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Azure Media Services (AMS) Migration Guide

Azure Media Services (AMS) has announced its retirement date as June 30, 2024. As a Microsoft partner, BlendVision has developed a seamless and straightforward migration solution for you.

What You Can Expect​

Asset Migration​

  • Streaming VOD/AOD assets in DASH and HLS formats, including:
    • Thumbnails, subtitle tracks, and audio tracks
    • DRM encryption
    • The same resolution profile settings as in AMS
  • Source video/audio files

Process​

  • Minimal hassle from your side. Simply follow the three steps outlined in this guide.
  • No re-encoding required, minimizing costs and significantly expediting the migration process.
  • BlendVision will not charge any additional service fees for the migration.
Note
  • DRM will be automatically integrated when a streaming locator with a DRM streaming policy (Predefined_MultiDrmCencStreaming, Predefined_MultiDrmStreaming) is detected in your AMS asset.
  • You have the flexibility to decide whether to add DRM to all assets. (refer to the DRM Integration field in the migration request form)
  • Fairplay + PlayReady + Widevine will all be included for DRM after migration, regardless of the source AMS streaming locator settings.
Limitations
  • Clear key is not supported.
  • After migration, the subtitle display name will match its input file name, and the language code will default to en due to data migration limitations. You can edit these after the migration (refer to step 3).


Step 1: Obtain Your BlendVision Account​

Subscribe to BlendVision via the Azure Marketplace: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en/marketplace/apps/blendvision.blendvision?tab=Overview

Note

During the trial, you can migrate up to 10 assets.



Step 2: Grant Limited Access of Your AMS Account to BlendVision​

Follow Step 2-1, Step 2-2, and Step 2-3 to grant the necessary permissions and provide the required data to BlendVision support team using the migration request form:

2-1. BlendVision API Access​

Follow this guide to obtain the Organization ID and API Token of your BlendVision account.

2-2. AMS API Access​

  1. Log in to your AMS console and navigate to Media Service > API access
  2. Create a new Microsoft Entra application and its Secret
  3. Copy the credentials (V3) and paste them into the migration request form to provide to BlendVision support team


2-3. AMS Storage Accounts​

  1. Log in to your AMS console, navigate to Settings > Storage accounts
  2. Select the account you would like to migrate
  3. Navigate to Security + networking > Shared access signature
  4. Grant the required permissions as below
    • Allowed services: Blob
    • Allowed resource types: Service, Container, Object
    • Allowed permissions: Read, List
    • Start and expiry date/time: 30 days is recommended
  5. Click on the Generate SAS and connection string button
  6. Copy the Blob service SAS URL and paste it into the migration request form to provide to BlendVision support team

If you have more than one storage account to migrate, repeat the above steps and provide all of their Blob service SAS URL to us.


2-4. Migration Request Form​

Submit AMS migration request to BlendVision support team with the required data outlined in this form:

ItemData
BlendVision Organization ID
BlendVision API Token
Microsoft Entra client ID
Microsoft Entra client secret
Microsoft Entra tenant ID
Azure Media Services account name
Azure Resource Group
Azure Subscription ID
Blob service SAS URL
DRM Integrationtrue / false

  • true: Enable DRM for all assets, regardless of the AMS settings
  • false: Enable DRM only for assets with DRM settings in AMS


    • Step 3: Check Your Migrated Assets in BlendVision​

    Streaming VOD/AOD Assets​

    Upon completion of the migration process, BlendVision will provide you with a migration report containing the mapping of AMS streaming locator ID to BlendVision VOD/AOD ID. With BlendVision VOD/AOD IDs, you can retrieve the playback URLs for the migrated assets using the APIs:

    To review all successfully migrated assets, you have two options:

    • Using BlendVision APIs:
    • Using BlendVision Console:
      • Log in to the console, navigate to VOD / AOD and check the list
      • Click on of any asset
        • Check the playback via a pre-built Showroom website or iframe player with associated thumbnails, subtitles, and DRM
        • Check DASH / HLS and thumbnail in Player SDK > Data Packages option

    To edit subtitle’s display name and language code, you can follow this guide.


    Source Video/Audio Files​

    To review all successfully migrated files, you have two options:



    Embrace a New Beginning with BlendVision​

    Having completed the migration, it's time to explore the full capabilities of BlendVision!

    If you have any questions, feel free to reach to our support team: https://support.one.blendvision.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

    Our team is dedicated to making your migration to BlendVision a success!