Live-to-VOD supported codecs and input types

The following sections describe supported input types and codecs for live-to-VOD assets that are harvested from streaming content in AWS Elemental MediaPackage.

Supported input types

These are the input types that MediaPackage supports for live-to-VOD assets.

MediaPackage input type

Use case

HLS

Extract a portion of a live HLS or DASH endpoint in MediaPackage and save it as a live-to-VOD asset. Additional requirements: The endpoint must have a defined startover window, which determines the maximum length of the live-to-VOD asset that can be harvested. Streams can contain either muxed video and audio tracks, or unmuxed tracks. The input must contain at least one video track. MediaPackage doesn't support inputs that contain no video track.

Supported input codecs

These are the video, audio, and subtitles codecs that MediaPackage supports for live-to-VOD assets.

Media container	Video codecs	Audio codecs	Subtitles/captions format
Video: TS Audio: TS, AAC, AC3, or EC3	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) with HDR-10 support	AAC Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus	WebVTT CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions

Supported output codecs

These are the video, audio, and subtitles codecs that MediaPackage supports when saving a live-to-VOD asset to an Amazon S3 bucket. The endpoint must serve either clear (unencrypted) or encrypted DASH or HLS content.

Endpoint type	Manifest format	Media container	Video codecs	Audio codecs	Subtitles/captions format
Apple HLS	HLS	Video: TS Audio: TS or AAC	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) with HDR-10 support	AAC Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus	WebVTT CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions
DASH-ISO	MPEG-DASH	MP4	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) with HDR-10 support	AAC Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus	EBU-TT CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions