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-## Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Hls Viewer
+## Amazon Kinesis Video Streams HLS Viewer
 
-View HLS output from Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
+Easily view HLS output of Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
+
+* * *
+## About
+This is a simple static webpage that simplifies testing and experiments with HLS output from Amazon Kinesis Video Streams.
+
+## Getting Started
+The easiest and recommended approach is to use the Github-hosted version of this project. The second method is to clone/download this project and host it in your own S3 bucket or even locally.
+
+### Using the Github-hosted UI
+Because the project is a collection of static HTML and JavaScript, you can use the application without deploying the code into your own AWS account.
+
+ To get started, go to the hosted [Kinesis Video Streams HLS Viewer](https://awslabs.github.io/amazon-kinesis-video-streams/).
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+<br />
+<a href="https://awslabs.github.io/amazon-kinesis-video-streams/"><img border="0" src="sample_app.png"></a>
 
 ## License Summary
 
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