What is AWS HLS?

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is a protocol that segments media files for optimization during streaming. HLS enables media players to play segments with the highest quality resolution that is supported by their network connection during playback.

What is HLS in video?

The acronym HLS stands for HTTP live streaming. Use this tool, and you can deliver video and audio to a massive audience tapped in via the internet.

How do I host a video on CloudFront?

For more information, see Registering a new domain in the Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide.

  1. Step 1: Create an S3 bucket.
  2. Step 2: Upload a video to the S3 bucket.
  3. Step 3: Create a CloudFront origin access identity.
  4. Step 4: Create a CloudFront distribution.
  5. Step 5: Access the video through the CloudFront distribution.

Is HLS streaming secure?

In HLS Encryption the video files are encrypted using a secure AES-128 algorithm. The AES 128 encryption is the only publicly available security algorithm that is used by the NSA for encrypting its top-secret classified information.

How do you stream HLS?

So if you want to stream video using HLS, you need to do three things.

  1. Create the HLS media (segments and manifests). You can do this using an API service like Mux Video or Zencoder, or you can do it by hand with a tool like ffmpeg or Handbrake.
  2. Host the files.
  3. Load the master manifest in an HLS-compatible player.

What is the difference between HLS and Amazon CloudFront?

HLS enables media players to play segments with the highest quality resolution that is supported by their network connection during playback. Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data to end-users globally with low latency and high transfer speeds.

How do customers use Amazon CloudFront to stream video?

Customers use Amazon CloudFront to stream video to viewers across the globe using a wide variety of protocols that are layered on top of HTTP. The Amazon Content Delivery Network (CDN) can be used with AWS Elemental Media Services to implement two different types of video streaming.

How do I host a video on a CloudFront website?

The first option is very easy to implement and is supported by just about every mobile device and desktop. All you need to do is to put your content in an S3 bucket and create a CloudFront distribution that points to the bucket. Your user’s video player will use CloudFront URLs (accessible as part of the distribution) to request the video file.

How do I use CloudFront with AWS Elemental mediastore?

If you have video stored in an AWS Elemental MediaStore container, you can create a CloudFront distribution to serve the content. To get started, you grant CloudFront access to your MediaStore container. Then you create a CloudFront distribution and configure it to work with MediaStore.