Document history for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
The following table describes the important changes to the documentation since the last release of Amazon Kinesis Video Streams.
Latest API version: 2017-11-29
Latest documentation update: January 6, 2025
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| C++ on Raspberry Pi | Refreshed documentation for using the C++ producer SDK on Raspberry Pi. | January 6, 2025 |
| Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Edge Agent Edge-to-Cloud Connection | New feature release. For more information, see Schedule video recording and storage with Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Edge Agent. | June 27, 2023 |
| Getting Started: Send Data to a Kinesis video stream | Basic tutorial for sending media data from a camera to a Kinesis video stream. For more information, see Send data to an Amazon Kinesis video stream. | January 21, 2019 |
| Streaming metadata | You can use the Producer SDK to embed metadata in a Kinesis video stream. For more information, see Using streaming metadata with Kinesis Video Streams. | September 28, 2018 |
| C++ Producer SDK logging | You can configure logging for C++ Producer SDK applications. For more information, see Use logging with the C++ producer SDK. | July 18, 2018 |
| HLS video streaming | You can now view a Kinesis video stream using HTTP Live Streaming. For more information, see Kinesis Video Streams playback. | July 13, 2018 |
| Streaming from an RTSP source | Sample application for Kinesis Video Streams that runs in a Docker container and streams video from an RTSP source. For more information, see RTSP and Docker. | June 20, 2018 |
| C++ Producer SDK GStreamer Plugin | Shows how to build the C++ to use as a GStreamer destination. For more information, see GStreamer Plugin - kvssink. | June 15, 2018 |
| Producer SDK callbacks reference documentation | Reference documentation for the callbacks used by the Upload to Kinesis Video Streams. For more information, see Producer SDK callbacks. | June 12, 2018 |
| System requirements | Documentation for memory and storage requirements for producer devices and SDK. For more information, see Amazon Kinesis Video Streams system requirements. | May 30, 2018 |
| CloudTrail support | Documentation for using CloudTrail to monitor API usage. For more information, see Log Amazon Kinesis Video Streams API calls with AWS CloudTrail. | May 24, 2018 |
| Producer SDK structures reference documentation | Reference documentation for the structures used by the Upload to Kinesis Video Streams. For more information, see Producer SDK structures and Kinesis video stream structures. | May 7, 2018 |
| Renderer example documentation | Documentation for the Renderer example application, which shows how to decode and display frames from a Kinesis video stream. For more information, see Example: Parsing and rendering Kinesis Video Streams fragments. | March 15, 2018 |
| Producer SDK Limits reference documentation | Information about limits for operations in the C++. For more information, see Producer SDK quotas. | March 13, 2018 |
| Monitoring | Information about monitoring Kinesis Video Streams metrics and API calls using Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail. For more information, see Monitoring Amazon Kinesis Video Streams. | February 5, 2018 |
| Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) adaptation flag reference | Information about setting NAL adaptation flags when consuming streaming video. For more information, see NAL adaptation flags. | January 15, 2018 |
| Android support for streaming video | Kinesis Video Streams now supports streaming video from Android devices. For more information, see Android. | January 12, 2018 |
| Kinesis Video example documentation | Documentation for the Kinesis Video example application, which shows how to use the Watch output from cameras using parser library in an application. For more information, see KinesisVideoExample. | January 9, 2018 |
| Kinesis Video Streams documentation released | This is the initial release of the Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Developer Guide. | November 29, 2017 |
