Input type | Use case | Upstream system and supported protocol | Live stream supported? |
CDI | Push an uncompressed stream in your VPC to a fixed endpoint | Amazon VPC within a private cloud | Yes |
HLS | Pull an HLS stream from an external endpoint using the HTTP protocol, with or without a secure connection. | HTTP server or HTTPS server | Yes |
HLS | Pull an HLS stream from an Amazon S3 bucket, using a secure connection. | Amazon S3 over a custom protocol | Yes |
Link | Push a transport stream (TS) from an AWS Elemental Link device. | AWS Elemental Link over an internal connection | Yes |
RTMP Pull | Pull a stream from an external endpoint using the RTMP protocol. | RTMP server over RTMP Pull | Yes |
RTMP Push | Push a stream to a fixed endpoint using the RTMP protocol. | RTMP server over RTMP Push | Yes |
RTMP Push | Push a stream in your VPC to a fixed endpoint using the RTMP protocol. | Amazon VPC over RTMP within a private cloud | Yes |
RTP | Push a transport stream (TS) to a fixed endpointusing the RTP protocol. | RTP server over RTP Push | Yes |
RTP | Push a transport stream (TS) in your VPC to a fixed endpoint on MediaLive, using the RTP protocol. | Amazon VPC over RTP within a private cloud | Yes |
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