Working with jobs
A job does the work of transcoding a media file. When you create a job, you specify the information that AWS Elemental MediaConvert requires to perform the transcoding. For example, you specify which files to transcode, what to name the transcoded files and where to save them, which advanced features to apply, and so on.
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Creating a job
To create a job, you specify your input settings, output settings, and any job-wide settings. For a detailed step-by-step procedure, see Configuring jobs in MediaConvert. The following procedure is a high level overview of how to create a job using the Amazon Web Services Management Console.
When you create a job, you submit it to a queue for processing. Processing begins automatically from your queues as resources allow. For information about resource allocation, see Multiple queues and performance testing.
To create a job using the MediaConvert console
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Open the Jobs
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Choose Create job.
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On the Create job page, provide transcode instructions and job settings. For more information, see Configuring jobs in MediaConvert.
Make sure that you select the same Region for your job and your file storage.
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Choose Create.
You can also create a job using a Template, Preset, duplicated job, or job settings JSON.
Duplicating a job
To create a job that is similar to one that you ran before, you can duplicate a job from your job history. You can also modify any settings if you want to change them.
To create a job based on a recent job using the MediaConvert console
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Open the Jobs
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Choose the Job ID of the job that you want to duplicate.
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Choose Duplicate.
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Optionally modify any job settings.
Settings that are likely to change from job to job include the following: input file location, output destination locations, and output name modifiers. If you run transcoding jobs for your customers who have different Amazon Web Services accounts from your account, you also must change the IAM role under Job settings.
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Choose Create at the bottom of the page.
Exporting and importing jobs
Completed MediaConvert jobs remain on the Jobs page for three months. If you want to be able to run a new job based on a completed job more than three months after you run it, export the job after it is complete and save it. Depending on how many jobs that you run, exporting and then importing a job can be simpler than finding a particular job in your list and duplicating it.
To export a job using the MediaConvert console
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Open the Jobs
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Choose the Job ID of the job that you want to export.
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On the Job summary page, choose the View JSON button.
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Choose Copy to copy the JSON to your clipboard.
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Paste into your JSON editor and save.
To import a job using the MediaConvert console
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Open the Jobs
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Choose Import job.
Viewing your job history
You can view the recent history of MediaConvert jobs that you created with your Amazon Web Services account in a given Amazon Web Services Region. After three months, the service automatically deletes the record of a job.
The Jobs page shows jobs that are successfully completed, are canceled, are being processed, are waiting in the queue, and that ended in error. You can filter the job history list by the status and by the queue that the jobs were sent to. You can also choose a specific job from the list to view the job's settings.
Canceling a job
The following procedure explains how to cancel a job using the AWS Elemental MediaConvert console.
