Intelligent Media Services:Manage inputs

Overview

An input is a media source that you want to transport to MediaLive for processing. To use MediaLive, you must create inputs.

Create an input

1. Log on to the IMS console. In the upper-left corner, select a region.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose MediaLive > Inputs. On the Security Groups tab, click Create Security Group. The following table describes the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Security Group Name	The name must be 1 to 64 characters in length, and can contain digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
   IP Address Whitelist	The IP addresses that can pass verification by security groups. Specify IP addresses as CIDR blocks and separate multiple CIDR blocks by line breaks.

   Note

   You need to configure a security group only when the input type is PUSH.

3. Click OK.

4. Click the Inputs tab, and then click Create Input.

   The following table describes the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Input Name	The name of the input. It must be 1 to 64 characters in length, and can contain digits, letters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
   Input Type	Valid values: SRT-PUSH SRT-PULL RTMP-PUSH RTMP-PULL MediaConnect Note For PUSH inputs, the systems generates URLs to which you can push your stream. The stream can be pushed only when the associated channel is running. For PULL inputs, prepare the URL of the source stream. MediaLive will pull content from this URL when data is available. For inputs from MediaConnect, specify the flow ID amd its output.
   PUSH inputs
   Primary Stream Name	Required. The name of the primary stream.
   Backup Stream Name	Optional. The name of the backup stream.
   Select Security Group	Select the security group created in Step 2. You can also click the following button to create one: Note Before you modify or delete a security group, you must disassociate it from the input.
   PULL inputs
   Primary URL	Required. The primary ingest URL, which starts with rtmp:// or srt://.
   Backup URL	Optional. The backup ingest URL, which starts with rtmp:// or srt://.
   Inputs from MediaConnect
   Primary Flow	Required. Specify the Flow ID and output name of MediaConnect. To obtain the information, go to Flows page.
   Secondary Flow	Optional. Specify the Flow ID and output name of MediaConnect. To obtain the information, go to Flows page.

5. Click OK.

6. For inputs that are not associated with a channel, you can click Modify or Delete in the Actions column on the Inputs page.

View inputs

• On the Inputs tab of the Inputs page, created inputs are displayed in order of creation time. The first input is the latest created one.

• The following input information is displayed: Input ID/Name, Input Type, Input Source, and Channel Association. You can edit or delete an output in the Actions column. For more information, see View inputs.

• You can click the refresh button on the right side of the Inputs tab to obtain the latest inputs. A maximum of 10 inputs are displayed on each page.

View security groups

• On the Security Groups tab of the Inputs page, created security groups are displayed in order of creation time. The first security group is the latest created one.

• The following information is displayed: Security Group ID, Security Group Name, IP Address Whitelist, and Associated Input. You can edit or delete a security group in the Actions column. For more information, see View security groups.

• You can click the refresh button on the right side of the Security Groups tab to obtain the latest security groups. A maximum of 10 security groups are displayed on each page.