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Automatically maintaining aspect ratio
In some cases you may need to encode a video...

Encoding for the iPhone: Tallscreen/Vertical Video Orientation
An excellent article on using encoding.com to...

How do I determine the optimal bitrate for my video?
The optimal bitrate for your video depends many...

How to get encoded video size if partial size was used in request?
Let you specified the result video size as...

How to use Crop feature, could you give sample values?
While cropping you simple specify how many...

What are the best Flash video frame dimensions?
Video codecs perform best when the frame...

What Audio bitrate (kbps) value should I use and how will it increase file size and quality?
In most cases you can use the default audio...

What does the 'Unknown encoder' error mean?
It means that unknown or unsupported...

What does the error message 'Aborted: Overtime limit (900) exceeded' mean?
The error occurs when the task hangs at the...

What input media formats are supported?
The most common formats you can use safely...

What is a "Encoding Tasks"?
A Encoding Task includes encoding format and...

What is Max Audio sample rate (Hz)?
The maximum is 2822400 Hz.

What is the error: 'Could not write header for output file (incorrect codec parameters)' ?
The specified parameters such as bitrate or...

What is the H.264 video codec?
H.264 is a standard for video compression. It...

What output encoded media formats are supported?
We encode your media into the following...