Encrypting content - MediaConvert
SPEKE encryption parametersStatic key encryption parameters
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Encrypting content

Use the following procedure to enable content encryption in CMAF, DASH ISO, Apple HLS, and MS Smooth output groups.

AWS Elemental MediaConvert supports the following combinations of output groups and DRM systems, with SPEKE v1.0.

Output Group Microsoft PlayReady Google Widevine Apple FairPlay
DASH √ √
Apple HLS √
Microsoft Smooth √
CMAF √ √ √

To use this procedure, you should be comfortable working with output groups. For more information, see Step 3: Create output groups.

To encrypt content

  1. Set up your transcoding job as usual. For more information, see Configuring jobs in MediaConvert.

  2. On the Create job page, in the Job pane on the left, under Output groups, choose an output group that you want to enable encryption for.

  3. Turn on DRM encryption.

  4. For CMAF and Apple HLS output groups, choose the encryption method. Make sure that you choose an encryption method that works with the DRM system that you use.

    For DASH ISO and MS Smooth output groups, you don't specify the encryption method. MediaConvert always uses AES-CTR (AES-128) encryption with these output groups.

  5. For CMAF and Apple HLS output groups, choose the source for the content encryption key. For Key provider type, choose SPEKE to encrypt using a key provided by your DRM solution provider, or choose Static key to enter your own key.

    For DASH ISO and MS Smooth output groups, you don't specify the source for the content encryption key. With these output groups, MediaConvert does DRM only with a SPEKE-compliant key provider.

Note

MediaConvert does not support DRM content encryption for the following output video codec: AV1.

SPEKE encryption parameters

When you request encryption, you provide input parameters that allow the service to locate your DRM solution provider's key server, to authenticate you as a user and to request the proper encoding keys. Some options are available only for particular output groups.

Enter the SPEKE encryption parameters as follows:

  • For Resource ID, enter an identifier for the content. The service sends this to the key server to identify the current endpoint. How unique you make this depends on how fine-grained you want access controls to be. The service does not allow you to use the same ID for two simultaneous encryption processes. The resource ID is also known as the content ID.

    The following example shows a resource ID.

    MovieNight20171126093045

  • For System ID, enter unique identifiers for your streaming protocol and DRM system. The number of system IDs that you can specify varies depending on the output group type:

    • CMAF – For System IDs signaled in DASH, specify at least one and up to three IDs. For System ID signaled in HLS, specify one ID.

    • DASH – For System ID, specify at least one and up to two IDs.

    • Apple HLS – For System ID, specify one ID.

    If you provide more than one system ID in a single field, enter them on separate lines, and don't separate them with commas or any other punctuation.

    For a list of common system IDs, see DASH-IF System IDs. If you don't know your IDs, request them from your DRM solution provider.

  • For URL, enter the URL of the API Gateway proxy that you set up to talk to your key server. The API Gateway proxy must reside in the same Amazon Web Services Region as MediaConvert.

    The following example shows a URL. 

    https://1wm2dx1f33.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/SpekeSample/copyProtection

  • (Optional) For Certificate ARN, enter a 2048 RSA certificate ARN to use for content key encryption. Use this option only if your DRM key provider supports content key encryption. If you use this and your key provider doesn't support it, the request fails.

    To enter a certificate ARN here, you must have already imported the corresponding certificate into Amazon Certificate Manager, entered the certificate ARN from ACM into the MediaConvert Certificates pane, and associated it with MediaConvert. For more information, see Using encrypted content keys with DRM.

    The following example shows a certificate ARN.

    arn:aws-cn:acm:region:123456789012:certificate/97b4deb6-8983-4e39-918e-ef1378924e1e

Additional configuration options for Apple HLS and CMAF

  • (Optional) For Constant initialization vector enter a 128-bit, 16-byte hex value represented by a 32-character string, to be used with the key for encrypting content.

Static key encryption parameters

The following options are for static key encryption:

  • Static key value – A valid string for encrypting content.

  • URL – The URL to include in the manifest so that player devices can decrypt the content.