HD Video – Support

globaledit HD Video Streaming and Support

Video Transcoding Guidelines

We output up to two different versions, depending on input file resolution.

All videos will now stream by default with standard definition of 480p for all devices. Users will be able to toggle their resolution in the video player to HD with a resolution of 720p.

Resolutions above 720p will be downscaled to 720p
Resolutions above 480P and below 720p will be downscaled to 480p
Resolutions below 480P will be upscaled to 480P
Odd resolutions of 500p, 860p, 999i, etc. will be appropriately letterboxed or pillarboxed (see below)

All videos that exceed or equal the maximum resolution, of 720p, will have 2 versions rendered at 480p & 720p with a variable bitrates of 4 mbps or lower.

Our Output Specifications

HD (720p)
- Video Codec (x264)
- Video Bitrate (VBR 3000kbits Max 4500kbits)
- Video Frame rate (Always passed through)
- Video Preset (medium)
- Video Level (3.0)
- Video Profile (baseline)
- Frame Width (1280)
- Frame Height (720)
- Audio Codec (AAC)
- Audio Bitrate (CBR 128kbits)
- Audio Sample Rate (48000Hz)
- Faststart (Enabled)

SD (480p)
- Video Codec (x264)
- Video Bitrate (VBR 1000kbits Max 1500kbits)
- Video Frame rate (Always passed through)
- Video Preset (medium)
- Video Level (3.0)
- Video Profile (baseline)
- Frame Width (852)
- Frame Height (480)
- Audio Codec (AAC)
- Audio Bitrate (CBR 128kbits)
- Audio Sample Rate (48000Hz)
- Audio Channels (Always passed through)
- Faststart (Enabled)

Recommended Input Specifications (Decoder Specs)

We recommend that you abide by our supported codecs, and that you try to upload videos that are encoded to a higher quality than the above output specification.

Full list of VIDEO codecs.

Full list of AUDIO codecs.

*Please refer to the "decoding" column for both links.*

To see more information, please refer to our Supported File Types article.

General Suggested Settings

Video Codec	Any supported codec
Video Bitrate	Greater than or equal to 4500kbits	determines quality of file
Video frame rate	Any
Frame Width	Greater than or equal to 1280px	see resolution specs above
Frame Height	Greater than or equal to 720px	see resolution specs above
Audio Codec	Any supported codec
Audio Bitrate	Greater than or equal to 128kbits
Audio Sample Rate	Greater than or equal to 48000Hz
Audio Channels	Always passed through
Faststart	Enabled

Note:

The frame rate (the rate at which frames are displayed by second, i.e. tv shows have a faster frame rate and movies played in the theater have a slower frame rate) will not be adjusted when played via globaledit.

In order to accommodate videos of all sizes, videos will be pillarboxed and letterboxed into one standard video size when played on globaledit. All vertical videos will be normalized by pillarboxing and all horizontal videos will be normalized by letterboxing. The original video will still be available for download via globaledit. This video has been pillarboxed: