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What video resolutions and bitrate does api.video transcode to?
What video resolutions and bitrate does api.video transcode to?
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Updated over a week ago

Api.video produces up to six video definitions if the source (ingested video) has enough information to support it. In other words, the video source definition will cap the ABR / HLS videos we transcode.

The current table of resolution and bitrates supported by api.video:

Resolution

FPS

Video Bitrate

Audio Bitrate

240p

15

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

2160p (4k)

60

16000 KBPS

192 KBPS

Resolution

Level

Profile

Preset

240p

3

baseline

faster

360p

3.1

main

medium

480p

3.1

main

medium

720p

3.1

main

medium

1080p

3.1

high

medium

2160p (4k)

4.1

high

medium

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