Creating a New AWS MediaConnect Flow Channel

to create a new mediaconnect flow channel in the main navigation, click channels click + add the create new channel selection menu is displayed create new channel selection menu click on aws mediaconnect flow the create mediaconnect flow window is displayed in the info section, in the name field, enter a logical name for the channel in the tags field, select one or more of the predefined tags from the drop down list tags are used for access control by selecting an tag, you are relating this channel to that tag tags are associated with certain roles (through the users & roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups if you would like to create a new tag, see creating a tag docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd in the events configuration profile field, select from the dropdown list the profile that you would like to apply to this channel by default, the default profile is applied events profiles consist of a series of rules that determine precisely how various types of events are logged and what results they trigger in the configuration section, verify that create new is selected (default) in the aws account field, select from the drop down list the aws mediaconnect account that you would like to use for this flow if the source does not exist in the cluster, then the cluster will pull the source automatically in the region field, select from the drop down list the aws region that you would like to use for this flow in the availability zone field, select from the drop down list the availability zone that you would like to use for this flow in the source field, select from the drop down list the aws mediaconnect type source that you would like to assign to this channel specifying a source is optional you can create a channel without assigning a source, although it won’t be activated until you assign a source at a later time you can also switch to a different source at a later time to learn about creating a mediaconnect source, see adding an aws mediaconnect source – creating a zen master managed flow docid\ ynop9bisiol7zuvi6klmz under monitoring configuration, select the enable thumbnails checkbox, which allow thumbnails to update in the aws media source stream tab under vpc interfaces , if you want to stream content between your virtual private cloud (vpc) and mediaconnect, without going over the public internet, click add vpc interface new vpc interface in the name field, enter a name for the vpc interface in the type field, select the type of network adapter that you want mediaconnect to use on this interface in the role arn field, select the role arn of the iam role that you have created when you set up mediaconnect as a trusted device in the subnet field, select the vpc subnet that you want mediaconnect to use to set up your vpc configuration in the security groups field, select the relevant security groups and the inbound and outbound rules to add additional vpc interface, click add vpc interface under the media streams section, click add media stream to add a media stream to represent each component (e g video, audio, etc ) of the flow media streams can only be added to a flow if the source uses the st 2110 22 jpeg xs or cdi protocols add media stream in the name field, enter a name for the media stream in the stream id field, enter a unique numeric identifier for this media stream in the type field, select the relevant stream type ( video , audio , ancillary data ) in the media clock rate field, select the clock rate in khz for the stream for video 90000 is selected; for audio, select between 48000 and 96000; for ancillary data 96000 is selected in the video format field, select the maximum format of the video (affects flow pricing) in the exact framerate field, select the frame rate for the video (in frames per second) in the colorimetry field, select the format used for the representation of color in the scan mode field, select the type of compression used to smooth the video appearance in the tcs field, select the transfer characteristics system that is used in the video in the range field, select the encoding range of the video in the par field, select the pixel aspect ration of the video to add additional media streams, click add media stream select the muted checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this channel upon initial configuration you can enable/unmute the channel at any time click save a mediaconnect flow channel can be assigned to a standard target of the following types in zen master push, pull, rist, rtp/rtp fec new mediaconnect flow channel configuration parameters table parameter description info name specify a name for the mediaconnect flow channel in zen master tags select one or more of the predefined tags from the drop down list tags are used for access control by selecting an tag, you are relating this channel to that tag tags are associated with certain roles (through the users & roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups if you would like to create a new tag, see creating a tag docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd events configuration profile select from the dropdown list the profile that you would like to apply to this channel by default, the default profile is applied note events profiles consist of a series of rules that determine precisely how various types of events are logged and what results they trigger configuration verify that create new is selected (default) aws account select from the drop down list the aws mediaconnect account that you would like to use for this flow note if the source does not exist in the cluster, then the cluster will pull the source automatically region select from the drop down list the aws region that you would like to use for this flow availability zone select from the drop down list the availability zone that you would like to use for this flow source select from the drop down list the aws mediaconnect type source that you would like to assign to this channel note specifying a source is optional you can create a channel without assigning a source, although it won’t be activated until you assign a source at a later time you can also switch to a different source at a later time to learn about creating a mediaconnect source, see adding an aws mediaconnect source – creating a zen master managed flow docid\ ynop9bisiol7zuvi6klmz description enter a description this may help you distinguish one flow from another monitoring configuration enable thumbnails check to enable thumbnails to update in the aws media source stream tab vpc interfaces if you want to stream content between your virtual private cloud (vpc) and mediaconnect, without going over the public internet, click add vpc interface name enter a name for the vpc interface type select the type of network adapter that you want mediaconnect to use on this interface role arn select the role arn of the iam role that you have created when you set up mediaconnect as a trusted device subnet select the vpc subnet that you want mediaconnect to use to set up your vpc configuration security groups select the relevant security groups and the inbound and outbound rules media streams click add media stream to add a media stream to represent each component (e g video, audio, etc ) of the flow media streams can only be added to a flow if the source uses the st 2110 22 jpeg xs or cdi protocols name enter a name for the media stream type select the relevant stream type (video, audio, ancillary data) stream id enter a unique numeric identifier for this media stream media clock rate select the clock rate in khz for the stream for video 90000 is selected; for audio, select between 48000 and 96000; for ancillary data 96000 is selected video format select the maximum format of the video (affects flow pricing) exact framerate select the frame rate for the video (in frames per second) colorimetry select the format used for the representation of color scan mode select the type of compression used to smooth the video appearance tcs select the transfer characteristics system that is used in the video range select the encoding range of the video par select the pixel aspect ration of the video initial state muted select this checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this channel upon initial configuration