# Purchasing a reservation
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On the console, use the **Reservations** tab to purchase one or more reservations. 

**To purchase a reservation (console)**

1. Open the MediaLive console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/). 

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Reservations**, and then choose **Reserve offerings**. On the **Offerings** page, complete the **Filter offerings** section to filter for specific offerings. For more information, see [ Filtering on the Offering Page](#filtering-offerings). 

1. Choose an offering.

   If you are purchasing a reservation to target a specific output, and that output has the frame rate set to initialize from source, make sure that you purchase a reservation that specifies **30-60fps**. Don't purchase a reservation that specifies **=30fps**.

1. Select a number for the specific offering you are choosing, enter it in the **Count** field. For example, if you are reserving five HD AVC outputs, enter **5** in the **Count** field.

1. Choose **Add to cart**. The **Cart** tab title in the upper-left pane increments to show the total offerings currently in the cart. To remove an offering that you added to the cart, switch to the **Cart** tab.

1. To view the cart contents, choose the **Cart** tab. Optionally, while viewing the cart contents, you can set the reservation to automatically renew by selecting **Enable auto-renewal**. This option is off by default.

1. To purchase all of the offerings that are displayed on the **Cart** tab, choose **Purchase**.
**Important**  
You can't cancel a reservation after you have purchased it.

## Filtering on the offerings page
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The **Offerings** page shows the different reservations that you can purchase.

**Input and output offerings, which are described as follows:**
+ Resolution – Codec – Input/output – Bitrate – Frame rate (for outputs only) – Region

  For example: UHD AVC input at 10-20 Mbps in US West (Oregon)

**Channel (add-ons) offerings, which are described as follows:**
+ Add-on – Region

  For example: Advanced Audio reserved outputs in US West (Oregon)

**You can filter the offerings by using the filters in the left pane, as follows:**
+ Filter reservation type: input, output, or channel (for add-ons).
+ Filter offerings based on attributes, such as resolution or bitrate.
+ Use the **Match existing channel** filter to show only offerings that match the inputs and outputs in the chosen channel.
+ Use the **Special feature** filter to show only add-on offerings.

Filtering does not affect the items in the cart.