Encoders

LightFlow features a built-in UltraFast Encoder, which segments the source video into chunks fed to multiple encoder instances for accelerated encoding. Alternatively a 3rd party encoder can be used. 

• Click on the associated pencil icon to edit an encoder in the list. Click the trashcan icon to delete it.
• To create a new encoder, choose from one of these options:
  • LightFlow UltraFast encoder: Default option
  • Custom encoder: A supported 3rd party encoder
  • No encoder: The output will be the list of optimal bitrates/resolutions

 The following third-part encoders are supported:

AWS MediaConvert

To configure an AWS MediaConvert encoder for use with LightFlow click the corresponding button on the Encoders page, then enter the following information:

• Encoder name: The name of the encoder as it will appear in the LightFlow portal.
• API Key: API Key generated in AWS console to access the encoder.
• Endpoint URL: API Endpoint URL provided by AWS to access the encoder (example: https://somecode.mediaconvert.us-east-2.amazonaws.com).
• Queue: ID of the On demand Queue. If empty, the default queue configured in AWS will be used (example: arn:aws:mediaconvert:us-east-2:1111111111111:queues/Default).
• Role: Role to use to create encoding jobs (example: arn:aws:iam::1111111111111:role/MediaConvertRole).
• Input Bucket: The unique identifier of the S3 storage to be used as the default input storage.
• Output Bucket: The unique identifier of the S3 storage to be used as the default output storage.

Brightcove

To configure a Brightcove encoder for use with LightFlow click the corresponding button on the Encoders page, then enter the following information:

• Encoder name: The name of the encoder as it will appear in the LightFlow portal.
• Client ID: The Client ID of the Brightcove account.
• Client Secret: The Client Secret of the Brightcove account.
• Account ID: The ID of the Brightcove account.
• Fallback Profile ID: The ID of the default encoding profile. It will be used in case of failure while creating a custom encoding profile for a specific asset.

Azure Media Services

To configure an Azure Media Services encoder for use with LightFlow click the corresponding button on the Encoders page, then enter the following information:

• Encoder name: The name of the encoder as it will appear in the LightFlow portal.
• Tenant ID: The Tenant Id for the Azure subscription.
• Client: The ID of the Service Principal App.
• Key: The service principal password.
• Subscription ID: The ID of the Azure subscription.
• Azure Account Name: The Azure Media Services Account Name.
• Resource Group Name: The Resource Group name.