Using AWS Elemental Linkfor a MediaLive input - MediaLive
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Using AWS Elemental Linkfor a MediaLive input

You can set up an HD device or a UHD device as the source for a MediaLive input. You can then attach the input to a MediaLive channel.

Set up the device

Follow this procedure if the Link device is new to your organization,

  1. Set up the device on the internet. For more information, see Deploying the AWS Elemental Link hardware.

  2. Ask your IAM administrator to give you IAM permissions to work with the Link input device interface. See Setting up users with IAM permissions.

  3. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the MediaLive console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/.

  4. Find out if your organization obtained your device from an AWS reseller. If so, you must claim it.

Set up the Link input device

Use MediaLive to perform these steps.

  1. Open the MediaLive console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Input devices. The devices that you have access to appear in the Device list page. Find the device that you want. If you can't find it, follow the troubleshooting tips in Viewing your Link devices.

  3. Get set up in the correct Region. The device and the flow must be in the same Region. Follow these steps to get aligned:

    • Decide on the Region where you will work.

    • If you want to work in a different Region, transfer the device now. Then switch the MediaLive console to that Region. From now on, make sure that you work in this Region.

  4. When the device appears in the Device list page, choose the link on the individual card to display the Device details page.

  5. Check the message on the Attachments tab to determine how the device is currently being used.

    Device is not being used

    A message specifies that the device isn't being used, which means that it isn't connected to a MediaLive input or a MediaConnect flow.

    In this case, the device is ready for you to set it up. See the next procedure.

    Device is being used for inputs

    A message specifies that the device is already being used as an input source. You can set up the device as the source for another input, to a maximum of four inputs for a device. Make a note of the current Region. You will have to use the device in the existing Region.

    In this case, the device is ready for you to set it up. See the next procedure.

    Device is being used for a flow

    A message specifies that the device is already being used as a source for a MediaConnect flow.

    To use this device for a flow, you must first decommission the current usage. You should check with other people in your organization to confirm that no one else plans to use this device is its current usage. Then choose Detach MediaConnect flow.

    After the card clears, the device is ready for you to set it up. See the next procedure.

Configure the device

Use MediaLive to set up the device.

  1. Get set up in the correct Region. The device, the input, and the channel must be in the same Region, and you must work in that Region. Follow these steps to get aligned:

    • Decide on the Region where you will work. If the device is already being used as an input, you must work in the current Region. Otherwise, you can choose the Region.

    • If you want to work in a different Region and you can do so, transfer the device now. Then switch the console to that Region. From now on, make sure that you work in this Region.

  2. Configure the device. If the device was previously used with a different input or flow, review the current configuration and make any necessary changes. For optimum performance, the device must be correctly configured.

    For more information, see Configuring a Link device.

  3. Create an Elemental Link input in MediaLive. When you create the input, specify the device as the source. For more information, see Identifying content in an AWS Elemental Link source and Setting up an Elemental Link input.

    As soon as you create the input, the input appears in the Device details page, in the Attachments tab.

  4. When you are ready to use the Elemental Link input in a channel, attach the input to a channel, in the same way as you attach any input. For information, see The procedure to attach inputs.

    Typically, you attach the input to the channel after the operator at the upstream system has powered on the AWS Elemental Link hardware device, connected it to the internet, and started sending a video stream. You wait to attach the input, in order to avoid charges for an idle input and for a running channel.

  5. There are rules for combinations of devices, inputs, and channels. For more information, see AWS Elemental MediaLive feature rules and limits.

Monitor the device

You can use MediaLive to monitor the device.