this video will show you how to get
started with Amazon elastic transcoder
I'll explain what it is and how it works
and then walk you through transcoding a
video file Amazon elastic transcoder is
a new service for a converting video
between different digital media formats
in the cloud it's an easy to use
cost-effective and highly scalable way
to transcode videos that you've stored
in Amazon simple storage service in two
versions that will work on devices like
smartphones tablets and PCs it's
architected to handle high volume
complex transcoding jobs in parallel
using multiple transcoding pipelines the
clear workflow and default presets for
many output devices make Amazon elastic
transcoder easy to use and because
Amazon elastic transcoder is available
in different Amazon Web Services regions
you can transcode where you store your
content like other Amazon Web Services
there are no contracts or monthly
commitments for using Amazon elastic
transcoder you pay based only on the
minutes needed to Transco videos and
resolution of the content you transcode
for example transcoding a 10-minute
video file to a high-definition output
format will cost you about 30 cents
amazon elastic transcoder uses buckets
pipelines jobs and presets to transcode
videos the Amazon simple storage service
input buckets are where you put the
video files to transcode the s3 output
buckets or where the transcoded files
will go pipelines are queues that
connect input buckets to output buckets
and manage transcoding jobs you can use
these pipelines in different ways
according to your workflow for example
you could have wind pipeline for
transcoding high-priority jobs and
another pipeline for standard jobs jobs
do the work of transcoding or converting
a video into a different format they
take an input file name and a preset as
parameters presets specify audio and
video parameters of the output video
format elastic transcoder provides you
with system presets for common output
formats like 720p or iPhone 4s where you
can create your own custom presets that
specify audio and video codec parameters
and thumbnails details okay now I'm
going to walk you through transcoding a
one-minute test video if you don't yet
have an AWS account go to the top of the
home page
aws.amazon.com and click the signup
button then sign in to the AWS console
it's a straightforward process you
create buckets for input and output
upload your file create a pipeline
create a job and transcode your file
start by opening the simple storage
service console
create nests three bucket for input
files we're going to call it a WS test -
input
and then create another bucket for
output files we'll call this one a WS
test - output
then upload the file to be transcoded to
the input bucket
you
now that our storage is set up open the
elastic transcoder console first choose
an AWS region for the pipeline
we'll use us East North Virginia for
this example then click create a new
pipeline
on the forum enter a name for the
pipeline let's use AWS test
choose the input and output buckets just
created and leave the identity and
access management role set to the
default
then click create pipeline now click
create a new job select a new pipeline
then select a preset from among the
defaults for this example we'll use 360p
for the input file select the sample
file just uploaded let's name the output
file
AWS test 1 - 3 6 0 dot mp4
now click create job to check whether
the job is finished open jobs select the
pipeline and click search
the job is already completed transcoding
in a few seconds
back in the s3 console look in the s3
output bucket
here's a transcoded file ready to
download
we've just transcoded a one-minute video
in less time than it takes to watch it
for about 3 cents congratulations you're
now officially up and running on Amazon
elastic transcoder next time you
transcode your videos you can reuse the
same buckets and pipelines so it gets
even simpler if the standard presets
don't meet your needs you can create
custom presets for different resolutions
or devices you can manage conversions
programmatically with the elastic
transcoder API and as part of the AWS
free usage tier the first 20 minutes of
SD content are ten minutes of HD content
transcoded each month are free thanks
for watching getting started with Amazon
elastic transcoder