Which integration method is right for me?

Encoding.com offers three different ways to encode your video. Chose the integration method that is most appropriate for your technical skills and needs. At a minimum you will need a video library hosted on a publicly available FTP / Rackspace or Amazon S3 storage account and a basic understanding of URL protocol. Web Interface – Read more

How does Encoding.com work?

While most of the encoding solutions on the market today are software packages that require server installation, configuration, and maintenance encoding.com is an encoding service in which we make a huge server farm and encoding software available in a “pay for only what you use” model. In our service you need to tell us three Read more

What do I need to start encoding with Encoding.com?

Other than a video to encode, an online location, such as an  FTP site / Rackspace Account / Amazon S3 account is pretty handy for storing your source video files. A similar online destination is ideal to send your encoded video files. No further technical knowledge is necessary to use our web interface or watch Read more

Video Encoding – What is it?

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 Read more

Using Microsoft’s Smooth Streaming (MSS) with Encoding.com

Microsoft's Smooth Streaming (MSS) To stream media over HTTP using Microsoft's Smooth Streaming protocol chose the “Smooth Streaming” preset from the encoding.com client interface, watch folder, or API. NOTE: Because the Smooth Streaming output creates multiple files from a single source file you have the option to tar the output tar = yes, in which Read more

Using Adobe’s HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) with Encoding.com

To stream on-demand media over HTTP using Adobe's HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) protocol chose the preset “Dynamic Streaming” from the encoding.com client interface/watch folder, or the parameter “HDS” from the Encoding.com API. NOTE: To use Adobe's HDS, the source media must be in MP4, FV4, or FLV compatible formats.  Please transcode your video into one Read more

How can I use your .NET uploader tool?

Please note these instructions are for the Encoding.com uploader scripts, v. 1.1. The audience for this document is intended to be web script authors, software developers and system administrators. You can download the .NET uploader tool here: www.iloveencoding.com/Uploader.Net.zip Introduction: The Encoding.com User Uploader Script enables the direct upload of User Generated Video (UGV) content to Encoding.com Read more

How can I use your PHP uploader tool?

Please note these instructions are for the Encoding.com uploader scripts, v. 1.1. The audience for this document is intended to be web script authors, software developers and system administrators. http://upload.encoding.com/client/pakages/encoding.com_uploader_client_v1.1.zip Introduction: The Encoding.com User Uploader Script enables the direct upload of User Generated Video (UGV) content to Encoding.com storage so you can avoid a workflow where Read more

What information does GetStatus Extended Mode return?

Need more info then what GetStatus returns? Use GetStatus Extended Mode to return heaploads of information on a particular MediaID. Indicate one or many (separated by commas of course); the MediaID must be included. Need a quick guide as to what all the tags refer to, go here: http://www.encoding.com/api/category/category/complete_api_documentation#extended_batch_mode Request: Response:

Can I ship Encoding.com a drive to ingest files?

Have a lot of files that you need encoded quickly? No worries. Rather than upload the 400 terabytes of content, ship your drives directly to Amazon and place them on your S3 account. Don't have an S3 account? Sign up for one here. It's quick and painless, I promise.  — Prerequisites: + Make sure you Read more