

# Enabling trick-play in AWS Elemental MediaPackage
<a name="trick-play"></a>

Trick-play, sometimes called trick mode, provides a visual cue to viewers as they rewind, fast-forward, or seek through content in a digital video player. This helps the person using the video player to visualize where they are in the content timeline.

MediaPackage supports the following trick-play types:

**Supported trick-play types for live workflows**


| Streaming protocol | I-frame only | Image-based | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  HLS with TS segments  |  √  |  √  | 
|  HLS with CMAF segments  |  √  |  √  | 
|  DASH  |  √  |  √  | 

The following sections describe how to enable trick play in MediaPackage.

**Topics**
+ [Using I-frame playlists](using-i-frame-playlists.md)
+ [Using image media playlists](using-image-media-playlists.md)