Migrating a large video library from Azure Media Services one at a time can be impractical and time-consuming. Below is a walkthrough of how to leverage MediaKind’s bulk-ingest tool for a smooth and quick bulk migration of video assets from your AMS storage account to MK.IO.

You can retrieve the script for the MK.IO bulk-ingest tool in this public GitHub repository: mediakind-video/ams-migration-tool.

Before starting

Ensure that you have subscribed to MK.IO through Azure Marketplace and that your MK.IO subscription is up and running.

Also ensure that you connect your Azure storage account that contains the assets that you need to migrate. MK.IO will connect directly to this account, to index the existing files and create new access URLs for you to stream your content from. Assets will remain in your Azure storage account and part of your existing Azure subscription. Access to your assets, from MK.IO, can be easily managed by you, using the Shared Access Signature (SAS token) that you create directly in Azure.

Import your assets

Navigate to the Media Services section of your AMS portal.
Enter the MK.IO portal under the subscription instance to which you want to migrate your AMS assets.
Build the program using the bulk-ingest script using the binary from our public GitHub repository.
In the command-line terminal, type in mkio-ams-migration.
Populate the below parameters and their values:

Option	Value
--azure-subscription value	Your Azure AMS account > Overview > Essentials > Subscription ID
--azure-resource-group value	Your Azure AMS account > Overview > Essentials > Resource Group
--azure-account-name value	Your Azure account ID
--mediakind-subscription value	Your MK.IO subscription name, found under Dashboard > Subscription Summary
--export	Pulls data from Azure Media Services, creating a JSON file as output.
--import	Reads the JSON file and inserts data into MK.IO.
--validate	Validates imported assets.
--assets	Boolean: option defaults to false, but will set to true if flags are added.
--asset-filters	Boolean: option defaults to false, but will set to true if flags are added.
--streaming-locators	Boolean: option defaults to false, but will set to true if flags are added.
--content-key-policies	Boolean: option defaults to false, but will set to true if flags are added.
--streaming-endpoints	Boolean: option defaults to false, but will set to true if flags are added.
--migration-file value	Specify migration file to use for import and/or export.

The command will look like the example below:

./mkio-ams-migration --azure-subscription 29628ffc-5d07-4af3-88a8-3f710582a73b --azure-resource-group ams-test --azure-account-name amstest --mediakind-subscription migration --export --import --assets --streaming-locators --asset-filters --content-key-policies --streaming-endpoints

Run the migration using the information gathered in Setup.
You can view the migration progress in the command terminal as the steps complete.

Verify your assets have been imported

You can refresh the Assets section of your MK.IO dashboard to verify that the assets you’ve migrated from AMS have been ingested and indexed into MK.IO.

Enable your migrated asset for streaming

Once you have migrated all your assets, you are ready to create Streaming endpoints and Streaming Locators to enable them to be delivered your client applications.

Need some help with your bulk migration from AMS to MK.IO? Visit the MediaKind support center.