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Sources in AWS Elemental MediaConnect

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Sources in AWS Elemental MediaConnect - AWS Elemental MediaConnect

A source in MediaConnect can be anything that provides a live video feed, such as the following:

  • An on-premises encoder

  • Another AWS Elemental MediaConnect flow

  • An AWS Elemental MediaLive output

  • A playout system (cloud-based or on-premises)

For a list of supported protocols that you can use for your source, see Protocols.

From the MediaConnect console, you can view Amazon CloudWatch metrics to monitor the source health of an active flow.

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