AWS Elemental MediaLive & WebRTC Quick Guide

WebRTC make real time video transmission for video calls or conferences easier than ever. As it is standardizes it also becomes more and more relevant in other devices like embedded cameras. WebRTC however does not easily scale to big audiences and broadcasting. This is where AWS Elemental MediaLive comes into play. It is the perfect match for high reliability mass broadcast.

The problem is to connect those two worlds. Unfortunately AWS Elemental MediaLive can't ingest WebRTC media streams as an input. This is related to one of the major issues WebRTC has with mass adoption and integration: whereas the media layer of WebRTC is standardized and WebRTC take control off all potential connectivity issues, the signaling channel is completely up to he user. This means there is no standard way on integrating with an existing WebRTC service. Some 'glue' is required.

This guide shows the easiest and reliable approach to create this glue: to interface with your existing WebRTC infrastructure and convert its media to a format that can easily ingested in AWS Elemental MediaLive.