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AWS Elastic TranscoderΒΆ

  • [[Convert]] [[media files]] ([[video]] + [[music]]) stored in AWS S3 into various formats for tablets, PC, Smartphone, TV etc
  • Features: [[bit rate optimisation]], [[thumbnail]], [[watermarks]], [[captions]], [[DRM]], [[progressive download]], encryption
  • 4 components:
    • [[Jobs]]: what does the work of the transcoder
    • [[Pipeline]]: [[Queue]] that manages the transcoding job
    • [[Presets]]: Template for converting media from on format to another
    • [[Notifications]]: AWS SNS for example
  • Pay for what you use, scales automatically, [[fully managed]]