Transcoding [VC 21.3.1 GEN]

Transcoding

Transcode an item

POST /item/(item-id)/transcode

Starts a new job that transcode an item to a number of shapes according to the given shape tags.

Query Parameters:	tag (string) – Comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the desired output. createThumbnails (boolean) – true (default) - Creates thumbnails according to default transcoder rules. false - No thumbnails will be created. createPosters (string) – A list of time codes to use for creating posters. thumbnailService (string) – Identifies which thumbnail resource that should be used. destinationItem (string) – An item id, to which the new new shape will be associated. original (string) – If specified, should be one of the tags specified in the tag parameter. Specifies that the original shape tag will be reset to the shape created to this tag. resourceId (string) – The transcoder resource to use to execute the transcode. storageId (string) – Identifier of storage where essence file is to be stored. New in version 4.16. overrideFastStart (boolean) – true (default) - Use transcoder’s estimate of the duration for allocating header space in MOV files and similar files. false - Do not use the transcoder’s estimate of the duration. requireFastStart (boolean) – true (default) - Try to put the index tables (header) in front of the file. false - Put header at end of file. fastStartLength (string) – Estimated duration of the clip in seconds. notification (string) – The placeholder job notification to use for this job. notificationData (string) – Any additional data to include for notifications on this job. priority (string) – The priority to assign to the job. Default is MEDIUM . jobmetadata (string[]) – Additional information for the job task.
Produces:	application/xml, application/json – JobDocument
Role:	_job_write

Transcode a specific shape

POST /item/(item-id)/shape/(shape-id)/transcode

Starts a new job that transcode a specific shape on an item to a number of shapes according to the given shape tags.

Query Parameters:	tag (string) – Comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the desired output. createThumbnails (boolean) – true (default) - Creates thumbnails according to default transcoder rules. false - No thumbnails will be created. createPosters (string) – A list of time codes to use for creating posters. thumbnailService (string) – Identifies which thumbnail resource that should be used. destinationItem (string) – An item id, to which the new new shape will be associated. original (string) – If specified, should be one of the tags specified in the tag parameter. Specifies that the original shape tag will be reset to the shape created to this tag. resourceId (string) – The transcoder resource to use to execute the transcode. storageId (string) – Identifier of storage where essence file is to be stored. New in version 4.16. overrideFastStart (boolean) – true (default) - Use transcoder’s estimate of the duration for allocating header space in MOV files and similar files. false - Do not use the transcoder’s estimate of the duration. requireFastStart (boolean) – true (default) - Try to put the index tables (header) in front of the file. false - Put header at end of file. fastStartLength (string) – Estimated duration of the clip in seconds. notification (string) – The placeholder job notification to use for this job. notificationData (string) – Any additional data to include for notifications on this job. priority (string) – The priority to assign to the job. Default is MEDIUM . jobmetadata (string[]) – Additional information for the job task.
Produces:	application/xml, application/json – JobDocument
Role:	_job_write