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Design the path for the output destination

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Design the path for the output destination - MediaLive
  1. Design the destination path or paths, following this syntax:

    protocol bucket folders baseFilename nameModifier counter extension

    For example, for a standard channel:

    s3ssl://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/channel59/delivery/curling-20171012T033162.000000.m2ts

    s3ssl://amzn-s3-demo-bucket1/channel59/delivery/curling-20171012T033162.000000.m2ts

If you have two destinations, the destination paths must be different from each other in some way. At least one of the portions of one path must be different from the other. It is acceptable for all the portions to be different.

The following table maps each portion in the example to the portion in the syntax.

Portion of the URL Example Comment
protocol s3ssl:// The protocol is always s3ssl:// because the destination for an Archive output is always an S3 bucket.
bucket portion of the path amzn-s3-demo-bucket

With MediaLive, the Amazon S3 bucket name must not use dot notation. For example, mycompany-videos is acceptable but mycompany.videos isn't.

folders portion of the path channel59/delivery/ The folders can be present or not, and can be as long as you want.

The folders must always end with a slash.

baseFilename curling Don't terminate the file name with a slash.
nameModifier -20171012T033162 The modifier is optional for an Archive output.
delimiter before the counter . MediaLive automatically inserts this delimiter.
counter 000000 MediaLive automatically generates this counter. Initially, this is a six-digit number starting at 000000, and increasing by 1. So 000000, 000001, 000002 and so on. After 999999, the next number is 1000000 (seven digits), then 1000001, 1000002, and so on. Then from 9999999 to 10000000 (eight digits), and so on.
dot before the extension . MediaLive automatically inserts this dot.
extension m2ts Always m2ts.
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