Using Web Video Machine on Amazon EC2

A step-by-step guide to use Web Video Machine on Amazon EC2.

Step 2 - Adding an EBS Volume to the Instance

The AMI with Web Video Machine is configures to process media files stored in drive D which you can add by creating an Elastic Block Storage (EBS) Volume from a Snapshot we already prepared with some test videos.

Note: this step isn't mandatory - you can configure the Machine to process local files stored in its local drive C.

To add the media files snapshot to your instance:

First, create an EBS volume from one the snapshot we've prepared using the ec2-create-volume command-line tool:

ec2-create-volume --snapshot snap-9a02e0f3 --availability-zone same_as_your_windows_instance

Second, attach the volume to your Windows instance:

ec2-attach-volume volume_id --instance instance_id --device xvdg

Important: snap-9a02e0f3 is the Snapshot ID containing some test videos you should use to create your own volume.

The volume will show up in Windows Explorer within a few minutes.