Starting a router I/O in MediaConnect
Before you can deliver content through the router, you must first start the router I/O
that you want to use. This action changes the router input or output status to
Active.
Prerequisites
The following procedure assumes that you've already created a router input or a router output.
Procedure
Follow these steps to start a router input or output.
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Open the MediaConnect console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/
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In the navigation pane, choose Router inputs.
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Select the router input that you want to start.
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Choose Start.
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Check the outcome:
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If successful: You'll see the status change from Standby to Starting, and then to Active.
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If unsuccessful: You'll see an error message explaining what went wrong.
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Open the MediaConnect console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/
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In the navigation pane, choose Router outputs.
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Select the router output that you want to start.
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Choose Start.
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Check the outcome:
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If successful: You'll see the status change from Standby to Starting, and then to Active.
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If unsuccessful: You'll see an error message explaining what went wrong.
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Next steps
You can now use these I/Os in your routing assignments. To assign routes between your inputs and outputs, see Managing routes in MediaConnect.
Additional resources
To start router I/Os programmatically, see the following pages in the MediaConnect API Reference:
This includes information about how to use the StartRouterInput and
StartRouterOutput operations and parameters in one of the language-specific
AWS SDKs.
