Containers, protocols, and downstream systems
The following table lists the output formats and protocols that MediaLive supports. In the table, find a type of output in the first column, then read across the row for information about how the type is supported.
| MediaLive output type (output group) | Use case | Downstream system and supported protocol | Live output supported | VOD output supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archive | Send transport stream (TS) files to an Amazon S3 bucket. See Amazon S3 Bucket Names, after this table. | Amazon S3, over a custom protocol | No | Yes. A channel can contain only one Archive output group. |
| CMAF Ingest | Send a CMAF stream to a packager that supports that supports HTTPS PUT. | An HTTPS packager | Yes | No |
| Frame Capture | Send a series of JPEG files to an Amazon S3 bucket. See Amazon S3 Bucket Names, after this table. | Amazon S3, over a custom protocol | No | Yes. A channel can contain a maximum of three Frame capture output groups. |
| HLS with a standard container or an fMP4 container | Send an HLS stream to a server that supports HTTP PUT or WebDav. | HTTP server | Yes | Yes, when the output group is set up for VOD mode |
| HLS with a standard container or an fMP4 container | Send an HLS stream to a server that supports HTTPS PUT or WebDav. | HTTPS server | Yes | Yes, when the output group is set up for VOD mode |
| HLS with a standard container or an fMP4 container | Send an HLS stream to an Akamai CDN. | Akamai CDN, over HTTP or HTTPS | Yes | No |
| HLS with a standard container only | Send an HLS stream to a MediaPackage channel using the HTTPS protocol. | AWS Elemental MediaPackage, over HTTPS with WebDAV | Yes | No |
| HLS with a standard container only | Send an HLS stream to a MediaPackage v2 channel using the HTTPS protocol. | AWS Elemental MediaPackage over HTTPS with Basic PUT | Yes | No |
| HLS with a standard container or an fMP4 container | Send an HLS stream to a container on MediaStore. | AWS Elemental MediaStore, with a custom protocol | Yes | Yes, when the output group is set up for VOD mode |
| HLS with a standard container or an fMP4 container | Send an HLS stream to an Amazon S3 bucket. See Amazon S3 Bucket Names, after this table. | Amazon S3, over a custom protocol | Yes | Yes, when the output group is set up for VOD mode |
| MediaPackage | Send an HLS stream to a MediaPackage channel. | AWS Elemental MediaPackage over an HTTPS WebDav | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Smooth | Send a stream to an origin server or CDN that supports Microsoft Smooth Streaming. | A supported CDN, over HTTP or HTTPS | Yes | No |
| Multiplex | Create a transport stream (TS) that is part of a MediaLive multiplex. | Yes | No | |
| RTMP | Send a stream to a server that supports the RTMP protocol. | RTMP server | Yes | No |
| RTMPS | Send a stream to a server that supports the RTMPS protocol. | RTMPS server | Yes | No |
| UDP | Send a transport stream (TS) to a server that supports UDP. | UDP server | Yes | No |
Amazon S3 bucket names
With MediaLive, the bucket name can't use dot notation.
For example, mycompany-videos is valid, but
mycompany.videos isn't.
