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Stopping a router I/O in MediaConnect - AWS Elemental MediaConnect
PrerequisitesProcedureNext stepsAdditional resources

Stopping a router I/O in MediaConnect

You can stop a router input or output when you need to temporarily pause its operation. When you stop an I/O, it changes to a Standby state and stops incurring charges.

Important things to know about stopping I/Os:

  • You can stop and start a router I/O at any time.

  • Stopping a router I/O doesn't affect your other I/Os or their takes.

  • When you stop an I/O, MediaConnect cancels any maintenance restarts that were scheduled when the I/O was started.

  • When you stop an I/O, its routing assignments remain in place. For example:

    • If you stop an output, it maintains its input assignment and will resume the same connection when restarted.

    • If you stop an input, connected outputs will stop receiving video, but their routing connections and capacity reservations are preserved.

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure you have:

  • An active router input or router output

  • No active processes that require the I/O

Procedure

Follow these steps to stop a router input or a router output.

  1. Open the MediaConnect console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Router inputs.

  3. Select the router input that you want to stop.

  4. Choose Stop.

  5. Check the outcome:

    1. If successful: The router input status will change to Stopping, then Standby.

    2. If unsuccessful: You'll see an error message explaining what went wrong.

  1. Open the MediaConnect console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Router outputs.

  3. Select the router output that you want to stop.

  4. Choose Stop.

  5. In the confirmation dialog, choose Stop router output.

  6. Check the outcome:

    1. If successful: The router output status will change to Stopping, then Standby.

    2. If unsuccessful: You'll see an error message explaining what went wrong.

Next steps

After stopping an I/O, you can:

Additional resources

To stop router I/Os programmatically, see the following pages in the MediaConnect API Reference:

This includes information about how to use the StopRouterInput and StopRouterOutput operations and parameters in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs.