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# AWS::MediaLive::Channel PipelineLockingSettings
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Pipeline Locking Settings

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[CustomEpoch](#cfn-medialive-channel-pipelinelockingsettings-customepoch)" : {{String}},
  "[PipelineLockingMethod](#cfn-medialive-channel-pipelinelockingsettings-pipelinelockingmethod)" : {{String}}
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [CustomEpoch](#cfn-medialive-channel-pipelinelockingsettings-customepoch): {{String}}
  [PipelineLockingMethod](#cfn-medialive-channel-pipelinelockingsettings-pipelinelockingmethod): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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`CustomEpoch`  <a name="cfn-medialive-channel-pipelinelockingsettings-customepoch"></a>
Optional. Only applies to CMAF Ingest Output Group and MediaPackage V2 Output Group Only. Enter a value here to use a custom epoch, instead of the standard epoch (which started at 1970-01-01T00:00:00 UTC). Specify the start time of the custom epoch, in YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS in UTC. The time must be 2000-01-01T00:00:00 or later. Always set the MM:SS portion to 00:00.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`PipelineLockingMethod`  <a name="cfn-medialive-channel-pipelinelockingsettings-pipelinelockingmethod"></a>
The method to use to lock the video frames in the pipelines. sourceTimecode (default): Use the timecode in the source. videoAlignment: Lock frames that the encoder identifies as having matching content. If videoAlignment is selected, existing timecodes will not be used for any locking decisions.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)