WMV Codec

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 Read more

M4A Codec

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 Read more

MPEG Codec

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 Read more

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, Read more

What does error message ECOM00203 mean?

The error message ECOM00203 translates to “S3 Download error” When you submit jobs to us via an Amazon S3 location, it's imperative that we can read it. Please refer to the Knowledge Base article on setting permissions if your source file is to be encoded properly. http://edchelp.wpengine.com/idx.php/9/025/Amazon-S3-Integration/article/How-can-I-use-a-Amazon-S3-file-as-a-source.html

What does error message ECOM00203 mean?

  The error message ECOM00203 translates to “S3 Download error”   When you submit jobs to us via an Amazon S3 location, it's imperative that we can read it. Please refer to the Knowledge Base article on setting permissions if your source file is to be encoded properly. http://edchelp.wpengine.com/idx.php/9/025/Amazon-S3-Integration/article/How-can-I-use-a-Amazon-S3-file-as-a-source.html

How to encode and implement for HTML5 Video

Until the availability of the HTML5 video element,  all the video we have ever watched within a browser has been played through third party browser plugins.  First there was RealPlayer, then Windows Media Player and QuickTime, and most recently Flash (which is currently the dominant plugin that plays the majority of Internet video).      Read more

How Do I Convert H264 to MPEG?

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 Read more

How Do I Convert FLV to MOV?

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 Read more

DEPRECATED – What is the Encoding.com Desktop Uploader?

July 1st 2016 – The desktop uploader has been deprecated and is no longer available. The Encoding.com Desktop Uploader is a application available for installation on both OSX and PC operating systems and allows easy upload, management and encoding of video files from your desktop to the Encoding.com cloud for processing. Our Encoding.com Desktop Uploader Read more