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Transcoding best practices
Media Services On Demand: Encoder Best Practices
  • Overview
  • Source preparation best practices
    • Basic characteristics
    • Tracks
    • Interlaced content
    • Aspect ratio
  • Transcoding best practices
    • Keyframes, GOP size, and alignment
    • Frame rate
    • Shared attributes of renditions
    • Reference frames
    • B-frames
    • Encoding entropy algorithm
    • Rate control
    • Encoder buffer model
    • Audio encoding
  • Delivery best practices
    • General
    • MP4 container
    • Fragmented MP4 container
  • References
  • Encoding recommendations
    • Selecting bitrates
  • Notice

Transcoding best practices

Consider these recommendations for the following when producing the actual derivative videos that will be delivered to the client:

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  • Keyframes, GOP size, and alignment
  • Frame rate
  • Shared attributes of renditions
  • Reference frames
  • B-frames
  • Encoding entropy algorithm
  • Rate control
  • Encoder buffer model
  • Audio encoding

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