This path is designed for anyone who wants to learn how AWS Media Services can create professional quality media experiences without the time, effort and expense that are typically required to run specialized video equipment. Progress from foundational video concepts to technical deep dives, and learn to help your organization deliver live and on-demand video with video processing, storage and monetization workflows in the AWS Cloud. This path includes digital training modules you can take at your own pace.
Explore the AWS Media Services Path
Video Basics
AWS Elemental Foundations - Video Compression Basics
Digital | 30 mins | Free
This course covers how video technology has evolved over recent decades to shape the way audiences consume video. It also explains some of the key concepts of video compression.
AWS Elemental Foundations - Video Delivery Basics
Digital | 30 mins | Free
This course covers how premium video content is streamed over the Internet and how the content provider and consumer ends of the chain link together.
AWS Elemental Foundations - The Challenges of Streaming Live Video
Digital | 10 mins | Free
Learn about the key differences between streaming live and on-demand video, with a focus on the challenges that are inherent to delivering live workflows.
Live Video
Introduction to AWS Media Services
Digital | 30 mins | Free
Learn how AWS Media Services can be used to deliver live and on-demand video by implementing video processing, storage and monetization workflows in the cloud
Understanding Live Streaming Workflows
Digital| 10 mins | Free
Learn about AWS Elemental MediaLive, a live video processing service that enables anyone to encode high-quality live video streams for broadcast television and multiscreen devices.
Building a Live Video Channel with MediaLive, MediaPackage and CloudFront
Digital | 50 mins | 1 Credit
Learn how to create a live streaming video workflow using AWS Media Services, including AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaPackage, and Amazon CloudFront.
Video Monetization
Introduction to AWS Media Services
Digital | 30 mins | Free
Learn how AWS Media Services can be used to deliver live and on-demand video by implementing video processing, storage and monetization workflows in the cloud.
Understanding Monetization Workflows
Digital | 20 mins | Free
Learn how to monetize live video content by setting up server-side ad insertion using AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaPackage, AWS Elemental MediaTailor, and Amazon CloudFront.
Introduction to AWS Elemental MediaTailor
Digital | 20 mins | Free
Learn about AWS Elemental MediaTailor, a content personalization and monetization service that lets you serve video with targeted ads to viewers while maintaining broadcast-level quality-of-service.
Video-on-Demand
Video on Demand with AWS Elemental MediaConvert
Digital | 50 mins | 10 Credits
Learn how to use AWS Elemental MediaConvert to develop a video on demand (VOD) workflow that converts video content stored in Amazon S3 into new formats for storage, reuse, and delivery.
Understanding Video-on-Demand (VOD) Workflows
Digital | 20 mins | Free
Learn about setting up video-on-demand (VOD) streaming workflows using AWS services, including AWS Elemental MediaConvert, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and AWS Lambda.
Introduction to AWS Elemental MediaConvert
Digital | 10 mins | Free
Learn how AWS Elemental MediaConvert allows anyone, with any size content library, to easily and reliably transcode on-demand content for broadcast and multiscreen delivery.