Microsoft Azure Media Services overview

1. Microsoft Azure
Media Services
Pavlo Revenkov
EPAM Cloud Computing Competency Center
Email: pavlo_revenkov@epam.com
Skype: rp_risingstar

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Smartphone
Tablet Computer
Laptop
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Windows
Linux
Mac
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4. Video encoding 4
• 3GPP
• 3GPP2
• ASF
• AVI
• DV
• MOD
• M2TS
• MP4
• MPEG-1
• MPEG-2
• MTS
• PIFF 1.3
• TS
• VOB
• WMV
• XESC
Input
formats
(containers)
• DV
• H.264
• MPEG-1
• MPEG-2
• MPEG-4 v2
• VC-1
• WMV
Input
codecs

5. Video encoding 5
Output
formats
(containers)
• MP4
• PIFF 1.1
• WMV
• H.264
• VC-1
Output
codecs
Streaming
formats
• HLS
• Smooth Streaming
• MPEG DASH

6. Audio encoding 6
• AC3
• AIFF
• BWF
• MP3
• M4A
• M4B
• WAV
• WMA
Input
formats
(containers)
• AC-3
• AAC
• AAC-LC
• HE-AAC v1
• HE-AAC v2
• MP3
• WMA
Input
codecs
Output
formats
(containers)
• AAC
• WMA
• AAC-LC
• HE-AAC v1
• HE-AAC v2
Output • WMA
codecs

7. Integrated CDN support 7

8. Concepts 8
Input media files
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Asset
Output media files
…
Blob
Asset:
• Contains digital files (video, audio, text tracks, etc.)
• Contains metadata about digital files
• Mapped to Azure Blob Storage

9. Concepts 9
Asset
Encode Thumbnails Encrypt Package
Task:
• Contains asset processing instructions
Processor:
• Compute resource to be used for work
Tasks
Processor Processor Processor Processor

10. Concepts 10
Asset
Job:
• Combines several tasks
• Contains details of the processing work
• Event handling
• Monitoring
Job
Task execution Progress Events

11. Streaming 11
Static packaging Dynamic packaging
• Encode with specific presets
• Encode with multi-bitrate MP4 preset
URL example:
{media services account name}.origin.mediaservices.net/{locator ID}/{filename}.ism/Manifest(format=m3u8-aapl)

12. Pricing 12
Data processed Data processed
First 5 TB/Month $1.99 per GB
Next 15 TB/Month $1.60 per GB
Next 30 TB/Month $1.09 per GB
Next 50 TB/Month $0.89 per GB
Greater than 100 TB/Month $0.69 per GB
Tasks are executed one by one.
If you want to execute the tasks in parallel you should purchase additional Reserved Units.
Reserved Unit – 99$/Month
On-demand streaming is charged based on the number of Reserved Units you use.
Reserved Unit provides bandwidth up to 200 Mbps per Reserved Unit along with built-in failover.
Streaming Reserved Unit – 199$/Month

13. Demo 13

14. References
Get started with Media Services:
 http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/media-services-
dotnet-get-started/
Process assets with the Media Services SDK:
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj129580.aspx
Media Services Encoder System Presets:
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/jj129582.aspx
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15. Questions? 15