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There are 3 situations where we have seen audio sync issues originate. In each of these cases, the <audio_sync> feature can be useful: 1. Apple Final Cut Pro 7 sequences with mixed timecode. This was was fixed in FCP X, so FCP7 and versions below can create outputs that have incorrect timescale. 2. MPEG Read more
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Interested in keeping tabs on your existing workflow? Need better error reporting? We've added a feature to help track errors to our existing API. Add the following to your XML: You'll receive information if there are errors with your encodes, post-download to the Encoding.com platform. Keep in mind that you can only have 1 email Read more
When you encounter problems on the platform, its always a safe bet to restart the encode and see if that corrects the issue. Restarting allows the platform to reselect an instance and re-download the source, thus correcting any issues that may have arisen during the creation of the job. Try these following steps to restart Read more
To receive a notification only where a job errors, designate a URL or email address for <notify_encoding_errors>, you will receive information when a job contains errors. This is in additon to the regular <notify> field for completion of all job processes.
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Need more details on the Vid.ly error codes? These should answers you questions. MessageCodes? ErrorCodes? What's the difference you may ask? MessageCodes give you particular feedback as to the status of the actions you have requested from the API. (We're talking about AddMedia, AddMediaLite, etc.) Error codes are more or less what you'll bump into Read more
You can easily correct audio sync issues by setting the audio_sync tag in your XML, as follows: This works by adjusting the output audio stream to match the source timestamps, in # of samples per second. Consider this a great for fixing sync when source is variable framerate, or has timescale problems. The most common Read more
If you are attempting to save a custom dimension in a present in our web UI, you can run into the error: Incorrect encoding parameters – Please see detail below: 1. Invalid value size The way to correct this issue is to remove the spaces in your dimension request. – 320 x 240 will not pass Read more