Best AWS option for occasional video encoding with FFMPEG? [closed]

Solution 1:

How about using a service instead of a server? AWS Elemental Mediaconvert is file based and can do things like add intro clips, text overs, etc.

The basic tier says it includes "clipping, stitching, and static overlays, among others" and the current price is 1.5c per minute at HD - SD and 4K costs more. So to convert a 2 hour video in HD costs about $1.80, which might be good value given the high cost of high CPU instances and not having them fully utilized. SD would be $0.90 and 4K $3.60. S3 storage cost for the output should be negligable.

If you need different CODECs the professional tier costs a bit more but has a lot more features.

Otherwise I wonder if you can parallelise lambda encoding to create chunks then stitch them together to save having servers.