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# aws_mediapackage_v2_channel{% #aws_mediapackage_v2_channel %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `arn`{% #arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Arn`**Description**: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) associated with the resource.

## `channel_group_name`{% #channel_group_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ChannelGroupName`**Description**: The name that describes the channel group. The name is the primary identifier for the channel group, and must be unique for your account in the AWS Region.

## `channel_name`{% #channel_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ChannelName`**Description**: The name that describes the channel. The name is the primary identifier for the channel, and must be unique for your account in the AWS Region and channel group.

## `created_at`{% #created_at %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `CreatedAt`**Description**: The date and time the channel was created.

## `description`{% #description %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Description`**Description**: The description for your channel.

## `e_tag`{% #e_tag %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ETag`**Description**: The current Entity Tag (ETag) associated with this resource. The entity tag can be used to safely make concurrent updates to the resource.

## `ingest_endpoints`{% #ingest_endpoints %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `IngestEndpoints`

- `id`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Id`**Description**: The system-generated unique identifier for the IngestEndpoint.
- `url`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Url`**Description**: The ingest domain URL where the source stream should be sent.

## `input_switch_configuration`{% #input_switch_configuration %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `InputSwitchConfiguration`**Description**: The configuration for input switching based on the media quality confidence score (MQCS) as provided from AWS Elemental MediaLive. This setting is valid only when `InputType` is `CMAF`.

- `mqcs_input_switching`**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `MQCSInputSwitching`**Description**: When true, AWS Elemental MediaPackage performs input switching based on the MQCS. Default is true. This setting is valid only when `InputType` is `CMAF`.

## `input_type`{% #input_type %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `InputType`**Description**: The input type will be an immutable field which will be used to define whether the channel will allow CMAF ingest or HLS ingest. If unprovided, it will default to HLS to preserve current behavior. The allowed values are:

- `HLS` - The HLS streaming specification (which defines M3U8 manifests and TS segments).
- `CMAF` - The DASH-IF CMAF Ingest specification (which defines CMAF segments with optional DASH manifests).



## `modified_at`{% #modified_at %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `ModifiedAt`**Description**: The date and time the channel was modified.

## `output_header_configuration`{% #output_header_configuration %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `OutputHeaderConfiguration`**Description**: The settings for what common media server data (CMSD) headers AWS Elemental MediaPackage includes in responses to the CDN. This setting is valid only when `InputType` is `CMAF`.

- `publish_mqcs`**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `PublishMQCS`**Description**: When true, AWS Elemental MediaPackage includes the MQCS in responses to the CDN. This setting is valid only when `InputType` is `CMAF`.

## `policy`{% #policy %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Policy`**Description**: The policy assigned to the channel.

## `reset_at`{% #reset_at %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `ResetAt`**Description**: The time that the channel was last reset.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`