Amazon Elastic Transcoder Converts Video File Formats In The Cloud
Amazon's invasion of web has taken a step ahead with the launch of brand new service called Amazon Elastic Transcoder. The Elastic Transcoder becomes a part of Amazon Web Services (AWS) which is a set of reliable and cost-effective services offered through the cloud. Just like all the other AWS, this service requires no minimum conversion volume or contracts and anyone can use it easily. The pricing is based on the minutes of the video you convert and of course, the resolution. The pricing varies based on the region you select. The lowest pricing is being offered on the US West (Oregon) region as follows -
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[*]Standard Definition – SD (Resolution of less than 720p) $0.015 per minute
[*]High Definition – HD (Resolution of 720p or above) $0.030 per minute
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<h2>Amazon Elastic Transcoder Supported Formats</h2>
Amazon says that they asked their customers for the formats they should support and based on the feedback, the Amazon TES currently supports  3GP, AAC, AVI, FLV, MP4 and MPEG-2 input formats. The output formats are H.264/AAC/MP4 which should play well on all the gadgets. Also note that the service currently does not support live transcoding.
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<h2>How To Convert Your Videos Using Amazon Elastic Transcoder</h2>
Amazon requires you to have your video files uploaded to a bucket in the S3. The overall process is as follows -
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[*]Create a transcoding pipeline that specifies the input Amazon S3 bucket, the output Amazon S3 bucket, and an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that is used by the Transcoder to access your files.
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[*]Create a transcoding job by specifying the input file, output file, and transcoding preset to use (you can choose from a set of pre-defined transcoding presets – for example 720p - or create your own custom transcoding preset. Optionally, you can specify thumbnails and job specific transcoding parameters like frame rate and resolution.
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You will of course be able to get notified about the status of the transcoding job and take control of the job - by starting, stopping or cancelling it.
The early adopters might want to try transcoding 10 minutes of HD content (or 20 minutes of SD content) totally free of cost. Once you've reached the threshold, you will be charged as per above mentioned rates. Interesting, isn't it?
Via: <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/elastictranscoder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AWS | Amazon Elastic Transcoder - Media & Video Transcoding in the Cloud</a>
<ul>
[*]Standard Definition – SD (Resolution of less than 720p) $0.015 per minute
[*]High Definition – HD (Resolution of 720p or above) $0.030 per minute
</ul>
<h2>Amazon Elastic Transcoder Supported Formats</h2>
Amazon says that they asked their customers for the formats they should support and based on the feedback, the Amazon TES currently supports  3GP, AAC, AVI, FLV, MP4 and MPEG-2 input formats. The output formats are H.264/AAC/MP4 which should play well on all the gadgets. Also note that the service currently does not support live transcoding.
<h2>How To Convert Your Videos Using Amazon Elastic Transcoder</h2>
Amazon requires you to have your video files uploaded to a bucket in the S3. The overall process is as follows -
<ul>
[*]Create a transcoding pipeline that specifies the input Amazon S3 bucket, the output Amazon S3 bucket, and an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that is used by the Transcoder to access your files.
</ul>
<ul>
[*]Create a transcoding job by specifying the input file, output file, and transcoding preset to use (you can choose from a set of pre-defined transcoding presets – for example 720p - or create your own custom transcoding preset. Optionally, you can specify thumbnails and job specific transcoding parameters like frame rate and resolution.
</ul>
You will of course be able to get notified about the status of the transcoding job and take control of the job - by starting, stopping or cancelling it.
The early adopters might want to try transcoding 10 minutes of HD content (or 20 minutes of SD content) totally free of cost. Once you've reached the threshold, you will be charged as per above mentioned rates. Interesting, isn't it?
Via: <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/elastictranscoder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AWS | Amazon Elastic Transcoder - Media & Video Transcoding in the Cloud</a>
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