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Dynamic Multiview: MediaLive Configuration Reference - MediaLive
outputUsageH.264 per-output constraintsH.265 per-output constraintsCross-output consistencyDimensional pairingOutput group settings

Dynamic Multiview: MediaLive Configuration Reference

Reference for multiview-specific configuration fields and the encoder settings that participating outputs must use.

outputUsage

MediaPackageV2DestinationSettings include a new outputUsage list. It is a list of declared multiview usages. Setting any multiview usage on any video-carrying output in an output group puts the whole group into multiview mode and requires that all video-carrying outputs in that output group contain one or more multiview usage indications.

Here are the enum values that can be indicated:

Value Meaning
MULTIVIEW_EQUAL_SIZE_VIEW Eligible for any view in a layout where all views are the same size (2EH, 3EL, 4E)
MULTIVIEW_PRIMARY_VIEW Eligible for the large view in a layout with one dominant primary view (2PL, 3PL, 4PL)
MULTIVIEW_SECONDARY_VIEW Eligible for a smaller secondary view alongside a primary view

An output can declare multiple usages. Declaring more than one does not create additional renditions — it makes the single rendition eligible for more view positions, which increases the set of layouts a player can request.

Common multi-role cases:

  • A rendition that is half the size of a larger rendition and double the size of a smaller one can be both a primary and a secondary.

  • Any rendition sized for a primary/secondary pair can also serve equal-size layouts, since equal-size layouts place same-size views in every position.

H.264 per-output constraints

Every H.264 video description that has a multiview usage indicated must satisfy all of the following.

Setting Required value
width Divisible by 16
height Divisible by 16
gopClosedCadence 1
sceneChangeDetect DISABLED
subgopLength FIXED
framerateControl SPECIFIED
entropyEncoding CABAC

H.265 per-output constraints

Every H.265 video description that has a multiview usage indicated must satisfy all of the following.

Setting Required value
width Divisible by 32
height Divisible by 32
gopClosedCadence 1
sceneChangeDetect DISABLED
subgopLength FIXED
deblocking DISABLED
mvOverPictureBoundaries DISABLED
mvTemporalPredictor DISABLED
tilePadding PADDED
treeblockSize TREE_SIZE_32X32

Cross-output consistency

The following settings must be identical across all participating outputs of the same codec in the output group. H.264 and H.265 are evaluated independently.

Setting Applies to
gopSize Both codecs
gopNumBFrames Both codecs
profile Both codecs
level Both codecs
colorSpaceSettingsChoice Both codecs
colorSpaceSettings Both codecs
parControl H.264 only
parNumerator Both codecs
parDenominator Both codecs

Dimensional pairing

Rule Detail
Primary to secondary Every primary needs a same-codec secondary in the same group at exactly half its width and half its height
Secondary to primary Every secondary needs a same-codec primary in the same group at exactly double its width and double its height

Output group settings

Setting Requirement
Destination MediaPackage V2
Outputs CMAF Ingest
scte35Type NONE or SCTE_35_WITHOUT_IDR