Creating a profile from scratch

Design the profile

When you create an AWS Elemental Live profile, you must enter a value for every field that you want to be useable by the channel.

A created profile will contain all the fields where you entered a value (or a checkmark, for example) or where you set up a profile parameter. All the other fields are deleted from the profile. The following rules apply:

• You won't be able to add fields from the profile back in.

• You won't be able to delete fields that are in the profile.

• You won't be able to modify or specify a value for any fields, except in fields that have profile parameters.

• You won't be able to leave a profile parameter empty.

Therefore, you must plan the profile fields carefully:

• Some fields are required. You must either provide a value, or accept the default.

  If you provide a value, it must be the permanent value, or you must set it up as a profile parameter (if that's possible).

  If you don't like the default, make sure that you change it, because you won't be able to change it when you use the profile to create the channel.

• Some fields are optional. If you want to include the field, you must either provide a value or set up the field as a profile parameter (if that's possible).

• Pay particular attention to the output groups section. Make sure that you include all the output groups, outputs within those groups, and streams (encodes) within all the outputs.

  You won't be able to add or delete output groups, outputs, or streams. Therefore, for example, make sure that you create all the audio encodes that you need in a specific output. For example, if you know that you will sometimes need two audio encodes and sometimes three audio encodes, you must create two profiles.

Create the profile

1. On the AWS Elemental Conductor Live main menu, choose Profiles.

2. On the Profiles page, choose New Profile. The New Profile page appears.

3. Complete the profile. You can accept all the defaults, but you must at least complete the following:

   • Name: Enter a profile name.

   • Restart on Failure: Check to restart the channel automatically if it fails (recommended).

   • Add Input: Provide information for at least one video input: Specify the type , and the source location.

     Note the following:

     • If you do not want to specify the input source in the profile, you can specify a “channel parameter” as a placeholder that you replace with real information when you create the channel. See Working with channel parameters in a profile.

     • If your input is an SDI Direct Input, see Use case: Using SDI direct input in a profile and channel for important information.

     • If your input is an SDI Router Input, see Use case: Using SDI router input in a profile and channel for important information.

   • Output Group: A channel must always contain at least one output group. Set up the output group with all its contents and features.

   • Output and Stream: A channel must always contain at least one output and one stream in each output group that you want to create. Each output must use one stream.

4. Choose Save to save the profile. The profile appears in the list on the Profiles page.