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Sample code and CloudFormation scripts for automating Video on Demand workflows on AWS
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Roadmap for this repository - archive or revise? #48

Open aburkleaux-amazon opened 3 years ago

aburkleaux-amazon commented 3 years ago

This tutorial has was created as part of a series of workshops for getting started with automating around AWS MediaConvert. As of now, there are several other resources and codes samples in this space that serve as a better starting point for this kind of workflow.

VOD on AWS Foundation Solution - this solution implements a similar watchfolder architecture as the tutorial. It adds a tighter security posture and CloudFront origin for video play out.

VOD on AWS Solution - this solution builds on the Foundation architecture by adding DynamoDB state management to track transcoding jobs triggered by the workflow and Step Functions for workflow orchestration.

There are a couple of options for the future of the repository:

  1. Archive the repository
  2. Rewrite the tutorials based on the VOD on AWS Foundation Solution Implementation
1944GPW commented 3 years ago

I for one would welcome an updated guide.

Why do I like this one? Well for the main thing, it is a complete end-to-end cookbook guide to get VOD conversion running for an AWS newbie, on ONE page. And that's important when dealing with unfamiliar concepts. It doesn't suffer the malady plaguing most of Amazon's help: that is, when presenting complex information they cut it up into screen-sized chunks with links back and forth, presumably the rationale is to have bite-sized chunks. That doesn't make it easier but harder to follow. Jumping back and forth on links breaks the visual (and mental) continuity (as I can't scroll up to see the steps I've completed, or down to see what's coming up) and before you know it, its all too easy to get sidetracked and lost in a pile of pages.

So please do update this article - it's useful!