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World's leading Cloud Computing platform, collection of remote computing services (Web Services) and it is powered byAmazon.com - world's leading Ecommerce Portal.
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Media Streaming On Demand and Live Streaming Amazon Web Services Arpit Ahuja, Principal Consultant arpit.ahuja@progressive.in
About Amazon Web Services • World’s leading Cloud Computing Platform • Collection of Remote Computing Services (Web Services) • Powered by Amazon.com – World’s leading Ecommerce Portal • Currently have Data Centers in 10 Geographic locations • Multiple Availability Zones in each region • Edge locations for content distribution in many other geographies • Have done 42 Price Reductions in the last 8 years (Launched in 2006)
Challenges in Media Streaming • Many Devices • Many Codecs • Many Protocols
Multiple Transcodes Multiple Codecs MP3, MPEG, MPEG-4, VOB, MOV, FLV, THEORA, MP4, WMV Asset Library Screen Sizes Laptops, Tablets, Mobiles
Players and Security Models Native Media players 3rd Party Media Players VS Tokenized Security DRM-ed Content VS
Best Practices • Avoid Storage Duplication – Keep a central location with backup • Pick the right Content Delivery Network • Global Reach • High Performance • Streaming Context Aware • Access logs for customer insight • Security of Assets • Measure viewer experience
Amazon Elastic Transcoder • Amazon Elastic Transcoder is media transcoding in the cloud that converts (or “transcode”) media files from their source format into versions that will playback on devices like smartphones, tablets and PCs. • Easy to use • Eastically Scalable • Cost Effective • Managed • Secure • Seamless Delivery • Complete Integration
AWS Storage - S3 and Glacier • S3 • Object Storage available through a URL • 99.999999999% availability • Stores objects like Images, Videos, Files, Binaries, Snapshots • Glacier • Archival Storage for Backup • Much cheaper than regular object storage • 4-6 hours retrieval time
Capabilities • AWS is a flexible cloud computing solution. You can use whatever platform you like. AWS even provides SDKs for many popular platforms like Java, Ruby, PHP, Node.js, .Net, and more.
Use Your Favorite Tools • Your content management system (CMS) may be the core of your website. No matter which system you choose; it can run on AWS