Media Package, in VOD workflow.

[kkrao2301]

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I would like to see Media Package enabled with the VOD solution, It would not only help reduce the trans-coding costs. Also helps with delivering gracefully using DRM.

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[smp]

Hi @kkrao2301 , thanks for your feedback. MediaPackage VOD support is definitely something we want to implement as part of Amplify Video, but we don't have a timeframe for it today. Can you help me understand a few things?

• Is this for Live -> VoD promotion or just VoD?
• When you say reduce costs, I assume you're talking about a multi-DRM / multi-Protocol need?
• Any other information about the workflow you're interested in implementing?

Thanks!

[kkrao2301]

Hi @smp , Thanks for taking this into consideration.

• Right now we were exploring VoD only.
• With VoD we don't have to encode so many resolutions. I believe media package would significantly lower the costs of encoding and bandwidth(I doubt this, Please correct me If am wrong).
• As of now, we were looking at implementing an e-learning platform with some free courses and some paid courses. So having DRM would help.

Hope this helps!!

Ps: If there is an example on how to implement the VoD solution on AWS with Amplify it would really help.
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/video-on-demand-on-aws/

[smp]

Even with mediapackage hosting your VOD assets you'll need to transcode to all resolutions and bitrates necessary. Where a just-in-time-packager can help is if you need multiple protocols (HLS/DASH/etc) or multiple DRM systems (fairplay, playready, etc).

If you're just planning a single protocol (HLS) and a single content protection scheme (clear key aes) you might not need mediapackage as you can do this today with Amplify Video through a custom template + s3 as origin.

I'd encourage you to evaluate the differences between a full-fledged DRM System (which can be complex and costly to implement) vs a clear key scheme which can offer some light protection when combined with signed-urls/auth. It depends on your content and how deep you want to go into the rabbit hole of key management / subscriber management system. Some good info on the differences here on stack overflow