Updating the source of a MediaConnect flow

Updating the source of a flow allows you to modify where your content comes from without having to create a new flow. For most flows, you can make these updates even while the flow is running.

Prerequisites

Depending on the type of update you want to make, there are some steps to complete before you get started.

If you're updating a flow with an entitled source

You can't update an entitled flow while it's active. Before you update the flow source, you must stop the flow first. After you make your updates, you can then restart the flow.

If you're switching between an NDI® source and a transport stream source

You can update the flow source while it's either active or on standby.

• When changing to an NDI source

  Before you update the flow source, you must edit the flow first and change the flow size from medium to large.

• When changing to a transport stream source

  Your flow size will remain as large after you update the source type. If you want to downgrade the flow size, you'll need to edit the flow afterwards as a separate step.

Procedure

The following procedure guides you through the process of updating a flow source.

To update the source of an existing flow (console)

1. Open the MediaConnect console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/.

2. On the Flows page, choose the name of the flow that you want to update.

3. Choose the Source tab.

4. Choose the source that you want to update.

5. Choose Update.

6. Make the appropriate changes, and then choose Update source.

To update the source of an existing flow (AWS CLI)

• In the AWS CLI, use the update-flow-source command:

  aws mediaconnect update-flow-source --flow-arn arn:aws:mediaconnect:us-east-1:111122223333:flow:1-23aBC45dEF67hiJ8-12AbC34DE5fG:AwardsShow --source-arn arn:aws:mediaconnect:us-east-1:111122223333:source:2-3aBC45dEF67hiJ89-c34de5fG678h:AwardsShowSource --allowlist-cidr 10.24.34.0/24 --profile PMprofile