Video Encoding
You shouldn't have to be a video engineer to build compelling video experiences into your product. We take care of all the complexity around transcoding, transmuxing, and compressing your content into formats optimized for Adaptative Bitrate Streaming (ABR) and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) so that your videos look their best, no matter what sort of connection your viewers are on.
Instant encoding
From 240p to 4K
Classic or 360 video
Outstanding Encoding Performance
The following test was last performed on 17 December 2021 using this benchmark.
The source code for the test is available here.
| api.video | jwplayer | Cloudfare | AWS | Vimeo Pro | YouTube | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First encoded quality | 4.48s | 4.79s | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| All qualities encoded | 22.83s | 20.12s | 17.16s | 59.75s | 21.61s | 147.22s |
| Playback starts | 5.72s | 22.74s | 19.20s | 61.68s | 24.16s | n/a |
*n/a: the information is not provided by the service
Instant Video Encoding
We run all our own infrastructure in order to squeeze the best performance out of each stage of the video pipeline. Our encoding times are the fastest in the industry, so you'll never be waiting around for your videos to encode.
Formats & Codecs
Resolution & Bitrate
api.video transcodes video to the following qualities by default.
| Resolution | FPS | Video Bitrate | Audio Bitrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 240p | 18 | 250 KBPS | 96 KBPS |
| 360p | 25 | 800 KBPS | 128 KBPS |
| 480p | 25 | 1400 KBPS | 128 KBPS |
| 720p | 25 | 2600 KBPS | 128 KBPS |
| 1080p | 30 | 4400 KBPS | 128 KBPS |
| 4K | 60 | 16000 KBPS | 128 KBPS |
Know more about: Video Upload - Video Analytics - Video Streaming - Video Live Streaming - Customizable Video Player
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