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Live-to-VOD supported codecs and input types - AWS Elemental MediaPackage
Supported input typesSupported input codecsSupported output codecs

Live-to-VOD supported codecs and input types

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The following sections describe supported input types and codecs for live-to-VOD assets that are harvested from streaming content in AWS Elemental MediaPackage.

Supported input types

These are the input types that MediaPackage supports for live-to-VOD assets.

MediaPackage input type Use case
HLS

Extract a portion of a live HLS or DASH endpoint in MediaPackage and save it as a live-to-VOD asset.

Additional requirements:

  • The endpoint must have a defined startover window, which determines the maximum length of the live-to-VOD asset that can be harvested.

  • Streams can contain either muxed video and audio tracks, or unmuxed tracks.

  • The input must contain at least one video track. MediaPackage doesn't support inputs that contain no video track.

Supported input codecs

These are the video, audio, and subtitles codecs that MediaPackage supports for live-to-VOD assets.

Media container Video codecs Audio codecs Subtitles/captions format

  • Video: TS

  • Audio: TS, AAC, AC3, or EC3

  • H.264 (AVC)

  • H.265 (HEVC) with HDR-10 support

  • AAC

  • Dolby Digital

  • Dolby Digital Plus

  • WebVTT

  • CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions

Supported output codecs

These are the video, audio, and subtitles codecs that MediaPackage supports when saving a live-to-VOD asset to an Amazon S3 bucket. The endpoint must serve either clear (unencrypted) or encrypted DASH or HLS content.

Endpoint type Manifest format Media container Video codecs Audio codecs Subtitles/captions format
Apple HLS HLS

  • Video: TS

  • Audio: TS or AAC

  • H.264 (AVC)

  • H.265 (HEVC) with HDR-10 support

  • AAC

  • Dolby Digital

  • Dolby Digital Plus

  • WebVTT

  • CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions
DASH-ISO MPEG-DASH MP4

  • H.264 (AVC)

  • H.265 (HEVC) with HDR-10 support

  • AAC

  • Dolby Digital

  • Dolby Digital Plus

  • EBU-TT

  • CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions

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