Stream Video Globally with Amazon CloudFront

Video on Demand (VOD) and Live Streaming

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that allows you to stream video to viewers across the globe. It supports a wide variety of protocols that are layered on top of HTTP, including HLS, MPEG-DASH, and Smooth Streaming. This makes it easy to deliver video to viewers on any device, regardless of their location or internet connection.

Reach a Global Audience

With CloudFront, you can reach a global audience for your videos. CloudFront has a global network of edge locations, which means that your videos will be delivered to viewers from the nearest location. This reduces latency and buffering, providing a smooth and seamless viewing experience.

Live Streaming with CloudFront and AWS Media Services

In addition to VOD, CloudFront can also be used to deliver live streaming video. To do this, you can use AWS Media Services, a suite of tools that make it easy to create, manage, and deliver live video content. AWS Media Services includes features such as live encoding, transcoding, and packaging, which make it easy to deliver live video to viewers on any device.

How to Get Started

To get started with CloudFront, you will need to create a CloudFront distribution. A distribution is a collection of edge locations that will deliver your content to viewers. You can create a distribution in the AWS Management Console or using the CloudFront API.

Once you have created a distribution, you will need to add your video content to it. You can do this by uploading your videos to an Amazon S3 bucket. Once your videos are uploaded, you will need to create a CloudFront origin access identity (OAI). An OAI is a type of IAM role that allows CloudFront to access your videos in S3.

Once you have created an OAI, you can configure your distribution to use it. This will allow CloudFront to deliver your videos to viewers.