AWS Elemental MediaPackage

Benefits

Reach a wide range of connected devices

AWS Elemental MediaPackage makes it easy to package and distribute your content to a broad range of video playback devices, including web players, smart phones, game consoles, tablets, and connected TVs.

Advanced video experiences and content protection

AWS Elemental MediaPackage lets you configure a DVR-like experience for viewers of your live stream. It offers support for a range of digital rights management (DRM) providers, supports advanced audio features, and multi-language subtitle tracks.

Built-in scalability and reliability

AWS Elemental MediaPackage scales automatically as the audience for your video grows. It automatically manages resources across multiple Availability Zones, and monitors their health, so that any potential issues are detected and resolved without disrupting your live video stream.

Easy integration with AWS cloud services

AWS Elemental MediaPackage is built to work with Amazon CloudFront CDN for global distribution and with AWS Elemental MediaLive for live encoding to form a complete solution for live video processing and delivery. Integration with Amazon CloudWatch gives you real-time monitoring and notifications.

AWS Elemental MediaPackage Features

AWS Elemental MediaPackage is a video delivery service that allows video providers to securely and reliably distribute streaming video at scale. It makes it easy to prepare your live and on-demand video content for delivery to multiple devices, and improve the viewer experience with advanced features. With MediaPackage, customers can reduce workflow complexity, increase origin resiliency, and better protect multiscreen assets without the risk of under or over-provisioning video infrastructure. MediaPackage also works with other AWS Media Services to unlock the growing ecosystem of connected devices and the dynamic viewing experiences they enable.

Key features

Comprehensive Output Formats

AWS Elemental MediaPackage supports the standards and formats commonly used to stream video, including a range of MPEG-DASH implemtations, Smooth Streaming (MSS), and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) with MPEG-2 Transport streams or Common Media Application Format (CMAF) fragmented MP4, to reach a maximum number of devices and viewers.

Flexible Video Content Protection

AWS Elemental MediaPackage lets you protect your streams by integrating with multiple Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies. The right content protection is selected based on the capabilities of each playback device. Protection capabilities are standards-based, including support for Apple FairPlay, Widevine, and Microsoft PlayReady using AES-128 encryption.

High-Availability Architecture

AWS Elemental MediaPackage automatically scales based on the incoming stream requests you receive. MediaPackage has a built-in origin shield and cache for reliable performance without errors when accessed directly by one or more CDNs, and is designed for high reliability with distributed resources across multiple AWS Availability Zones. Integrated monitoring continuously tracks metrics (such as bandwidth, number of concurrent contacts or instance resources), and new instances are launched automatically to scale with increased workload as needed.

Use Independently or with AWS Media Services

As one of the AWS Media Services, you can choose to use AWS Elemental MediaPackage as a standalone service or integrate it with AWS services for live video encoding, VOD processing, ad personalization and monetization, or media-optimized storage. Additionally, other AWS services, such as the Amazon CloudFront CDN, offer seamless interoperability with AWS Elemental MediaPackage.