# Consume media data
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You can consume media data by either viewing it in the console, or by creating an application that reads media data from a stream using Hypertext Live Streaming (HLS).

## View media in the console
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In another browser tab, open the AWS Management Console. In the Kinesis Video Streams Dashboard, select [Video streams](https://us-west-2.console.aws.amazon.com/kinesisvideo/home?region=us-west-2#/streams).

Select the name of your stream in the list of streams. Use the search bar, if necessary.

Expand the **Media playback** section. If the video is still uploading, it will be shown. If the upload has finished, select the double-left arrow.

## Consume media data using HLS
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You can create a client application that consumes data from a Kinesis video stream using HLS. For information about creating an application that consumes media data using HLS, see [Kinesis Video Streams playback](how-playback.md).