Setting up queue hopping - MediaConvert

Setting up queue hopping

When you set up queue hopping, you specify the submission queue, the wait time, and the destination queue. Typically, the submission queue is a reserved queue and the destination queue is an on-demand queue. The following tabs show different options for setting up queue hopping.

Console

To set up queue hopping in the MediaConvert console:

  1. On the Create job page, choose Job management.

  2. Enable Queue hopping.

  3. Enter the amount of time until your job can hop with Wait minutes.

  4. For Destination queue, choose the queue that you want your job to hop to if it stays in the submission queue beyond its wait time.

  5. Optionally, specify a new Job priority if your job hops to its destination queue. For more information, see Setting priority for hopped jobs.

API, SDK, or the AWS CLI

To set up queue hopping in the API, SDK, or the AWS CLI, configure the settings for queue hopping under HopDestinations. This property is a direct child of Jobs, which is in the top level of the JSON job specification.

The following is an excerpt of a job settings JSON that hops to an on-demand queue after 10 minutes.

{
    "Settings": {
        "OutputGroups": [...],
        "Inputs": [...]
    },
    "HopDestinations": [
        {
        "WaitMinutes": 10,
        "Queue": "arn:aws:mediaconvert:us-west-2:111122223333:queues/ondemandqueue",
        "Priority": 0
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see the MediaConvert API Reference.