Amazon MediaConvert

Overview

AWS Elemental MediaConvert is a service that formats and compresses offline video content for delivery to televisions or connected devices.

Enable this integration to see all your Elemental MediaConvert metrics in Datadog.

Setup

Installation

If you haven’t already, set up the Amazon Web Services integration first.

Metric collection

  1. In the AWS integration page, ensure that MediaConvert is enabled under the Metric Collection tab.
  2. Install the Datadog - AWS Elemental MediaConvert integration.

Log collection

Enable logging

Configure AWS Elemental MediaConvert to send logs to either an S3 bucket or to CloudWatch.

Note: If you log to an S3 bucket, make sure that amazon_mediaconvert is set as Target prefix.

Send logs to Datadog

  1. If you haven’t already, set up the Datadog Forwarder Lambda function.

  2. Once the Lambda function is installed, manually add a trigger on the S3 bucket or CloudWatch log group that contains your AWS Elemental MediaConvert logs in the AWS console:

Data Collected

Metrics

aws.mediaconvert.audio_output_duration
(count)		The number of milliseconds of audio-only output for a queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.mediaconvert.sdoutput_duration
(count)		The number of milliseconds of standard definition (SD) output for a queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.mediaconvert.hdoutput_duration
(count)		The number of milliseconds of high-definition (HD) output for a queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.mediaconvert.uhdoutput_duration
(count)		The number of milliseconds of ultra-high-definition (UHD) output for a queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.mediaconvert.8koutput_duration
(count)		The number of milliseconds of 8K output for a queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.mediaconvert.jobs_completed_count
(count)		The number of jobs completed in this queue.
Shown as job
aws.mediaconvert.jobs_errored_count
(count)		The number of jobs that failed because of invalid inputs.
Shown as job
aws.mediaconvert.standby_time
(count)		The number of milliseconds before AWS Elemental MediaConvert starts transcoding a job.
Shown as millisecond
aws.mediaconvert.transcoding_time
(count)		The number of milliseconds for AWS Elemental MediaConvert to complete transcoding.
Shown as millisecond
aws.mediaconvert.errors
(count)		The number of errors caused by invalid operation parameters such as a request for a job status that does not include the job ID.
Shown as error

Events

The AWS Elemental MediaConvert integration does not include any events.

Service Checks

The AWS Elemental MediaConvert integration does not include any service checks.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog support.