Take these simple steps to update your credit card securely with Encoding.com's Customer Area:

+ Login to https://www.encoding.com/login

+ Select 'Billing'

+ Select either 'Edit' or 'Replace' for your credit card information

+ Save when done!

That's it, you're ready to roll!

Aspera's fasp™ technology dramatically speeds transfer time over public networks making it a perfect compliment for cloud based video encoding. Transferring your video to and from an Aspera Enterprise Server or Aspera Connect Server to Encoding.com over fasp™ will provide accelerated and encrypted file transfer as well as support for extremely large source videos.  

For soure files, format your URL for AddMedia and AddMediabenchmark requests from an Aspera Enterprise Server or Aspera Connect Server™

fasp://[user[:password]@]hostname/[path]/[filename]

For destination files format as follows for deliver to an Aspera Enterprise Server or Aspera Connect Server™

fasp://[user[:password]@]hostname/[path]/[filename]

If you would like to user Microsoft Azure Blob storage as a source or destination, please follow these simple steps:

- Use a standard URL to access a source or destination locatlon: http(s)://[access_key]@[account].blob.core.windows.net/[container]/path
- Ensure to URL encode any special characters within the access_key 

Here is one example of a properly constructed URL:
http://P9DM47UTCF%2BQJZXl0uWy28J4jBdgnYv0SJPh%2FR%2AWCFOLPTBHuyeXtMfDOU75Wd0Yl2xm67vVTYGVAWSEDRdcw%3D%3D@[account].blob.core.windows.net/encoding/file.ext

Special notes for Azure Blob Storage:

- Your container name must consist of 3-63 characters, digits or sign "-". Please make sure to not have a "-" at the beginning or end of your container name.  
- If you do not include the access_key within your URL, they will be interpreted like casual urls. files in such urls should be public readable.

Have you gone over on your monthly account? No worries, here's how we'll charge you for that:

0-100GB: $2.50/GB
101-1000GB: $2.00/GB
over 1000GB: $1.80/GB

Of course you can always switch your plan, but please note that the monthly accounts are essentially prepay, as you'll be paying in advance for the month's encoding, so when you switch your account, the overages will still exist.

If you're viewing times in Encoding Queue in our login area, note that the times are displayed in the Central US time zone.

Sounds like you have lots of encoding to do there!

With Encoding.com's powerful API or snappy watch folders, you can request a maximum of 100 tasks per encode, or folder respectively. 

Need a status update? No problem: http://status.encoding.com/

We do our best to keep the masses informed. If something seems awry, please let us know via the Helpdesk.

Encoding.com and Vid.ly may appear as similar, but there are vast differences. Follow along below, or feel free to chat up sales[at]encoding[dot]com for any questions!

The Encoding.com service works is as follows:

- Store your source videos on S3 / Rackspace or FTP site
- Decide your integration method, whether it be API or watch folder. Here, you must be the maestro and pick your encoding settings
- Deliver videos back to your S3 / Rackspace or FTP site.
- Encoding.com charges based on bandwidth I/O. So that would be source in + encodes out = total bandwidth used.

Vid.ly works very much in the same manner, except the following differences:

-  Store your source videos on S3 / Rackspace or FTP site
-  Use our API integration, as UI for Vid.ly has not been rolled out yet. With Vid.ly, we configure all the settings for you.
-  Receive the Vid.ly URL back. Watch it anywhere!
-  We do the hosting for you and charge based on # of Vid.ly URLs + storage + views.

Yes! You can select the following choices in our watch folders to create files specifically targeted for playback via Roku. 

Click on any of the links below to expose the templates that we use for each preset:

roku_800
roku_1200
roku_1800
roku_2700
roku_hls

Thinking of using FTPS as your source locations? No problemo.

All you need to do is specify the port in which we access your file at. Connections via FTPS will use port 22 by default. If you'd like to specify a different port, add it to then end of your URL.

Example:

FTPS://www.xyz.com:[port]/files/input.mov

Save some time with your encodes with this simple step, if you are sourcing from S3, try this URL formatting:

http://[AWS_KEY:AWS_SECRET@][bucket].s3.amazonaws.com/[filename]?nocopy

if 'nocopy' is specified at the end of your URL, the source file will be downloaded directly from your bucket, thus saving time. Please use this only if your buckets are located in the US. If ?nocopy is not specified at the end of your URL, the source will be copied to Encoding.com bucket first. This workflow saves you traffic in the case of non-US buckets and more than one encoding task per source.

Preparing videos for use with the Wowza Media Server can be accomplished very simply using one of the Wowza Presets on Encoding.com.  Choose a Preset, set a destination location for output files and you're off and running.  You can send output files to any location but most likely you'll want to send them directly to your Wowza server.  

1. Wowza Preset for Single Bitrate output: quick setup to generate a single video output in .mov format

When using the web interface, select the "Wowza" preset from the Format drop-down menu to generate a static bitrate video output:

For API jobs, use this XML template:

<format>
<output>wowza</output>
<destination>ftp://your.server.com/output/wowza_test_video.mov</destination>
<size>320x240</size>
<bitrate>256k</bitrate>
<audio_bitrate>128k</audio_bitrate>
<audio_sample_rate>48000</audio_sample_rate>
<audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>
<framerate>24</framerate>
<keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>
<video_codec>libx264</video_codec>
<profile>main</profile>
<audio_codec>libfaac</audio_codec>
<two_pass>no</two_pass>
<turbo>no</turbo>
<twin_turbo>no</twin_turbo>
<cbr>no</cbr>
<deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>
<keyframe>300</keyframe>
<audio_volume>100</audio_volume>
<file_extension>mov</file_extension>
<hint>no</hint>
</format>

2. Wowza Multi-bitrate Preset for Adaptive Bitrate output: quick setup to generate the SMIL index file, output video files (.mov) and the streaming manifest files (.txt)

When using the web interface, select "Wowza Multi-bitrate" from the Format drop-down menu to generate the necessary files for adaptive streaming:

For multi-bitrate API jobs, use this XML template:

<format>
<output>wowza_multibitrate</output>
<destination>ftp://your.server.com/output/wowza_test_video.smil</destination>
<audio_bitrate>128k</audio_bitrate>
<audio_sample_rate>48000</audio_sample_rate>
<audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>
<framerate>24</framerate>
<keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>
<video_codec>libx264</video_codec>
<profile>wowza_multibitrate</profile>
<VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>
<audio_codec>libfaac</audio_codec>
<two_pass>no</two_pass>
<turbo>no</turbo>
<twin_turbo>no</twin_turbo>
<cbr>no</cbr>
<deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>
<keyframe>48</keyframe>
<audio_volume>100</audio_volume>
<file_extension>mov</file_extension>
<hint>no</hint>
<bitrates>270k,570k,1000k,1200k,1400k</bitrates>
<sizes>320x180,420x270,720x406,1024x576,1080x608</sizes>
</format>

Sample output SMIL syntax

<smil>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<switch>
<video src="mp4:wowza_multibitrate_aligned_kf_400.mov" system-bitrate="400000"/>
<video src="mp4:wowza_multibitrate_aligned_kf_700.mov" system-bitrate="700000"/>
<video src="mp4:wowza_multibitrate_aligned_kf_1100.mov" system-bitrate="1100000"/>
<video src="mp4:wowza_multibitrate_aligned_kf_1300.mov" system-bitrate="1300000"/>
<video src="mp4:wowza_multibitrate_aligned_kf_1500.mov" system-bitrate="1500000"/>
</switch>
</body>
</smil>

Sample output Smooth Streaming manifest header

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SmoothStreamingMedia MajorVersion="2" MinorVersion="1" Timescale="10000000" Duration="1471670000">
<StreamIndex Type="audio" Index="0" Chunks="74" QualityLevels="1" Timescale="10000000" Url="QualityLevels({bitrate})/Fragments(audio={start time})/Chunks({chunk id})/WowzaSessions(2133794089).isma">
<QualityLevel Bitrate="127473" FourCC="AACL" SamplingRate="48000" Channels="2" BitsPerSample="16" PacketSize="4" AudioTag="255" CodecPrivateData="1190" />

Well, sounds like you're new to the platform, right?

Your objectives are to encode a video and deliver it someplace.

Here's where to start:

Beginner:

Most folks log into the UI @ http://www.encoding.com and select 'Add Media' from the list of choices on the left in order to test drive the system. Run through this a couple times, as adding media one a time is a great way to get started with the platform. Try adding a few tasks to your source media for multiple outputs.  Make sure to take a peek at the Encoding Queue, as you'll have to manually select files you add via 'Add Media' to process manually. Want to skip this step? Set up a watch folder and automagically content will be pulled from your source location and processed. 

Intermediate:

Setting up a watch folder on Amazon S3, Rackspace or your local FTP site is easy. Log into the UI, select 'Watch Folder' from the list on the left and select 'Add New.' Configure the URLs to hit your source location, deliver to your preferred destination, add a notify, then add a few tasks to the folder. If you have any questions on configuring FTP, S3 or Rackspace URLs, then make sure to check out the following article: http://www.encoding.com/how_can_i_specify_where_my_source_media_is_located

Advanced:

Wanna jump in with both feet and utilize Encoding.com's powerful API to submit your content to our platform?

Find all the resources you need here:

http://www.encoding.com/api/

http://www.encoding.com/api/category/category/complete_api_documentation

+ Login to the customer area @ http://www.encoding.com/loginhttp://www.encoding.com/login

+ Browse to the Encoding Queue

+ Select the files in which you want to remove from your queue, mark the checkbox to the items you wish to delete.

+ Click delete at the top of the column.

Note that deleting the encodes will remove the source media and encoded files that are stored on Encoding.com's platform. This will be the case if you have not designated a destination location during your initial task request.

Encoding.com does not use FTP passive mode by default when retrieving or placing files. To use FTP with passive mode turned on, add ?passive=yes to the end of your FTP URL string (either source or destination): ftp://user:pass@ftphost.tld/path/to/your/file.ext?passive=yes

The MediaID refers to the 7 digit number that corresponds with the entire encoding request that you have made to the platform. This applies for the API, watch folder and single Add Media actions. If you were to submit an encoding request / query that contains several formats, each of those formats is issued a TaskID. It's very important to note the difference between the two. Via our Support portal, you will be asked to provide the MediaID so that we can troubleshoot the entire request, even though one TaskID has failed. 

You've encoded your file and now would like to save a copy, right? In your original request, if you didn't specify a destination URL, S3 / Rackspace / FTP, Encoding.com will store your videos free of charge for 15 days on our servers. Please note, the limit for this storage is 100 GB and your files will be deleted after 15 days.  You can easily download your encoded files by logging into http://www.encoding.com/login --> Selecting 'Encoding Queue' and browsing to the file you wish to download. Expand the task and right click on 'Download.' Your encoded file will now be saved locally. 

When you begin using the Encoding.com Desktop Application or the API, you'll need to locate your API key to access the platform. A unique API key will be generated and assigned to your used ID upon successful creation of your Encoding.com user account. Please protect your key, as this key is a safeguard that we employ to restrict access to your user account. If for any reason, you suspect someone is using your account, you may regenerate your key. Directions follow below.

To locate your API key, login to the customer area @ http://www.encoding.com/login. Select 'My Account' from the list on the left. Within that page, you'll see a 33 digit key, containing both letters and numbers. Copy this locally, as well as your 4 digit user ID, as you'll need to plug this into the Desktop Application to get started. If you're a developer, you're all ready to start sending XMLs via API to Encoding.com. To regenerate your API key at any time, select 'Regenerate' and new unique key will be created for your account, which will end all previous access to the platform with the pre-existing key.

+ To add the user ID and key to the Desktop Application, please open the app, then and select 'Preferences' from the menu at the top. Plug in your user ID and your API key. That's it. You're ready to encode.

Want to only process certain files in your watchfolders?  Use our masking controls in the watchfolder UI. Good stuff!

+ Select 'Watchfolder' --> 'Add New' in the UI

+ Under the 'File Name Control' field, add in the type of content you WANT to process. For example, if you want to process only .mp4 content, then the masking field would contain, '*.mp4.' Add in multiple files types if you like!

+ Please note this functionality is only for file types, and not file names.

Big thanks to John McIlwain from Alum Rock Software for building this nifty iPhone/iPad app for monitoring your encoding.com queue on the go.  Simply download and install the FREE app on your iOS device, plug in your API user ID and API key and take your encoding queue with you. Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad version 4.2 or later.

Interested in seeing how Encoding.com stacks up against the competition?

Check out our product comparison page:

http://www.encoding.com/features/compare

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within many video containers. Read on to learn more about our H264 encoder and check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats.

H264 Converter

Through our web uploader, our online H264 converter is easy to use. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select the appropriate container and H264 codec of choice. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos.

A Simple Online H264 Encoding Solution

H.264, short for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, is a standard for video compression and is poised to become the next standard for format of convergence in the digital video industry now supported by Google / YouTube, Adobe, and Apple iTunes. It contains a number of features that enable it to compress video much more effectively than previous standards, and provides more flexibility for applications across a wide variety of network environments from low bit-rate Internet streaming to HDTV broadcast and Digital Cinema applications with nearly lossless coding. H264 encoding is simple with Encoding.com. Try one of our free plans today!

We are your HD codec solution. Use Encoding.com’s powerful encoding engine to easily create stunning HD content. Upload videos to our platform from S3, FTP, Rackspace or local storage and effortlessly have them encoded for playback in the HD environment of your choice.

Find Codecs for HD Videos

Need to create HD content daily and find codecs for HD videos? Deliver to multiple locations? Designate a watch folder on any of our supported locations and add multiple destinations with ease. Encoding to HD has never been easier.

Windows Media Video is one of the many major video codecs, widely accepted across the board as a format for internet streaming applications. Our online Windows Media encoder is fast and easy to use. Encoding.com accepts many types of files from the .wmv family.

Streaming Video Encoder

Encoding.com offers a streaming video encoder that is completely scalable and easy to use. Use our web interface, powerful API or desktop application to create or encode the flavor of .wmv of your liking. Check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats.

x264 ffmpeg mapping and options guide

This guide maps most of x264's options to FFmpeg's options along with detailed descriptions by x264 developer Dark_Shikari.

FFmpeg developer superdump has implemented x264 presets to FFmpeg. You can find his guide here.

Frame-type options:

g <integer>
Keyframe interval, also known as GOP length. This determines the maximum distance between I-frames. Very high GOP lengths will result in slightly more efficient compression, but will make seeking in the video somewhat more difficult. Recommended default: 250

keyint_min <integer>
Minimum GOP length, the minimum distance between I-frames. Recommended default: 25

sc_threshold <integer>
Adjusts the sensitivity of x264's scenecut detection. Rarely needs to be adjusted. Recommended default: 40

bf <integer>
B-frames are a core element of H.264 and are more efficient in H.264 than any previous standard. Some specific targets, such as HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, have limitations on the number of consecutive B-frames. Most, however, do not; as a result, there is rarely any negative effect to setting this to the maximum (16) since x264 will, if B-adapt is used, automatically choose the best number of B-frames anyways. This parameter simply serves to limit the max number of B-frames. Note that Baseline Profile, such as that used by iPods, does not support B-frames. Recommended default: 16

0: Very fast, but not recommended. Does not work with pre-scenecut (scenecut must be off to force off b-adapt).

1: Fast, default mode in x264. A good balance between speed and quality.

b_strategy <integer>
x264, by default, adaptively decides through a low-resolution lookahead the best number of B-frames to use. It is possible to disable this adaptivity; this is not recommended. Recommended default: 1

bframebias 
Make x264 more likely to choose higher numbers of B-frames during the adaptive lookahead. Not generally recommended. Recommended default: 0

flags2 +bpyramid
Allows B-frames to be kept as references. The name is technically misleading, as x264 does not actually use pyramid coding; it simply adds B-references to the normal reference list. B-references get a quantizer halfway between that of a B-frame and P-frame. This setting is generally beneficial, but it increases the DPB (decoding picture buffer) size required for playback, so when encoding for hardware, disabling it may help compatibility.

coder
CABAC is the default entropy encoder used by x264. Though somewhat slower on both the decoding and encoding end, it offers 10-15% improved compression on live-action sources and considerably higher improvements on animated sources, especially at low bitrates. It is also required for the use of trellis quantization. Disabling CABAC may somewhat improve decoding performance, especially at high bitrates. CABAC is not allowed in Baseline Profile. Recommended default: -coder 1 (CABAC enabled)

refs <integer>
One of H.264's most useful features is the abillity to reference frames other than the one immediately prior to the current frame. This parameter lets one specify how many references can be used, through a maximum of 16. Increasing the number of refs increases the DPB (Decoded Picture Buffer) requirement, which means hardware playback devices will often have strict limits to the number of refs they can handle. In live-action sources, more reference have limited use beyond 4-8, but in cartoon sources up to the maximum value of 16 is often useful. More reference frames require more processing power because every frame is searched by the motion search (except when an early skip decision is made). The slowdown is especially apparent with slower motion estimation methods. Recommended default: -refs 6

flags
Disable loop filter. Recommended default: -flags +loop (Enabled)

deblockalpha <integer>
deblockbeta <integer>
One of H.264's main features is the in-loop deblocker, which avoids the problem of blocking artifacts disrupting motion estimation. This requires a small amount of decoding CPU, but considerably increases quality in nearly all cases. Its strength may be raised or lowered in order to avoid more artifacts or keep more detail, respectively. Deblock has two parameters: alpha (strength) and beta (threshold). Recommended defaults:-deblockalpha 0 -deblockbeta 0 (Must have '-flags +loop')

Ratecontrol:

cqp <integer>
Constant quantizer mode. Not exactly constant completely--B-frames and I-frames have different quantizers from P-frames. Generally should not be used, since CRF gives better quality at the same bitrate.

b <integer>
Enables target bitrate mode. Attempts to reach a specific bitrate. Should be used in 2-pass mode whenever possible; 1-pass bitrate mode is generally the worst ratecontrol mode x264 has.

crf <float>
Constant quality mode (also known as constant ratefactor). Bitrate corresponds approximately to that of constant quantizer, but gives better quality overall at little speed cost. The best one-pass option in x264.

maxrate <integer>
Specifies the maximum bitrate at any point in the video. Requires the VBV buffersize to be set. This option is generally used when encoding for a piece of hardware with bitrate limitations.

bufsize <integer>
Depends on the profile level of the video being encoded. Set only if you're encoding for a hardware device.

rc_init_occupancy <float>
Initial VBV buffer occupancy. Note: Don't mess with this.

qmin <integer>
Minimum quantizer. Doesn't need to be changed. Recommended default: -qmin 10

qmax <integer>
Maximum quantizer. Doesn't need to be changed. Recommended default: -qmax 51

qdiff <integer>
Set max QP step. Recommended default: -qdiff 4

bt <float>
Allowed variance of average bitrate

i_qfactor <float>
Qscale difference between I-frames and P-frames. Note: -i_qfactor is handled a little differently than --ipratio. Recommended: -i_qfactor 0.71

b_qfactor <float>
Qscale difference between P-frames and B-frames.

chromaoffset <integer>
QP difference between chroma and luma.

pass <1,2,3>
Used with --bitrate. Pass 1 writes the stats file, pass 2 reads it, and 3 both reads and writes it. If you want to use three pass, this means you will have to use --pass 1 for the first pass, --pass 3 for the second, and --pass 2 or 3 for the third.

rc_eq <string>
Ratecontrol equation. Recommended default: -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)'

qcomp <float>
QP curve compression: 0.0 => CBR, 1.0 => CQP. Recommended default: -qcomp 0.60

complexityblur <float>
Reduce fluctuations in QP (before curve compression) [20.0]

qblur <float>
Reduce fluctuations in QP (after curve compression) [0.5]

p8x8 (x264) /+partp8x8 (FFmpeg)

p4x4 (x264) /+partp4x4 (FFmpeg)

b8x8 (x264) /+partb8x8 (FFmpeg)

i8x8 (x264) /+parti8x8 (FFmpeg)

i4x4 (x264) /+parti4x4 (FFmpeg)

partitions <string> One of H.264's most useful features is the ability to choose among many combinations of inter and intra partitions. P-macroblocks can be subdivided into 16x8, 8x16, 8x8, 4x8, 8x4, and 4x4 partitions. B-macroblocks can be divided into 16x8, 8x16, and 8x8 partitions. I-macroblocks can be divided into 4x4 or 8x8 partitions. Analyzing more partition options improves quality at the cost of speed. The default is to analyze all partitions except p4x4 (p8x8, i8x8, i4x4, b8x8), since p4x4 is not particularly useful except at high bitrates and lower resolutions. Note that i8x8 requires 8x8dct, and is therefore a High Profile-only partition. p8x8 is the most costly, speed-wise, of the partitions, but also gives the most benefit. Generally, whenever possible, all partition types except p4x4 should be used.

directpred <integer>
B-frames in H.264 can choose between spatial and temporal prediction mode. Auto allows x264 to pick the best of these; the heuristic used is whichever mode allows more skip macroblocks. Auto should generally be used.

flags2 +wpred
This allows B-frames to use weighted prediction options other than the default. There is no real speed cost for this, so it should always be enabled.

dia (x264) / epzs (FFmpeg) is the simplest search, consisting of starting at the best predictor, checking the motion vectors at one pixel upwards, left, down, and to the right, picking the best, and repeating the process until it no longer finds any better motion vector.

hex (x264) / hex (FFmpeg) consists of a similar strategy, except it uses a range-2 search of 6 surrounding points, thus the name. It is considerably more efficient than DIA and hardly any slower, and therefore makes a good choice for general-use encoding.

umh (x264) / umh (FFmpeg) is considerably slower than HEX, but searches a complex multi-hexagon pattern in order to avoid missing harder-to-find motion vectors. Unlike HEX and DIA, the merange parameter directly controls UMH's search radius, allowing one to increase or decrease the size of the wide search.

esa (x264) / full (FFmpeg) is a highly optimized intelligent search of the entire motion search space within merange of the best predictor. It is mathematically equivalent to the bruteforce method of searching every single motion vector in that area, though faster. However, it is still considerably slower than UMH, with not too much benefit, so is not particularly useful for everyday encoding.

me_method <epzs,hex,umh,full> One of the most important settings for x264, both speed and quality-wise.

me_range <integer>
MErange controls the max range of the motion search. For HEX and DIA, this is clamped to between 4 and 16, with a default of 16. For UMH and ESA, it can be increased beyond the default 16 to allow for a wider-range motion search, which is useful on HD footage and for high-motion footage. Note that for UMH and ESA, increasing MErange will significantly slow down encoding.

1: Fastest, but extremely low quality. Should be avoided except on first pass encoding.

6-7: 6 is the default. Activates rate-distortion optimization for partition decision. This can considerably improve efficiency, though it has a notable speed cost. 6 activates it in I/P frames, and subme7 activates it in B frames.

8-9: Activates rate-distortion refinement, which uses RDO to refine both motion vectors and intra prediction modes. Slower than subme 6, but again, more efficient.

subq An extremely important encoding parameter which determines what algorithms are used for both subpixel motion searching and partition decision.

flags2 +mixed_refs
H.264 allows p8x8 blocks to select different references for each p8x8 block. This option allows this analysis to be done, and boosts quality with little speed impact. It should generally be used, though it obviously has no effect with only one reference frame.

flags2 +dct8x8
Gives a notable quality boost by allowing x264 to choose between 8x8 and 4x4 frequency transform size. Required for i8x8 partitions. Speed cost for this option is near-zero both for encoding and decoding; the only reason to disable it is when one needs support on a device not compatible with High Profile.

0: disabled

1: enabled only on the final encode of a MB

2: enabled on all mode decisions

trellis <0,1,2>The main decision made in quantization is which coefficients to round up and which to round down. Trellis chooses the optimal rounding choices for the maximum rate-distortion score, to maximize PSNR relative to bitrate. This generally increases quality relative to bitrate by about 5% for a somewhat small speed cost. It should generally be enabled. Note that trellis requires CABAC.

flags2 -fastpskip
By default, x264 will skip macroblocks in P-frames that don't appear to have changed enough between two frames to justify encoding the difference. This considerably speeds up encoding. However, for a slight quality boost, P-skip can be disabled. In this case, the full analysis will be done on all P-blocks, and the only skips in the output stream will be the blocks whose motion vectors happen to match that of the skip vector and motion vectors happen to match that of the skip vector and which have no residual. The speed cost of enabling no-fast-pskip is relatively high, especially with many reference frames. There is a similar B-skip internal to x264, which is why B-frames generally encode much faster than P-frames, but it cannot be disabled on the commandline.

This error is returned when our system is not able to send the video to the FTP/SFTP destination you specified.  Please verify the username, password, permissions, and complete directory path in a FTP client prior to adding it to our system.

Currently, Encoding.com's file size is non existent.  With the current limitation of Amazon S3's single source files @ 5 TB, the possibilites are limitless. Here's a the only caveat:

+ Amazon S3 only allows files up to 5 GB to be loaded through their UI. Check out Amazon's link here for current info on their Multipart tool, which allows much larger uloads. To enable this feature through Amazon, log into your console, select a bucket in which you want to upload the file to in the console. Select 'Upload' under 'Actions.'  Select 'Enable Enhanced Uploader (Beta) in the UI.  Make sure to verify that you have the correct version of Java running as noted in the UI. That's it, you're ready to use Amazon S3's interface to upload large files.

Want your size XXL files to encode quickly? Turn on turbo for lightening quick encodes of your content.

MPEG-4 Part 14, with its official filename extension .mp4, is a multimedia container format most commonly used to store digital audio and video streams, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. It is based on Apple’s QuickTime file format (.mov).  Like most modern container formats, MP4 allows streaming over the Internet.  A separate hint track is used to include streaming information in the file.  When encoding.com encoded into .mp4 format by default we add the hint track so prepare your file for streaming.

The 3GP Codec

Encoding.com is a Flexible Online 3GP Converter

3GP is a multimedia container format that supports MPEG-2, H.263 and H.264 video codecs. Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within many video containers. Check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats and read below to learn more about our 3GP online converter.

3GP Video Compression is Easy with Encoding.com

3GP was designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements in order to accommodate mobile phones. Most 3G capable mobile phones support the playback and recording of video in 3GP format (memory, maximum file size for playback and recording, and resolution limits exist and vary). Free plans are available now!

Encoding.com: Online 3GP Converter

If you're interested in using Encoding.com's platform to create 3GP files from your source content, there's a number of ways to achieve that using the options listed below.

+ Use our web UI, located @ http://www.encoding.com/login, create a watchfolder and turn an entire folder of source content into 3GP files.  Next, apply our our 3GP preset from the drop down menu to create your encoding workflow. Watchfolders can exist on Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles or FTP sites.

+ Use our web-based encoding software, located @ http://www.encoding.com/login, to designate an Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles or FTP site to use as your watchfolder. Turn an entire folder of content into 3GP files. It's easy to do by applying our 3GP preset. All you have to do is select 'Add Task' and apply the 3GP preset from the dropdown menu in the watchfolder UI. 

+ Upload a single piece of media with our 'Add Media' feature in the web UI.  Select 'Add Task' to apply the 3GP preset to your encoding workflow.  As with watchfolders, 'Add Media' can source from Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, FTP sites or your local drive / network.

+ Implement our powerful encoding API to submit source content and create 3GPs in a snap. Complete API documentation here.

Don't forget to take a peek at our sample XML template for 3GP creation:

<format>  
<output>3gp</output>  
<size>176x144</size>  
<bitrate>256k</bitrate>  
<audio_bitrate>12.2k</audio_bitrate>  
<audio_sample_rate>8000</audio_sample_rate>  
<audio_channels_number>1</audio_channels_number>  
<framerate>15</framerate>  
<keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>  
<video_codec>h263</video_codec>  
<profile>baseline</profile>  
<VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>  
<audio_codec>libamr_nb</audio_codec>  
<two_pass>no</two_pass>  
<cbr>no</cbr>  
<deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>  
<keyframe>300</keyframe>  
<audio_volume>100</audio_volume>  
<file_extension>3gp</file_extension>  
</format>  

An Encoding Task includes encoding format and parameters (size, bitrate, etc.), and optionally a destination URL for the encoded result. So, one encoded media output corresponds to one Encoding Task. You can create several Encoding Tasks for each source media.

In order to maximize revenues and distribution points, video content publishers should make their videos available in as many popular formats as possible across the various internet-connected devices.  To do this, they must convert video from its source (recorded) format to widely adopted consumer device formats such as Flash and Quicktime.

Video encoding is the process of converting digital video files from one format to another.  All of the videos we watch on our computers, tablets, mobile phones and set-top boxes must go through an encoding process to convert the original “source” video to be viewable on these devices.  Why?  Because different devices and browsers support different video formats.  This process can also be called “transcoding” or “video conversion.”

Digital video can exist in many different formats with specific variables such as containers (.MOV, .FLV, .MP4, .OGG, .WMV, WebM), codecs (H264, VP6, ProRes) and bitrates (in megabits or kilobits per second).  Different devices and browsers have different specifications involving these variables, and others.  With Encoding.com, you have full control across many variables to convert videos from one format to another.

If you're interested in using Encoding.com's platform to convert video files from your source content, there's a number of ways to achieve that using the options listed below:

+ Use our web UI, located @ http://www.encoding.com/login, to create a Watch Folder and turn an entire folder of source content into your desired output. Watch Folders can exist on Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles or your own FTP site.

+ Upload a single media file using our 'Add Media' feature in the web UI. Select 'Add Task' and utilize our presets for popular output formats to convert your source content.  As with Watch Folders, 'Add Media' can download video from Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, FTP sites or your local drive / network.

+ Implement our powerful API to submit source content and create output files in a snap.  Complete API documentation here.

Video transcoding is the process of converting one digital video file format to another digital format.  Using Encoding.com, you can control many parameters during the transcoding process including codecs, container formats, bitrates, frame rates, size, etc.

As video producers in the web publishing, film, and broadcast industries look to maximize revenues for each video, it is imperative that they make their videos available in as many popular formats as possible across the various internet-connected devices.  To do this, they must convert, or transcode, video from its source recorded format to widely adopted consumer formats such as Flash, Quicktime and Silverlight.  Other controllable parameters during the video conversion process include codecs, container formats, bitrates, frame rates, and size.

This feature allows you to combine several video files to one file.

 You can use it via User Interface, or via API.

 User Interface

 To use this feature via user interface, you have to add several video sources in "Add Media" section. And they would automatically combined to one file (in sequential order) during the encoding process.

 API

 To combine several video sources to one file, you should use several <source> elements in your XML request.

 For example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
<!-- Main fields -->
    <userid>[UserID]</userid><br>
    <userkey>[UserKey]</userkey>
    <action>[Action]</action>
    <mediaid>[MediaID]</mediaid>
    <source>[SourceFile]</source>
    <source>[SourceFile1]</source> <!-- if multiple SourceFile added, they will be concatenated -->
    ...
    <source>[SourceFileN]</source>
    <format>
      [FormatFields]
    </format>
</query>

Apple TV is a device from Apple that enables consumers to distribute media including HD movies, music and photos from their computers to their HDTVs.  It can connect wirelessly to home networks and with a single HDMI cable to the HDTV. Apple TV supports the H.264 codec at various high-resolution and standard bitrates using the .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.  It also supports a number of audio file formats including AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. The WMV codec can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV.  The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1.  While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation.

+ Use our transcoding software web UI, located @ http://www.encoding.com/login, to designate an Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles or FTP site to use as your watchfolder. Turn an entire folder of content into WMV files. All you have to do is select 'Add Task' and apply a WMV preset from the dropdown menu in the watchfolder UI. Need just Windows Media Audio, we have a preset for that as well!

+ Upload a single piece of media with our 'Add Media' feature in the web UI. Select 'Add Task' and apply an WMV preset to your encoding workflow from the dropdown menu.  As with watchfolders, 'Add Media' can source from Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, FTP sites or your local drive / network.

+ Implement our powerful API to submit source content and create WMVs in a snap. Complete API documentation here

Don't forget to take a peek at our sample XML template for WMV creation.

<format>
    <output>wmv</output>
    <size>320x240</size>
    <bitrate>256k</bitrate>
    <audio_bitrate>64k</audio_bitrate>
    <audio_sample_rate>44100</audio_sample_rate>
    <audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>
    <keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>
    <video_codec>wmv2</video_codec>
    <profile>baseline</profile>
    <VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>
    <audio_codec>wmav2</audio_codec>
    <two_pass>no</two_pass>
    <cbr>no</cbr>
    <deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>
    <keyframe>300</keyframe>
    <audio_volume>100</audio_volume>
    <file_extension>wmv</file_extension>
</format>

With HD’s takeover, the demand has never been higher to deliver the best possible content to your audience. Proper HD encoding is a big part of that process. Whether you’re broadcasting, downloading or turning out locally available content, use Encoding.com’s platform to create stunning HD files that meet the aesthetic needs of your project.

Encoding.com: Cloud-Based HD Encoding Software

With our HD encoding software, simply choose the HD codec you’d like to convert to, define a watchfolder or upload your source, and you’re done! Your reformatted video will be delivered back to you, at the location of your choice.

HD Transcoding and Compression

With Encoding.com’s powerful platform, you can swiftly up-convert SD to HD, or reformat HD media, using our web interface, powerful API or desktop application. We also have HD transcoding and compression solutions that are scalable and easy to use.

MPEG-4 is a developing standard used to compress audio and visual data, and is divided into several parts. The standard includes the concept of “profiles” and “levels,” allowing a specific set of capabilities to be defined in a manner appropriate for a subset of applications.  The MPEG-4 standard is generally used for streaming media and CD distribution, video conversation, and broadcast television and includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray.  MPEG-4 also supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks.  Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4.

The existence of two different file extensions for naming audio-only MP4 files has been a source of confusion among users and multimedia playback software. Since MPEG-4 Part 14 is a container format, MPEG-4 files may contain any number of audio, video, and even subtitle streams, making it impossible to determine the type of streams in an MPEG-4 file based on its filename extension alone. In response, Apple started using and popularizing the .m4a file extension. Software capable of audio/video playback should recognize files with either .m4a or .mp4 file extensions, as would be expected, as there are no file format differences between the two. Most software capable of creating MPEG-4 audio will allow the user to choose the filename extension of the created MPEG-4 files.

If you're interested in using Encoding.com's platform to create mpeg4 files from your source content, there's a number of ways to achieve that using the options listed below.

+ Use our web UI, located @ http://www.encoding.com/login, to designate an Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles or FTP site to use as your watchfolder. Turn an entire folder of content into mpeg4 files. It's easy to do by applying our mpeg4 preset. All you have to do is select 'Add Task' and apply the mpeg4 preset from the dropdown menu in the watchfolder UI. 

+ Upload a single piece of media with our 'Add Media' feature in the web UI. Select 'Add Task' and apply the mpeg4 preset to your source content. As with watchfolders, 'Add Media' can source from Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, FTP sites or your local drive / network.

+ Implement our powerful API to submit source content and create mpeg4 files in a snap. Complete API documentation here

Don't forget to take a peek at our sample XML template for mpeg4 creation.

<format>
    <output>mp4</output>
    <size>320x240</size>
    <bitrate>256k</bitrate>
    <audio_bitrate>64k</audio_bitrate>
    <audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>
    <keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>
    <video_codec>mpeg4</video_codec>
    <profile>main</profile>
    <VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>
    <audio_codec>libfaac</audio_codec>
    <two_pass>no</two_pass>
    <cbr>no</cbr>
    <deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>
    <keyframe>300</keyframe>
    <audio_volume>100</audio_volume>
    <file_extension>mp4</file_extension>
    <hint>no</hint>
</format>

Advanced System Format (ASF – formerly Advanced Streaming Format) is Microsoft’s proprietary digital audio / digital video container format especially meant for streaming media.  ASF is part of the Windows Media framework. The ASF format does not specify which codec should be used to encode the audio or video – it just specifies the structure of the audio / video stream.  This is similar to the QuickTime and AVI container formats.  The most common file types contained within the ASF file are Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV).  ASF files can also contain metadata including artist, title, album and genre for an audio track, or director of a video track, similar to ID3 tags of MP3 files.

The 3GP2 file type is primarily associated with '3GPP2'. 3GPP and 3GPP2 are the new worldwide standards for the creation, delivery and playback of multimedia over 3rd generation, high-speed wireless networks. Defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project and 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 respectively, these standards seek to provide uniform delivery of rich multimedia over newly evolved, broadband mobile networks (3rd generation networks) to the latest multimedia-enabled wireless devices. 3GPP and 3GPP2 are based on the MPEG-4 standard that was derived from Apple's QuickTime.

M4V Codec

M4V video files containers are produced by Apple for iTunes TV episodes, music videos, and feature length movies. The M4V file format is a standard file format for videos for iPods and PlayStation Portables developed by Apple. The  M4V files format is based on the MPEG-4 AVC video codec, which is a global media standard with the aim to provide optimized video podcasts for the video iPod. .M4V files are related to .MP4 files, however M4V files are opened with the iTunes player by default while MP4 files are opened with Quicktime player by default. The copyright of M4V files may be protected by using Apple's FairPlay DRM copyright protection. To play a protected M4V file, the computer needs to be authorized (using iTunes) with the account that was used to purchase the video. However, in some cases unprotected M4V files may be recognized and played by other video players by changing the file extension from ‘.m4v’ to ‘.mp4’.

MPEG video generally refers to a set of standards and methods for compressing audio and video data.  The most important and widely used standards include MPEG-2, an older format currently used by over-the-air digital television providers (digital cable, satellite) and MPEG-4, which includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray.  MPEG-4 supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks.  Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4.

Encoding.com: Online MPEG Converter

If you're interested in using Encoding.com's platform to create MPEG2 files from your source content, there's a number of ways to achieve that using the options listed below.

+ Use our web UI, located @ http://www.encoding.com/login, to designate an Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles or FTP site to use as your watchfolder. Turn an entire folder of content into mpeg2 files. It's easy to do by applying our mpeg2 preset. All you have to do is select 'Add Task' and apply the mpeg2 preset from the dropdown menu in the watchfolder UI. 

+ Upload a single piece of media with our 'Add Media' feature in the web UI. Select 'Add Task' to request an mpeg2 file to be created from your source content. As with watchfolders, 'Add Media' can source from Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, FTP sites or your local drive / network.

+ Implement our powerful API to submit source content and create MPEG2s in a snap. Complete API documentation here.

+ Want to go even deeper into mpeg2 creation? Check our our advanced mpeg2 controls here. Interested on muxing details for DVD delivery in either PAL or NTSC? Go here for details on how to mux either via API or web UI. 

Don't forget to take a peek at our sample XML template for MPEG2 creation:

<format>  
<output>mpeg2</output>  
<size>320x240</size>  
<bitrate>256k</bitrate>  
<audio_bitrate>256k</audio_bitrate>  
<audio_sample_rate>44100</audio_sample_rate>  
<audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>  
<keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>  
<video_codec>mpeg2video</video_codec>  
<profile>baseline</profile>  
<VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>  
<audio_codec>mp2</audio_codec>  
<two_pass>no</two_pass>  
<cbr>no</cbr>  
<deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>  
<keyframe>15</keyframe>  
<audio_volume>100</audio_volume>  
<file_extension>mpg</file_extension>  
<bframes>2</bframes>  
<gop>cgop</gop>  
</format>  

H.264, short for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, is a standard for video compression and is poised to become the next standard for format of convergence in the digital video industry now supported by Google / YouTube, Adobe, and Apple iTunes.  It contains a number of features that enable it to compress video much more effectively than previous standards, and provides more flexibility for applications across a wide variety of network environments from low bit-rate Internet streaming to HDTV broadcast and Digital Cinema applications with nearly lossless coding.

AVI Codec

Scalable, Cloud-Based AVI Conversion/Encoding Software

Audio Video Interleave, known as the AVI codec, is a multimedia container format created by Microsoft in 1992.  AVI files contain both audio and video data and support synchronous audio-with-video playback.   An AVI container can support virtually any compression scheme including Full Frame (uncompressed), Intel Real Time (Indeo), Cinepak, Motion JPEG, Real Video, MPEG-4 and others.

Encoding.com: The Flexible AVI Converter

The Encoding.com' platform makes it easy to create one or many encodes from your AVI source files, there's a number of ways to achieve that using the options listed below.

+ Use our web UI, located @ http://www.encoding.com/login, to designate an Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles or FTP site to use as your watchfolder. Turn an entire folder of AVI content into encoded files. It's easy to do by applying any of our presets. All you have to do is select 'Add Task' and apply a preset from the dropdown menu in the watchfolder UI. 

+ Upload a single piece of media with our 'Add Media' feature in the web UI. Select 'Add Task' to after you upload an AVI source file.  Next, apply one of our ready to use presets. As with watchfolders, 'Add Media' can source from Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, FTP sites or your local drive / network.

+ Implement our powerful API to submit AVI source content and create your encodes in a snap. Complete API documentation here

Don't forget to take a peek at our sample XML templates here. 

Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. It can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV.  The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1.  While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation.

Audio Video Interleave, known as AVI, is a multimedia container format created by Microsoft in 1992.  AVI files contain both audio and video data and support synchronous audio-with-video playback.   An AVI container can support virtually any compression scheme including Full Frame (uncompressed), Intel Real Time (Indeo), Cinepak, Motion JPEG, Real Video, MPEG-4 and others. 

Easily Convert VP6 to AVI Format with Encoding.com

VP6 is a proprietary video codec developed by On2 Technologies and is supported by Adobe Flash, Flash Video and JavaFX media files.  It was widely adopted prior to the emergence of the H.264 codec, and is used primarily for Internet video and Flash video files.  VP6 supports multi-pass encoding, constant or variable data rates, and advanced error recovery; and can be used to encode high resolution video, including 1920x1080 HD video streams.

Audio Video Interleave, known as AVI, is a multimedia container format created by Microsoft in 1992.  AVI files contain both audio and video data and support synchronous audio-with-video playback.   An AVI container can support virtually any compression scheme including Full Frame (uncompressed), Intel Real Time (Indeo), Cinepak, Motion JPEG, Real Video, MPEG-4 and others.

Easily Convert H264 to AVI at Encoding.com

H.264, short for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, is a standard for video compression and is poised to become the next standard for format of convergence in the digital video industry now supported by Google / YouTube, Adobe, and Apple iTunes.  It contains a number of features that enable it to compress video much more effectively than previous standards, and provides more flexibility for applications across a wide variety of network environments from low bit-rate Internet streaming to HDTV broadcast and Digital Cinema applications with nearly lossless coding.

Audio Video Interleave, known as AVI, is a multimedia container format created by Microsoft in 1992.  AVI files contain both audio and video data and support synchronous audio-with-video playback.   An AVI container can support virtually any compression scheme including Full Frame (uncompressed), Intel Real Time (Indeo), Cinepak, Motion JPEG, Real Video, MPEG-4 and others. 

Once your encoding job is complete tell your Flowplayer where to find your encoded video on HDDN:
Click on the "Minimal Setup" from your saved setup
View the source code and copy & paste it to your site. Change the clip url to the one you set as the destination in your encoding settings.

It's something like this: ftp://usename:password@hddn-userId.com/examplefolder/sourcevideo.mov

You're almost done! Use Flowplayers direct link or embed code to view your player in a browser and click play to test the entire playback of the video prior to publishing. You can always go back to the encoding.com interface and reencode the video with different encoding parameters to meet your needs. Submit any questions through the "Contact Support" link in your encoding.com control panel.

Whether you're new to Encoding.com or a seasoned compressionist, there might be a time you want to reach out for help. Support comes in many forms at Encoding.com. There's a multitude of ways to connect with us, whether you prefer email, chat or the phone. We're reachable 8am to 6pm, Mountain Standard Time.

Support varies based on the plan you have currently selected. Choose your support avenue:
+ Log into your account @ http://www.encoding.com/login --> Select 'Contact Support' on the left side of the screen.
+ Call us on the main support line @ 1-800-513-1740
+ Drop us a line via live chat from anywhere on the main page. We'll reach out and answer your questions quickly, or start a ticket.

Need help with a billing question, email billing[at]encoding.com directly to get quick answers to questions about invoices or payments.

Don't forget our self-serve options:
+ Reference our FAQ @ http://help.encoding.com for answers to common questions.
+ View our API documentation http://www.encoding.com/api

Tips:
+ Add as much info as possible in order to speed the triage process
+ Don't forget to add in MediaIDs!

TIFF is an image file format widely used by graphic designers, the publishing industry and photographers worldwide. Use Encoding.com’s platform and TIFF converter to easily convert .jpg, .gif or .png files to .tiff files. Acceptable as an input format as well! Control the size, quality and much more.

TIFF is an image file format widely used by graphic designers, the publishing industry and photographers worldwide. Use Encoding.com’s platform and TIFF converter to easily convert .jpg, .gif or .png files to .tiff files. Acceptable as an input format as well! Control the size, quality and much more.

Encoding.com makes TIFF image compression fast and easy. Contact us today to learn more about our audio encoding and image conversion services.

Video transcoding has never been easier. Use Encoding.com’s platform to choose the codec you’d like to convert to, upload your source, and you’re done! Your reformatted video will be delivered back to you, at the location of your choice.

Transcoding is the art of converting one file format to another.

Encoding.com Makes Digital Video Transcoding Easy

With Encoding.com’s powerful platform, digital video transcoding is easy. You can swiftly convert one media format to another, using our web interface, powerful API or desktop application. Need to do iPhone/iPad encoding and transcoding? No problem at all! Learn more about all of the features that our robust encoding platform offers, or contact us now for a free consultation.

Look no further for your online video codec converter solution. Encoding.com offers up a service that is unmatched in its efforts to make working with video codecs a snap.

Encode and decode seamlessly and leave all the hard stuff to us. Video codec compression has never been faster or easier. Simply add your source videos to our cloud-enabled platform via our Web UI, API or Desktop Application, select a codec, a delivery destination (or three!) and you’re done. No servers to manage, no software to update. Encode seamlessly.

Our cloud-based online codec converter is completely scalable and incredibly easy to use. Contact us today to learn more about our packages and service plans.

WMV Transcoding from Encoding.com

With our web uploader, using our WMV compression software is fast and easy. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select WMV. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos.

WMV transcoding is one of many online conversions available through Encoding.com. Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. It can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV. The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1. While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation.

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Encoding.com’s powerful platform allows you to push your workload onto our shoulders. With our video conversion service, you can upload videos to our cloud platform via our web UI, API or Desktop Application and seamlessly tackle your encoding workload.

Our cloud video conversion software and services can vastly improve your website or your business. Add in our powerful watchfolder capabilities via S3, FTP and Rackspace and you have yourself a well rounded service, capable of anything!

Rackspace’s cloud files represents a failure-proof storage solution that scales to meet your needs, effortlessly. We offer cloud video encoding solutions that are unmatched in the industry. Integrate Rackspace’s Cloud Files and Encoding.com’s powerful processing platform to extend your workflow to infinite possibilities.

Need to monitor a container on a daily basis for new content, or just upload one video at a time? Struggling with cloud video transcoding? No problem. Check out this easy how-to guide on how to use these powerful cloud computing and storage solutions to your advantage.

Use Encoding.com’s platform and online PNG converterto easily convert .jpg, .gif or .tiff files to .png files. Acceptable as an input format as well!

Encoding.com has cloud-based software that makes PNG image compression fast and easy. Control the size, quality and much more. PNG is a bitmapped image file format widely used for transferring images on the web.

Our cloud-based PNG encoder will improve your website and your workflow. Contact us today to learn more about our audio encoding and image conversion services.

Find On2 VP6 Video Codecs

Use Encoding.com’s powerful encoding engine to easily convert your video files to On2 VP6 based Flash. Upload videos to our platform from S3, FTP, Rackspace or your local storage and effortlessly have them converted and delivered back to S3, FTP or Rackspace.

Need to encode many files daily? Deliver to multiple locations? Need On2 VP6 video codecs? Designate a watch folder on any of our supported locations, use our “VP6” encoding output option.

Perform On2 VP6 Video Encoding

On2 VP6 video encoding has never been easier. Encoding.com has online encoding and conversion software that is entirely scalable and easy to use.

Online MPG Converter

Encoding.com accepts many types of files from the .mpg family. Use our web interface, powerful API or desktop application, access our MPG encoder to create or encode the flavor of .mpg of your liking. MPEG is a large set of standards for encoding video and audio, for use in transport or locally. Encoding.com’s online MPG converter is fast and easy to use. Check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats for more information.

MPEG Video Compression

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within many video containers. Learn more about our easy-to-use MPEG encoder or check out our up to the minute list of other supported file formats . Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4. VP6 is a proprietary video codec developed by On2 Technologies and is supported by Adobe Flash, Flash Video and JavaFX media files. It was widely adopted prior to the emergence of the H.264 codec, and is used primarily for Internet video and Flash video files. VP6 supports multi-pass encoding, constant or variable data rates, and advanced error recovery; and can be used to encode high resolution video, including 1920x1080 HD video streams.

Through our web uploader, MPEG video compression and MPEG transcoding have never been easier. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select the flavor of mpeg that you need. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos.

Encoding.com: Scalable Online MPEG Transcoding Software

We offer our users a simple and scalable online MPEG transcoding solution. MPEG video generally refers to a set of standards and methods for compressing audio and video data. The most important and widely used standards include MPEG-2, an older format currently used by over-the-air digital television providers (digital cable, satellite) and MPEG-4, which includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. MPEG-4 supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks. Try one of our free plans today!

Use Encoding.com’s powerful encoding engine and online MOV converter to easily convert your video files to .mov. Upload videos to our platform from S3, FTP, Rackspace or your local storage and effortlessly have them converted and delivered back to S3, FTP or Rackspace.

MOV Encoder

Need to encode many files to .mov daily? Need to deliver to multiple locations? Our MOV encoder is the answer. Designate a watch folder on any of our supported locations and add multiple destinations with ease. Encoding to .mov has never been easier.

Encoding.com: MOV Conversion Software

File conversions are fast and easy with our MOV conversion software. We offer several packages for our cloud-based encoding system. Contact us today to learn more.

HTTP Live Streaming allows streaming of files from the internet to specific devices. Encoding.com’s iPhone video encoding platform produces files that are chunked into many short streams. From there, you can choose many bit rates in order to adapt to the environment in which the stream is played. This allows the viewing environment to adapt to the correct data rate.

iPhone HTTP Live Streaming

Imagine a one-click setting for iPhone HTTP live streaming. We have it and an array of other cloud-based transcoding solutions. Contact us today for more information.

Encoding.com: Cloud-Based HD Encoding Software

Yes, we do! With HD’s takeover, the demand has never been higher to deliver the best possible content to your audience. Proper HD encoding is a big part of that process. Whether you’re broadcasting, downloading or turning out locally available content, use Encoding.com’s platform to create stunning HD files that meet the aesthetic needs of your project.

With our HD encoding software, simply choose the HD codec you’d like to convert to, define a watchfolder or upload your source, and you’re done! Your reformatted video will be delivered back to you, at the location of your choice.

HD Transcoding and Compression

With Encoding.com’s powerful platform, you can swiftly up-convert SD to HD, or reformat HD media, using our web interface, powerful API or desktop application. We also have HD transcoding and compression solutions that are scalable and easy to use.

Find Codecs for HD Videos

Yes you can! We are your HD codec solution. Use Encoding.com’s powerful encoding engine to easily create stunning HD content. Upload videos to our platform from S3, FTP, Rackspace or local storage and effortlessly have them encoded for playback in the HD environment of your choice. Need to create HD content daily and find codecs for HD videos? Deliver to multiple locations? Designate a watch folder on any of our supported locations and add multiple destinations with ease. Encoding to HD has never been easier.

Use Encoding.com’s powerful encoding engine to easily convert video files to the format of your choosing. Upload videos to our platform from S3, FTP, Rackspace or your local storage and effortlessly have them converted and delivered back to S3, FTP or Rackspace.

Encoding.com has software to convert video files that is reliable and easy to use. Need to encode many files daily? Deliver to multiple locations? Designate a watch folder on any of our supported locations, add multiple destinations with ease. Encoding has never been easier.

Encoding.com offers proven S3 video integration solutions. Amazon Web Services (AWS) comprises a series of remote computing/web services that make your life easier. Infinitely scalable and use AWS with Encoding.com to create a workflow with storage locations and services accessed via HTTP.

Use Encoding.com for all of your cloudfront streaming needs. Amazon’s S3 Interface can be used seamlessly with Encoding.com’s compression platform for usage as either as source or destination.

In our system, you can use Paypal to pay for invoices in two ways:

1) When you first sign up for an account, you can use Paypal to pay for a pre-pay plan.
2) You can also use Paypal to pay directly through your Freshbooks login screen for an individual invoice. Please note that you cannot use Paypal for recurring payments.

The MediaID is a unique 7 digit number generated by Encoding.com that allows users to track jobs by incremental number. When you submit a job via XML, or via our WebUI, you'll receive a MediaID when you submit your job. Via XML, you'll receive this back as a post. Using our webUI, you'll receive this as an email that you state in the notify field.  Also in your encoding queue via our webUI you can view your MediaIDs.  Please note that this is not a number that is generated on the user end. 

There are a number of very popular mobile devices that support video playback including:

• iPhone / iPod
• Blackberry
• Nokia
• Droid
• PSP
• Zune

Of course, many of these devices have their own video format requirements.  Encoding.com provides simple presets for the most popular mobile devices so that you can properly encode your video for your target device without requiring you to research the various device specifications. Use our web interface to browse to the presets and choose from an encode flavor that you can use as-is, or customize however you'd like. Go ahead and create one watch folder and add multiple presets to create all of your mobile content. It's that easy!

At any time you can choose to upgrade, downgrade or switch to pre-paid. Here's how:

1) Log into your account via https://www.encoding.com/login

2) Go to 'My account'

3) Next to the account type, select 'Change'

4) You'll be given the option to downgrade or upgrade, or change to a pre-paid plan.  Choose wisely!

5) Ensure to hit 'Save' - That's it, you're done.

While in this user interface, you can also regenerate API keys and change passwords, contact information, etc. Have a look around here, as it's the master control panel for your account.

Easily Convert H264 to MPEG at Encoding.com

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the H264 and .mpeg containers. Check out our up to the minute support list for what’s available: http://www.encoding.com/formatsupport/#h264 Through our web uploader, you can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select ‘Encoding Options’ and select ‘Add Task.’ Use the pulldown menu to select the mpeg flavor of your choice. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos. H.264, short for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, is a standard for video compression and is poised to become the next standard for format of convergence in the digital video industry now supported by Google / YouTube, Adobe, and Apple iTunes. It contains a number of features that enable it to compress video much more effectively than previous standards, and provides more flexibility for applications across a wide variety of network environments from low bit-rate Internet streaming to HDTV broadcast and Digital Cinema applications with nearly lossless coding. Audio Video Interleave, known as AVI, is a multimedia container format created by Microsoft in 1992. AVI files contain both audio and video data and support synchronous audio-with-video playback. An AVI container can support virtually any compression scheme including Full Frame (uncompressed), Intel Real Time (Indeo), Cinepak, Motion JPEG, Real Video, MPEG-4 and others.

<format>
    <output>mp4</output>
    <size>320x240</size>
    <bitrate>256k</bitrate>
    <audio_bitrate>64k</audio_bitrate>
    <audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>
    <keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>
    <video_codec>mpeg4</video_codec>
    <profile>main</profile>
    <VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>
    <audio_codec>libfaac</audio_codec>
    <two_pass>no</two_pass>
    <cbr>no</cbr>
    <deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>
    <keyframe>300</keyframe>
    <audio_volume>100</audio_volume>
    <file_extension>mp4</file_extension>
    <hint>no</hint>
  </format>

<format>    
<output>mpeg2</output>
    <size>320x240</size>
    <bitrate>256k</bitrate>
    <audio_bitrate>256k</audio_bitrate>
    <audio_sample_rate>44100</audio_sample_rate>
    <audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>
    <keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>
    <video_codec>mpeg2video</video_codec>
    <profile>baseline</profile>
    <VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>
    <audio_codec>mp2</audio_codec>
    <two_pass>no</two_pass>
    <cbr>no</cbr>
    <deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>
    <keyframe>15</keyframe>
    <audio_volume>100</audio_volume>
    <file_extension>mpg</file_extension>
    <bframes>2</bframes>
    <gop>cgop</gop>
 </format>

Encoding.com: Online H264 to WMV Converter

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .avi and .wmv containers. Read on to learn more about our H264 to WMV conversion platform and check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats.

H.264, short for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, is a standard for video compression and is poised to become the next standard for format of convergence in the digital video industry now supported by Google / YouTube, Adobe, and Apple iTunes. It contains a number of features that enable it to compress video much more effectively than previous standards, and provides more flexibility for applications across a wide variety of network environments from low bit-rate Internet streaming to HDTV broadcast and Digital Cinema applications with nearly lossless coding.

Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. It can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV. The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1. While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation.

Encoding.com: Online H264 to WMV Converter

Through our web uploader, it is easy to access and use our online H264 to WMV file converter. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select WMV. That’s it! Free plans are available – sign up now!

Encoding.com: The Online MP4 to 3GP Video Converter

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .mpeg4 and .3gp containers. Learn more about our easy-to-use MP4 to 3GP converter or check out our up to the minute list of other supported file formats.

MPEG-4 Part 14, with its official filename extension .mp4, is a multimedia container format most commonly used to store digital audio and video streams, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. It is based on AppleÕs QuickTime file format (.mov). Like most modern container formats, MP4 allows streaming over the Internet. A separate hint track is used to include streaming information in the file.

3GP is a multimedia container format that supports MPEG-2, H.263 and H.264 video codecs. 3GP was designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements in order to accommodate mobile phones. Most 3G capable mobile phones support the playback and recording of video in 3GP format (memory, maximum file size for playback and recording, and resolution limits exist and vary).

With our web uploader, using our online mp4 to 3gp video converter could not be easier. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select 3gp. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos.

Try one of our free plans today!

Easily Convert FLV to MOV with Encoding.com

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .flv and .mov containers. Check out our up to the minute support list for what’s available: http://www.encoding.com/formatsupport/#mov Through our web uploader, you can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select ‘Encoding Options’ and select ‘Add Task.’ Use the pulldown menu to select .mov. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos. Flash Video, or FLV, is a container file format used to deliver video via the Adobe Flash player. Deployed by leading video sites such as YouTube, Yahoo! Video, and many others, Flash Video is an open format which supports H.264, VP6 and Sorenson Spark formats. The QuickTime (.mov) file format functions as a multimedia container file that supports the most popular video and audio codecs, and stores audio, video, effects, and text data (for subtitles). The QuickTime file is a unique container format with its ability to support an encoded media stream or a data reference to a media stream located in another file.

<format>
<output>mov</output>  
<size>320x240</size>  
<bitrate>256k</bitrate>  
<audio_bitrate>64k</audio_bitrate>  
<audio_channels_number>2</audio_channels_number>  
<keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>  
<video_codec>mpeg4</video_codec>  
<profile>main</profile>  
<VCodecParameters>no</VCodecParameters>  
<audio_codec>libfaac</audio_codec>  
<two_pass>no</two_pass>  
<cbr>no</cbr>  
<deinterlacing>no</deinterlacing>  
<keyframe>300</keyframe>  
<audio_volume>100</audio_volume>  
<file_extension>mov</file_extension>  
<hint>no</hint>  
</format>  

Encoding.com: The Scalable WMV to MPEG File Format Converter

Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. It can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV. The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1. While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation. Converting from WMV to MPEG is simple and fast with Encoding.com.

MPEG video generally refers to a set of standards and methods for compressing audio and video data. The most important and widely used standards include MPEG-2, an older format currently used by over-the-air digital television providers (digital cable, satellite) and MPEG-4, which includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. MPEG-4 supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks. Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4.

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .wmv and .mpeg2, 4, H264 containers. Check out our supported file formats for more information on converting files from WMV to MPEG. Through our web uploader, you can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select the flavor of mpeg that you would like . That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos. Start performing easy WMV to MPEG file conversions today. Sign up for a free plan at Encoding.com now!

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .flv and .mpeg containers. Check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats and read below to learn more about our FLV to MPEG converter.

Flash Video, or FLV, is a container file format used to deliver video via the Adobe Flash player. Deployed by leading video sites such as YouTube, Yahoo! Video, and many others, Flash Video is an open format which supports H.264, VP6 and Sorenson Spark formats. Converting files from FLV to MPEG is easy and scalable at Encoding.com.

MPEG video generally refers to a set of standards and methods for compressing audio and video data. The most important and widely used standards include MPEG-2, an older format currently used by over-the-air digital television providers (digital cable, satellite) and MPEG-4, which includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. MPEG-4 supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks. Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4.

Encoding.com: Powerful Online FLV to MPEG Video Converter

Through our web uploader, it is easy to use our online FLV to MPEG video converter. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select the mpeg flavor of your choice. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos. Sign up for one of our free plans today!

VP6 to MPEG

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .flv and .mpg containers. Learn more about our easy-to-use VP6 to MPEG video converter or check out our up to the minute list of other supported file formats.

VP6 is a proprietary video codec developed by On2 Technologies and is supported by Adobe Flash, Flash Video and JavaFX media files. It was widely adopted prior to the emergence of the H.264 codec, and is used primarily for Internet video and Flash video files. VP6 supports multi-pass encoding, constant or variable data rates, and advanced error recovery; and can be used to encode high resolution video, including 1920×1080 HD video streams.

VP6 to MPEG Converter: Encoding.com

Using our web uploader, accessing our VP6 to MPEG converter is easy and fast. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select the flavor of mpeg that you need. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos.

Free plans are available. Try one today!

MPEG video generally refers to a set of standards and methods for compressing audio and video data. The most important and widely used standards include MPEG-2, an older format currently used by over-the-air digital television providers (digital cable, satellite) and MPEG-4, which includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. MPEG-4 supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks. Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4.

Covert Your AVI Files to MPEG 4 Files Online

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .avi and .mpeg4 containers. Check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats and read below to learn more about our AVI to MPEG4 converter.

Audio Video Interleave, known as AVI, is a multimedia container format created by Microsoft in 1992. AVI files contain both audio and video data and support synchronous audio-with-video playback. An AVI container can support virtually any compression scheme including Full Frame (uncompressed), Intel Real Time (Indeo), Cinepak, Motion JPEG, Real Video, MPEG-4 and others. MPEG-4 is a developing standard used to compress audio and visual data, and is divided into several parts. The standard includes the concept of ÒprofilesÓ and Òlevels,Ó allowing a specific set of capabilities to be defined in a manner appropriate for a subset of applications.

The MPEG-4 standard is generally used for streaming media and CD distribution, video conversation, and broadcast television and includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. MPEG-4 also supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks. Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4

Through our web uploader, you can easily convert AVI files to MPEG4 files. You can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select Encoding Options and select Add Task. Use the pulldown menu to select mpeg4. That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos. Learn more about our free plans today!

AVI to WMV

Easily Convert AVI to WMV With Encoding.com

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .avi and .wmv containers. Check out our up to the minute support list for what's available. Through our web uploader, you can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select 'Encoding Options' and select 'Add Task.' Use the pulldown menu to select WMV. That's it! You're ready to use Encoding.com's platform to compress your files.

Encoding.com Makes AVI to WMV Conversions A Snap

Audio Video Interleave, known as AVI, is a multimedia container format created by Microsoft in 1992. AVI files contain both audio and video data and support synchronous audio-with-video playback. An AVI container can support virtually any compression scheme including Full Frame (uncompressed), Intel Real Time (Indeo), Cinepak, Motion JPEG, Real Video, MPEG-4 and others. Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. It can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV. The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1. While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation. The Encoding.com software makes it easy to perform AVI to WMV and WMV to AVI conversions. Register for a free encoder account, and start performing your AVI to WMV conversions now!

Encoding.com: The Scalable WMV to MPEG File Format Converter

Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. It can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV. The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1. While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation. Converting from WMV to MPEG is simple and fast with Encoding.com.

MPEG video generally refers to a set of standards and methods for compressing audio and video data. The most important and widely used standards include MPEG-2, an older format currently used by over-the-air digital television providers (digital cable, satellite) and MPEG-4, which includes additional features for digital rights management and support of higher-efficiency standards used by streaming media, HD DVD and Blu-Ray. MPEG-4 supports interactivity and has the ability to crunch massive video files into pieces small enough to send over mobile networks. Within MPEG-4 standards are two very popular formats utilized for broadband video delivery: H.264 and MP4.

Encoding.com supports a host of file formats within the .wmv and .mpeg2, 4, H264 containers. Check out our supported file formats for more information on converting files from WMV to MPEG. Through our web uploader, you can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Select “Encoding Options” and select “Add Task.” Use the pulldown menu to select the flavor of mpeg that you would like . That’s it! You’re ready to use Encoding.com’s platform to compress your videos. Start performing easy WMV to MPEG file conversions today. Sign up for a free plan at Encoding.com now!

Convert Your MP4 Files to WMV Files Online with Encoding.com

Encoding.com makes it easy to convert your MP4 files to WMV files online. To begin the conversion, select ‘Encoding Options’ and select ‘Add Task.’ Use the pulldown menu to select WMV. That’s all you need to do to convert your MP4 files to WMV!

MPEG-4 Part 14, with its official filename extension .mp4, is a multimedia container format most commonly used to store digital audio and video streams, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. It is based on Apple’s QuickTime file format (.mov). Like most modern container formats, MP4 allows streaming over the Internet utilizing a separate hint track to include streaming information in the file.

Windows Media Video, or WMV, is Microsoft’s family of video codecs including WMV 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. It can handle anything from low resolution video for dial-up Internet users to HDTV. The latest generation of WMV, based on the WMV 9 codec, has been standardized and approved as a new and more open codec known as VC-1. While all versions of WMV support variable bit rate, average bit rate, and constant bit rate, WMV 9 introduced several important features including native support for interlaced video, non-square pixels, and frame interpolation

In addition to .mp4, Encoding.com supports many other file formats as source material. Check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats now. Through our web uploader, you can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files.

Ready to begin your .mp4 to .wmv file conversion? Sign up for free now!

Encoding.com: Online Video to 3GP Converter

3GP is a multimedia container format that supports MPEG-2, H.263 and H.264 (MPEG-4) video codecs. 3GP was designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements in order to accommodate mobile phones. Most 3G capable mobile phones support the playback and recording of video in 3GP format (memory, maximum file size for playback and recording, and resolution limits exist and vary).

Encoding.com: Online Video to 3GP Converter

Encoding.com makes it easy to convert your files to 3GP format. To begin a video to 3GP conversion, Select "Encoding Options" and select "Add Task." Use the pulldown menu to select 3GP. That's it! You're now ready to use Encoding.com's platform to compress your videos  and convert to 3GP.

Encoding.com also supports many file formats as source material. Check out our up to the minute list of supported file formats now. Through our web uploader, you can push individual files directly to our encoding platform from your local disk, FTP, S3 or Rackspace location. Alternately, you can select a watch folder on your FTP, S3 or Rackspace location to be polled at the time interval of your choice to encode files. Ready to begin performing 3GP video conversions? Sign up for a free account now and begin performing your video to 3GP conversions.

We test video playback on a variety of devices, from Mac and Windows PCs, to all the various mobile phone platforms available today. One critical issue that comes up often is that the hosting server has not set the MIME types for the video type. A typical error message for this would be "unknown application/octet-stream". Here is a list of many common formats we encounter.

IMPORTANT: You will need to configure your ftp server to these MIME types for them to be properly recognized by their respective playback devices.

We often field questions from customers about how the bitrate relates to both quality and the total size of the file. This can confusing to people new to encoding, so I'll try to cover the key points here. Generally the higher the bitrate the higher the image quality of the video output. Modern codecs like H.264 will look noticeably better at the same bitrate vs. older codecs like H.263, and variable bitrate (VBR) will look better than constant bitrate (CBR) in most applications. Keep in mind, there are 8 bits in a byte. So 1 megabyte per second would be 8 megabits per second (mbps). For reference, HD Blu-ray video is generally around 20mbps, standard definition DVD around 6mbps, high-quality web video about 2 mbps, and video for phones in the kilobit range (kbps). Here is the math from testing VP6 output for a video with a duration of 93 seconds: On2 Flix VP6 = 2,080 kbytes x 8 = 16,640 kbits / 93 secs = 179 kbits/sec ffmpeg VP6 = 3,051 kbytes x 8 = 24,408 kbits / 93 secs = 262 kbits/sec But for everyday use, there are a few different tools for detecting bitrate and codecs: MediaInfo is a nice basic tool for quickly seeing all the stats on a video file. http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en For MacOS, you can use the Inspector window in QuickTime Player. I strongly recommend having the Perian codec pack to read non-native codecs. http://www.perian.org/ For analyzing Blu-ray Discs, see BDInfo for Windows http://www.cinemasquid.com/blu-ray/tools/bdinfo/

Since users often will be uploading a wide variety of videos, I generally like to break them down into two types:

Static/Low Action - stable tripod shots, very little background movement, actors standing still 
Active/High Action - panning/jerky camera, lots of action, sports-like movement

A good starting point is to choose a variable bitrate setting equal to the width of the video. So, for example: 640x480 SD at 640 kilobits per sec (kbps), or 1280x720 HD at 1280 kbps. Higher action video may require a slightly higher bitrate to prevent blocking artifacts.

Noise Reduction

Applying some noise reduction is useful to save bits for high detail regions, but be careful not to overdo it. I've seen video samples where whole areas of ocean and grassy fields disappear to achieve a lower bitrate. This of course, falls under artistic preference, but generally I'd rather see a smaller framesize and more detail. At low bitrates, it is increasing important to improve the quality of noisy video sources, such as film containing lots of grain or video shot in low light. The 3D noise reduction in ffmpeg allows control over both luma and chroma values for fine-tuning your output image quality.

	<noise_reduction>4:3:6</noise_reduction> 

luma_spatial – Spatial Luma Strength. Allowed values: [0,255]
chroma_spatial – Spatial Chroma Strength. Allowed values: [0,255]
luma_temp – Temporal Luma Strength. Allowed values: [0,255]

General recommended starting value is 4:3:6. [luma_spatial:chroma_spatial:luma_temp] Noise reduction is also available via our web interface as the High Quality 3D Denoiser option.

Single Pass vs. Two Pass

For most purposes 2-pass encoding achieves very good results. It's a tradeoff of diminishing returns, 2-pass gaining perhaps 10% quality bit-for-bit but doubling the encoding time. Do not lower qcomp, CBR is horrible on quality. I'd experiment with values floating between 0.60 and 0.80 if you want more VBR. if qcomp = 1.00 then quantizer is constant for second pass. Real variable bitrate with constant quality. if qcomp = 0.00 then bitrate is constant for second pass. Real constant bitrate with variable quality.

<two_pass>yes</two_pass>

I'd recommend having two sample videos, tell your users to choose Low or High Action content setting, experiment a bit with your B-frames then define two "baseline" settings for each bitrate. For web video it's best to narrow your targets to four different bitrates at most, especially if you are going to be processing thousands of users uploading. Most folks have a slow (up to 240kbits), good (~700kbits), or fast (2mbits and higher) connection. I'd say H.264 over 2mbits is generally overkill for website content. For general purposes, I'd recommend 2-pass and we push a 10 second keyframe interval (300 frames) which may not be appropriate for "high-action" source video.

For more detail on H.264 controls for scenecut thresholds, B-frames, and more, please refer to:

Advanced H.264 Guide http://sites.google.com/site/linuxencoding/x264-ffmpeg-mapping

H.264 parameters for our API http://www.encoding.com/help/article/advanced_configuration_options_for_the_libx264_video_codec

An excellent collection of HD videos at 2mbits/sec can be found at http://californiaisaplace.com/cali/ 

16x16 Macroblocks

H.264/AVC does a much more efficient job when the horizontal and vertical framesize dimensions are multiples of 16. Good examples include:

SD (4:3) aspect ratios: 320x240, 432x320, 480x360, 544x400, 640x480, 768x576
HD (16:9) aspect ratios: 432x240, 576x320, 640x360, 720x400, 848x480, 1024x576, 1280x720, 1920x1080

In 4:2:0 H.264/AVC coding, each block contains 4 luminance samples (Y), 1 blue sample (Cb), and 1 red sample (Cr). Modern video decoding chips (GPUs) are optimized for playback of 16x16 macroblocking.

Keyframes and GOPs

Low action scenes generally handle more bidirectional (B-frames) better since they don't have to track interframe motion as aggressively. Higher action content will require more keyframes (I-frames) to keep the picture from breaking apart. Longer GOPs with more B-frames also require more buffering by the playback GPU to recursively track the motion for each macroblock. Fortunately, x264 offers very good scene detection, which is why for most applications, we set keyframes to 300.

H.264/AVC sample for modern mobiles (30 fps with a 10 second GOP)

	<framerate>30</framerate>
	<keyframe>300</keyframe>

For older computers, and early generations of iPod and Blackberry phones, the chips might not have enough processing power and memory to successfully buffer longer GOPs. Keep your bitrates low, try lower framerates, and shorter GOPs.

H.264/AVC sample for older mobiles (15 fps with a 4 second GOP)

	<framerate>15</framerate>
	<keyframe>60</keyframe>

More information about GOPs available on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_pictures

Turbo Mode

NOTE: For bigger or longer HD encoding jobs, turbo mode is absolutely recommended since you will see speed gains in the neighborhood of 3x faster vs. normal mode. Please be aware turbo is running on more powerful encoders, so it costs an extra $1 per gigabyte.

<turbo>yes</turbo>

1) Login to the Encoding.com Client Interface www.encoding.com/login.
2) Visit the My Account page and retrieve your User ID and API User Key
3) Open Encoding.com Desktop and select Preferences from the menu
4) Enter your User ID and API User Key in the Account section

1) Open the Encoding.com Desktop application on your computer. Ensure that you have your Encoding.com User ID and API Key added to the preferences section.
2) Click Add Media or drag and drop a source video from your computer's hard drive.
3) Click Add Task to add one of our encoding presets or choose to create your own preset by editing and saving one of ours.
4) Click the Upload or Proceed button to begin the upload and encoding process.

You can also watch the video tutorial of this process