# Live supported codecs and input types
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The following sections describe supported input types, input codecs, and output codecs for live streaming content.

## Supported input types
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These are the input types that MediaPackage supports for live content.


| MediaPackage input type | Use case | 
| --- | --- | 
| HLS | Push an HLS stream from an external source or encoder (such as AWS Elemental MediaLive) using the HTTPS protocol.Additional requirements:[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html) | 

## Supported input codecs
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These are the video, audio, and subtitles codecs that MediaPackage supports for source content streams.


| Media container | Video codecs | Audio codecs | Subtitles/captions format | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html) | 

## Supported output codecs
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These are the video, audio, and subtitles codecs that MediaPackage supports when delivering live content.


| Endpoint type | Manifest format | Media container | Video codecs | Audio codecs | Subtitles/captions format | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| Apple HLS | HLS |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  | 
| DASH-ISO | MPEG-DASH | MP4 |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  | 
| Microsoft Smooth | MSS | MP4 |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  | DFXP | 
| CMAF | HLS | CMAF |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/ug/supported-inputs-live.html)  |