Azure Media Services Documentation
Azure Media Services (AMS) is a cloud-based platform that enables you to build solutions that achieve high-definition video encoding and broadcast-quality video streaming that reach your audiences on most popular devices. AMS v3 also enables you to extract the insights from your video and audio files with Video Indexer through AMS v3 analyzer presets. If you want more detailed insights, use Video Indexer directly.
To understand when you would want to use Video Indexer vs. Media Services analyzer presets, check out the comparison document.
Azure Media Services v3
Learn how to encode, stream on-demand, broadcast live, and analyze your videos with Media Services v3.
Video Indexer
Learn how to extract the insights from your video and audio files using Video Indexer.
Azure Media Services v2 (legacy)
Learn how to encode, stream on-demand, and broadcast live videos with Media Services v2.
CDN
Learn how to use CDN to cache static objects and accelerate dynamic content, which cannot be cached.
5-Minute Quickstarts
Learn how to encode and stream with Media Services v3:
Learn how to extract insights from your videos with Video Indexer:
Step-by-Step Tutorials
Learn how to stream files on demand, broadcast live, and analyze your videos with Media Services v3:
Learn how to extract insights from your videos with the Video Indexer API: