AWS Elemental MediaConnect metrics to monitor output health

AWS Elemental MediaConnect sends metrics to CloudWatch. You can review specific metrics to evaluate the health of the output of your flow.

Note

Metrics tracked by MediaConnect adhere to the standard as defined by the TR 101 290 spec.

Output metrics for transport stream protocols

Metric	Description
ConnectedOutputs	The number of outputs that are currently connected. This metric applies to outputs that use the Zixi, Fujitsu or SRT protocol. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputConnected	The status of the output. A value of 1 indicates that the output is connected, and a value of 0 (zero) indicates that the output is disconnected. This metric applies to outputs that use the Zixi or SRT protocol. Units: None Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputDisconnections	The number of times that the output status changed from connected to disconnected. This metric applies to outputs that use the Zixi or SRT protocol. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputBitrate	The bitrate of the outgoing (output) video. This metric applies to outputs that use the SRT, or Fujitsu-QoS protocols or output to MediaLive. Units: bits per second (b/s) Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows Note The OutputBitrate value can vary depending on the selected protocol due to non-payload packets, retransmitted packets, packet headers, and other protocol-specific packets. Due to these factors the bitrate value reported by this metric might vary between outputs.
OutputTotalPackets	The total number of packets that were sent to the output. This metric applies to outputs that use the SRT, or Fujitsu-QoS protocols or output to MediaLive. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputFECPackets	The number of packets that were transmitted using forward error correction (FEC) and received. This metric applies to outputs that use the Fujitsu protocol. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputARQRequests	The number of retransmitted packets that were requested through automatic repeat request (ARQ) and received. This metric applies to outputs that use the SRT protocol or output to MediaLive. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputResentPackets	The number of packets that were retransmitted to the output destination. This metric applies to outputs that use the SRT protocol or output to MediaLive. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputRoundTripTime	The amount of time it takes for the output to send a signal and receive an acknowledgment from the output destination. This metric applies to outputs that use the SRT protocol or output to MediaLive. Units: Milliseconds Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputNotRecoveredPackets	The number of packets that were lost during transit and were not recovered by error correction. This metric applies to outputs to MediaLive. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows

Output metrics for CDI protocols

Metric	Description
OutputTotalBytes	Total amount of bytes transferred from MediaConnect to the output. This metric is only applicable when using CDI. Units: Bytes Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputDroppedPayloads	Payloads that were lost during transit from MediaConnect to the output. A payload is a frame of video or an audio sample. Payloads can consist of multiple packets. Payload metrics are only applicable when using CDI. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputLatePayloads	Packets of a payload that arrive at the output outside of MediaConnect's internal buffer. A payload is a frame of video or an audio sample. Payloads can consist of multiple packets. Payload metrics are only applicable when using CDI. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows
OutputTotalPayloads	Total amount of payloads delivered from MediaConnect to the output. A payload is a frame of video or an audio sample. Payloads can consist of multiple packets. Payload metrics are only applicable when using CDI. Units: Count Valid dimensions: Output ARN Flow ARN Availability Zone All flows