Other notables include a built-in video transcoder that automatically creates mobile-friendly MP4 versions from stored AVCHD files, plus an HDMI port for playback on a TV.

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Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced Amazon Elastic Transcoder, a highly scalable service for transcoding video files between different digital media formats.

ENGADGET: Amazon wants to make your hi-res videos mobile-friendly with Elastic Transcoder

For example, customers can use Amazon Elastic Transcoder to convert their large high resolution "master" video files into smaller versions that are optimized for playback on websites, mobile devices, connected TV's and other video platforms.

ENGADGET: Amazon wants to make your hi-res videos mobile-friendly with Elastic Transcoder

With Amazon Elastic Transcoder, customers can create enterprise, training, user-generated, broadcast, or other video content for their applications or websites.

ENGADGET: Amazon wants to make your hi-res videos mobile-friendly with Elastic Transcoder