Amazon S3 Hosting Streaming Video

Question

If I make an Amazon s3 MP4 resource publically availible and then throw the Html5 Video tag around the resource\'s URL will it stream? Is it really that simple. There are a lot

Answer 1

Amazon S3 is a really good choice for serving up video content. We've been using it for a couple of years with no issues and the cost has been unbeatable. You should also look at using Amazon CloudFront and configuring your media to use their "streaming distributions". It basically uses your S3 files but copies them to edge locations around the internet and uses RTMP to provide a better playback experience for users and to save you money on bandwidth.

http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/