Creating a Pipeline in Elastic Transcoder - Amazon Elastic Transcoder

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Creating a Pipeline in Elastic Transcoder

You can create a pipeline using the AWS Management Console or using the Elastic Transcoder Create Pipeline API action. The following procedure explains how to create a pipeline using the console. For information about how to create a pipeline using the API, see Create Pipeline.

To create a pipeline using the Elastic Transcoder console
  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Elastic Transcoder console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/elastictranscoder/.

  2. In the navigation bar of the Elastic Transcoder console, select the region in which you want to create the pipeline. This region is where you'll create your jobs.

  3. In the navigation (left) pane of the console, click Pipelines.

  4. On the Pipelines page, click Create New Pipeline.

  5. Enter the applicable values. For more information about each field, see Settings that You Specify When You Create an Elastic Transcoder Pipeline.

  6. Click Create Pipeline.