The ability for up to 720p playback on live events is currently only available to our Business Pro and Enterprise customers for interactive events only. Please reach out to your Account more information.
1080p playback is currently only available for on demand content.
For video content to be used within the platform please use the following settings
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720p Encoding settings
File specific requirements:
- MP4 must be more than 1 minute in length but no longer than 3 hours in length
- Files up to 2GB can be uploaded into the WorkCast Platform.
Please note that any media sent over to our Managed Events Team will not be checked for these settings. It is required to sent over already in this format.
Video Settings:
- Codec: H.264 (libx264)
- Profile: Main
- Resolution: 1280x720
- Frame Rate: 30 fps (or match the source frame rate if it's different)
- Bitrate: 1.5 Mbps (1500 kbps)
- Keyframe Interval: 2 seconds (or every 60 frames at 30 fps)
- Preset: Medium (adjust to slower for better quality but more encoding time, or faster for less encoding time but lower quality)
- Bitrate Control: Variable Bitrate (VBR) with an average bitrate around 1.5 Mbps and a maximum bitrate slightly higher to handle more complex scenes
Audio Settings:
- Codec: AAC
- Bitrate: 128 kbps
- Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz
- Channels: Stereo (2 channels)
FFmpeg command to re-encode to this standard:
ffmpeg -i "INPUTNAMEHERE" -c:v libx264 -profile:v main -preset medium -b:v 1500k -maxrate 1800k -bufsize 3000k -vf "scale=1280:720" -r 30 -g 60 -keyint_min 60 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -ac 2 -ar 44100 "OUTPUTNAMEHERE"
1080p Encoding settings
File specific requirements:
- MP4 must be more than 1 minute in length but no longer than 3 hours in length
- Files up to 2GB can be uploaded into the WorkCast Platform.
Please note that any media sent over to our Managed Events Team will not be checked for these settings. It is required to sent over already in this format.
Video Settings:
- Codec: H.264 (libx264)
- Profile: Main
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Frame Rate: 30 fps (or match the source frame rate if it's different)
- Bitrate: 3 Mbps (3000 kbps)
- Keyframe Interval: 2 seconds (or every 60 frames at 30 fps)
- Preset: Medium (adjust to slower for better quality but more encoding time, or faster for less encoding time but lower quality)
- Bitrate Control: Variable Bitrate (VBR) with an average bitrate around 3 Mbps and a maximum bitrate slightly higher to handle more complex scenes
Audio Settings:
- Codec: AAC
- Bitrate: 128 kbps
- Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz
- Channels: Stereo (2 channels)
FFMpeg command to re-encode media to this standard:
ffmpeg -i "INPUTNAMEHERE" -c:v libx264 -profile:v main -preset medium -b:v 3000k -maxrate 3500k -bufsize 6000k -vf "scale=1920:1080" -r 30 -g 60 -keyint_min 60 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -ac 2 -ar 44100 "OUTPUTNAMEHERE"