Since Amazon’s AWS is now supporting RTMP Flash streaming (on-demand only, so far) through its Cloudfront CDN, I thought it was time to write a quickstart guide for those who hadn’t tried it yet.

You’ll find How to Get Started with Amazon Cloudfront Streaming on streamingmedia.com. The article walks through the steps for getting signed up and streaming in no time. A working example of the Cloudfront configuration created in the article is on this site at Flash Streaming With Amazon Cloudfront.

There’s lots of room for analysis of Cloudfront’s costs, performance, degree of control, and ease of use compared to other, more traditional CDNs.  This article doesn’t talk about any of that. What it covers is what you need to know to get signed up, get it configured, and start streaming.

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