Amazon CloudFront Now Supports Streaming Media Content

by Andy Brudtkuhl on December 18, 2009

It is easy to stream your media files using CloudFront. Here are the steps:

1. Upload your media and your player to an S3 bucket and set the appropriate permissions (ACL) on each object.
2. Create a CloudFront Streaming Distribution.
3. Embed the media player in a web page, along with a link to the media file in the CloudFront Streaming Distribution. The Longtail Setup Wizard can be used to simplify and streamline this step of the process.
4. Publicize your web page and let your users enjoy efficient, cost-effective access to your media.

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@cloudberryman December 19, 2009 at 7:34 pm

Hey Andy,
CloudBerry Explorer freeware not only supports creating streaming distributions but also generates HTML snippets for JW Player.

Thanks

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