Item: Amazon Elastic Transcoder
Rating: 8
Author: Abhinav Neela

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Amazon Elastic Transcoder to convert customer videos between different formats.

Pros and Cons

Works at scale, you can can transcode a high number of videos at the same time.
Supports a good number of formats.
Good integration with AWS S3 and other AWS Services.

Cannot transcode videos in real time
The quality of transcoded videos is average. There are other services that provide better quality output.
Slow AWS support

Return on Investment

Less time for integration with this service if you are already in AWS stack
No real time transcoding is a negative

If your entire stack is in AWS. Amazon Elastic Transcoder is easier to integrate into your workflow. As input and output files can be in S3. You can get notifications when your job is complete. If you want real-time transcoding it is not possible with this service.

Easy To Integrate With This Service if You Are Already on AWS Stack

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Elastic Transcoder

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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