AWS re:Invent 2016: Accelerating the Transition to Broadcast and OTT Infrastructure in the Cloud: Spotlight on Building Media Services on AWS and Elemental (MAE301)

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All rights reserved. 1 Dustin Encelewski, Director or Product Management, AWS Elemental Khawaja Shams, VP of Engineering, AWS Elemental Marcial Rivas, IT Manager, Cinépolis November 28, 2016 MAE301 Accelerating the Transition to Broadcast and OTT Infrastructure in the Cloud Spotlight on Building Media Services on AWS and Elemental What to Expect from the Session 2 • Benefits of a cloud-based, file-to-file workflow for video on-demand platforms with an example from Cinépolis • How to script VOD workflows on AWS • What to consider and how to set up a live streaming workflow in the cloud 3 Introducing Elemental Markets Enterprise Government Broadcasters Content Programmers Pay TV Operators Content Live On Demand S3 Displays Devices AWS acquired Elemental Technologies in October 2015 4 What the cloud can do for video Live On Demand • More channels • High availability • Advanced features • Live to VOD catch-up • More content • Higher quality • Global distribution • Better quality of experience 5 VOD OTT in the Cloud Elemental CLOUD Elastic Video Processing Devices All OTT devices Amazon S3 Amazon S3 Amazon CloudFront • Unlimited content • Scale for peaks and bulk of workloads • On-demand test environment • Fast and easy to change and update 6 Real world example of VOD workflow in the cloud 77 8 3 Cinépolis Klic • TVOD movie service • Over 1500 premium, theatrical content • App available on more than 500 devices • Major brands such as Samsung, Sony, LG, Roku, Hisense, PlayStation, IOS, Android and Web • Full integration with Cinépolis Loyalty program • 8x growth 2015 vs 2016 • 7x growth projected in 2016 8 9 Ingestion flow 1 (MSS & Progressive Download) Klic Back EndIngestion team Master bucket Encrypted mezz Mpeg.ts 10 mbps MSS HD 5 mbps MSS SD 1.7 mbps Progressive HD 5 mbps Progressive SD 1.7 mbps DRM PR & WV Outgoing VOD platform download distribution streaming distribution Staging Elemental SERVER Elemental Cloud Elemental SERVER 9 10 7 Need to deliver our content to: • HTML5 • Android App • New SDK • Connected TV • More DRMS Cinépolis Klic (Dash migration) Challenge • 1500 movies to be transcoded, encrypted and re-publish • No downtime 10 11 9 Solution • Duplicate the workflow • Change output group in elemental server • Increase number of nodes • Transcoded entire catalog in 2 weeks • Scarce resource was human hands 11 12 Ingestion flow 2 (DASH) Klic Back EndIngestion team Master bucket Encrypted mezz Mpeg.ts 10 mbps DASH HD 5 mbps DASH SD 1.7 mbps DRM PR WV Fairplay Outgoing VOD platform download distribution Staging Elemental Cloud Elemental SERVER 12 13 12 Cinépolis Klic Next steps Simplify workflow 13 14 Ingestion flow 3 (MSS, HLS, DASH) Klic Back End Ingestion team Master bucket VOD platform download distribution MSS, DASH, HLS Playready, Widevine HD, SD Elemental Cloud Elemental SERVER Elemental DELTA 14 15 Cinépolis Klic Results 15 16 VOD OTT in the Cloud Elemental Cloud Elemental DELTA Video Delivery Platform Elemental SERVER File-Based Video Processing DevicesAmazon S3 Amazon CloudFront • Simplified workflow • Lower storage cost • Easy to add new devices • Ability to monetize © 2016, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. 17 Khawaja Shams, VP of Engineering, AWS Elemental Event Driven VOD Workflows 18 Video workflows on AWS Transcoding Media File Media Consumers S3 Transfer acceleration SnowballDirect Connect Amazon Glacier EFS Amazon Partner Solutions Amazon Elastic Transcoder EC2 Lambda Ingest Storage Elemental SERVER Elemental LIVE Downstream processing CloudFrontS3 Elemental DELTA Origination and Distribution SNS LambdaSWF SQS RDS DynamoDB EC2 DevOps 19 Pre & Post Processing in Elemental Server 20 Event Driven VoD Processing on AWS Transcoding Media File Media Consumers S3 Transfer acceleration SnowballDirect Connect Ingest Downstream Processing EC2 Post Processing Fleet SQS DevOps EC2 EC2 S3 Transcode OutputElemental SERVER Elemental SERVER Elemental SERVER 21 Cloud Patterns • Decouple components • Independently scale each component • Gain visibility into the entire workflow • Fine-grained access control Simple Storage Service Elastic Compute Cloud Simple Queuing Service SQS Configuration SQS Configuration SQS Configuration SQS Configuration SQS Configuration Job Schema (s3://)([^/]*)/(.*)\\s(.*\\.sh)” s3:/// s3://myBucket/testfile_3.mov myScript.sh Poll SQS AWS Identity & Access Management Elemental Server EC2 Worker 55 Event Driven VoD Processing on AWS Transcoding Media File Media Consumers S3 Transfer acceleration SnowballDirect Connect Ingest Downstream Processing EC2 Post Processing Fleet SQS DevOps EC2 EC2 S3 Transcode OutputElemental SERVER Elemental SERVER Elemental SERVER 56 Moving live to the cloud • Add channels easily and elastically • Deliver advance features across all platforms • Highly available solution to ensure resilience 57 Best practices for live multiscreen streaming Elemental Cloud Elemental DELTA Video Delivery Platform Elemental LIVE Live Video Processing DevicesAmazon CloudFront Amazon S3 AWS Direct Connect • What content to send to the cloud • How to send the content • Processing the content • Delivering the content Live Source 58 What to send to the cloud Live Source • Single stream • Adaptive bitrate stream set Single Bitrate Streaming Adaptive Bitrate Streaming PC/TV Tablet MobileHigh bitrate mezzanine feed or Highest bitrate available from location Multiple synchronized streams 59 Getting real-time content to the cloud Elemental Cloud Elemental DELTA Video Delivery Platform Elemental LIVE Live Video Processing DevicesAmazon CloudFront AWS Direct Connect Live Source Amazon S3 • RTMP – based on TCP protocol • HLS – HTTP protocol based on TCP • RTP – UDP protocol • RTP w/FEC 60 RTMP HLS RTP RTP w/FEC Latency Reliability Capabilities Captions Ad support Audio support Bitrate Risk of buffering Risk of buffering Risk of data loss More frequent error correction When to use different formats 61 Content processing DevicesAmazon CloudFront AWS Direct Connect Live Source • Encode content • Repackage content Elemental Cloud Elemental DELTA Video Delivery Platform Elemental LIVE Live Video Processing Amazon S3 62 • Transport format • ABR configuration • Define encoding settings • Consider device targets Encoding content 63 Ingest ABR content into re-packager 64 • Add output filters • Each can include a subset of bit-rates • Optimize experience for audience • Efficient use of distribution bandwidth • Reduce storage costs Adjust packager settings 65 Delivering a great consumer experience DevicesAmazon CloudFront AWS Direct Connect Live Source • Deliver to thousands of viewers Elemental Cloud Elemental DELTA Video Delivery Platform Elemental LIVE Live Video Processing Amazon S3 66 Delivering a great consumer experience Devices Amazon CloudFront AWS Direct Connect Live Source • Deliver to thousands of viewers • Highly available Amazon S3 Elemental Cloud Elemental DELTA Video Delivery Platform Elemental LIVE Live Video Processing Optional Descript ion CDN CDN Multiple CDNs CDN 67 Delivering a great consumer experience Devices Amazon CloudFront AWS Direct Connect Live Source • Deliver to thousands of viewers • Highly available • Pause and re-start live • Live to VOD Amazon S3 Elemental Cloud Elemental DELTA Video Delivery Platform Elemental LIVE Live Video Processing Optional Descript ion CDN CDN Multiple CDNs CDN 68 Preparing for the future of broadcast and OTT Moving broadcast workflows to the cloud makes sense • Agility to adapt fast and add advanced features • Scale for peaks and bulk workloads and add extra channels • Build robust solution that deliver highly available services • Related sessions • CTD201: 24/7 live streaming • CTD202: Live channel play-out and Server Side Ad insertion • CTD203: On-demand transcoding options on AWS Thank you! 69 Remember to complete your evaluations! 70