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Hi
Now I have streamed with PredefinedStreamingPolicy.MultiDrmCencStreaming and have an asset I would like to be downloadable. I can´t add to it a new streaming locator with PredefinedStreamingPolicy.DownloadOnly because then I get the following error "Download URLs are not available. This is expected if it is a live archive, or if the asset is empty or contains only manifest files. Please check your asset. View asset"
I found out that I can create an encoding job and encode the asset and then add a locator to that and then I get download url. I did this in the UI.
Is that the only way or is there an easier/faster solution? Just wanted to know before I started programming.
Live archives are not MP4 files. Encoding the live archive will take the chunks of the archive and build an MP4 for you. That's why this step is required.
Ok np, just wanted to be sure before starting to code.
So I guess I will be creating an output asset and then creating a job as by this example?
Check out the Creating job input with subclipping section of https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/media-services/latest/encode-concept
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Hi @David Bristol I have a similar question but let's take a step back. You say, "Encoding the live archive will take the chunks of the archive and build an MP4 for you. That's why this step is required."
I just want to transfer an encoded file in whole. I can imagine there are 2 ways to do this. As the OP is looking to do with a download only "archive creation" or just sending directly to blob storage as the entire MP4. Something tells me not to do the later because sending over stream chunks seams a more proper way to do it but I am not 100%.
Can you help answer that concern?
The results of an encode are individual MP4s. The live archive is the individual fragments. They don't mean anything outside of Media Services. If you are planning on using the archive outside of Media Services then I'd suggest encoding the archive so that you have operate on the resulting MP4 or MP4s.