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In most cases you can use the default audio bitrate of 64k. If you need quality stereo sound, use 128k or 192k. For home DVD systems use up to 320k, assuming that your source video has appropriate audio quality. Bit rate/filesize mapping is simple. The size of the audio stream is the audio bitrate multiplied Read more
Video codecs perform best when the frame width and height use multiples of 16. While you can use any width and height in your encoding settings, non-optimal dimensions can result in poor image quality and reduced frame rate. For the best image quality and playback, you should always use width and height dimensions that use Read more
To crop, you simple specify how many pixels will be cut from each side (left, top, right, bottom) of the original frame size. Once cropped, the resulting frame size will be resized and centered to fit output size (if necessary), as usual. Example: the source file size is 704×576, and we want to crop 10 Read more
You can see the actual status of your media files and encoding tasks at the Encoding Queue page. You can check “Automatic refresh” checkbox and specify how ofter the page will be refreshed. The time your tasks will be done depends on file size and encoding parameters.
If you create a new task in your user web interface, it won’t automatically be processed. First, create all encoding tasks for selected media, then press the Process button. If you send tasks within XML API request, they will be put on the encoding queue immediately.
Go to Statistics page of your User Interface and you’ll see total/used/available storage space for your account.
The ProcessMedia action should only be used for media that has been added with the AddMediaBenchmark call. After the media was downloaded, it will receive a ‘Ready to process‘ status, after which the processing is resumed using ProcessMedia.
When using the XML API, two parameters are sent in the XML query to authenticate the request: User ID and API User Key. You can view the User ID and API User Key in the “My Account” tab, found in the User Interface. The API User Key can be changed at anytime from there, by Read more
Yes, there is a simple web-form to send XML requests: http://manage.encoding.com/send_xml.php Copy and paste, or type, the XML request into the form there to have the system push your job. The web page will not submit the XML if there are any syntax issues.
In the Notify field you can use either mailto: link or the URL of your script. When your Media is finished, an HTTP POST request with will be sent to the specified location. Please refer to the API docs for details of POST request data format.