively manage your service quotas, via CloudWatch usage metrics. You can use these metrics to visualize your current service usage on CloudWatch graphs and dashboards. Amazon IVS usage metrics correspond to Amazon IVS service quotas.

You can use a CloudWatch metric math function to display the service quotas for those resources on your graphs. You can also configure alarms that alert you when your usage approaches a service quota.

To access usage metrics:

  1. Open the Service Quotas console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/

  2. In the navigation pane, select AWS services.

  3. From the AWS services list, search for and select Amazon Interactive Video Service.

  4. In the Service quotas list, select the service quota of interest. A new page opens with information about the service quota/metric.

Alternately, you can get to these metrics through the CloudWatch console. Under AWS Namespaces, choose Usage. Then, from the Service list, choose IVS. (See Monitoring Amazon IVS Low-Latency Streaming.)

In the AWS/Usage namespace, Amazon IVS provides the following metric:

Metric Name Description

ResourceCount

A count of the specified resources running in your account. The resources are defined by the dimensions associated with the metric.

Valid statistic: Maximum (the maximum number of resources used during the 1-minute period).

The following dimensions are used to refine the usage metric:

Dimension Description
Service

The name of the AWS service containing the resource. Valid value: IVS.
Class

The class of resource being tracked. Valid value: None.
Type

The type of resource being tracked. Valid value: Resource.
Resource

The name of the AWS resource. Valid values: ConcurrentStreams, ConcurrentViews.

The ConcurrentStreams and ConcurrentViews usage metrics are copies of the ones in the AWS/IVS namespace (with the None dimension), as described in Monitoring Amazon IVS Low-Latency Streaming.

Creating a CloudWatch Alarm for Usage Metrics

To create a CloudWatch alarm based on an Amazon IVS usage metric:

  1. From the Service Quotas console, select the service quota of interest, as described above. Currently, alarms can be created only for ConcurrentStreams and ConcurrentViews.

  2. In the Amazon CloudWatch alarms section, choose Create.

  3. From the Alarm threshold dropdown list, choose the percentage of your applied quota value that you want to set as the alarm value.

  4. For Alarm name, enter a name for the alarm.

  5. Select Create.