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 AWS Elemental MediaPackage supports for live-to-VOD assets.

MediaPackage input type

Use case

HLS

Extract a portion of a live HLS endpoint in MediaPackage and save it as a live-to-VOD asset. Additional requirements: The endpoint must have a startover window defined. This window is the maximum length of live-to-VOD asset that you can harvest from the endpoint. Media segments must not be encrypted. Streams can contain either muxed video and audio tracks, or unmuxed tracks. The input must contain at least one video track. MediaPackage does not 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 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

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.

Endpoint type	Manifest format	Media container	Video codecs	Audio codecs	Subtitles 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