Support for live and file sources

The following table specifies whether each MediaLive input type supports live streams or VOD assets.

MediaLive input type	Live stream supported?	VOD asset supported?
CDI	Yes	No
HLS from an HTTP or HTTPS server, or from MediaStore	Yes MediaLive considers an HLS input to be a live stream if the Buffer segments field has a value from 3 to 10, inclusive. (To display this field in the Channel page, in General input settings for Network input settings, choose Network input. For HLS input settings, choose Hls input. The Buffer segments field appears.)	Yes MediaLive considers the input to be a VOD asset if the Buffer segments field has a value of 11 or more, or is undefined (empty).
HLS from Amazon S3	Yes, as defined in the previous row We don't recommend Amazon S3 as a source for a live stream.	Yes, as defined in the previous row
Link	Yes	No
MediaConnect	Yes	No
MP4	No	Yes, with .mp4 file extension only
Transport Stream (TS) file	No	Yes, with .ts and .m2ts file extensions only
RTMP Pull	Yes	Yes
RTMP Push	Yes	No
RTP	Yes	No