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What is the best file format and specification to create share links for video streaming?
What is the best file format and specification to create share links for video streaming?
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Written by Faten Matmati
Updated over a week ago

While there are a variety of codecs and file formats supported by RushTera for video streaming, we have found the following specifications give us the best results for a high quality video share link with a reasonable file size.
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โ€‹CONTAINER: Quicktime (.mov)
CODEC: (aka Compression Type) .h264 (baseline profile)
RESOLUTION: 1920 x 1080 (for 16 x 9 Material)
FRAME RATE: Same As Source (SAS)
DATA RATE: 2,400 kbps* (optimized for download)
PIXELS: Square Pixels
COMPRESSOR QUALITY: Best Quality (multi-pass)
STREAMING: None (No fast start header or hinting)
AUDIO FORMAT: AACAUDIO SAMPLE RATE: 48.000 kHz
AUDIO BIT RATE: 192 kbps

* You can specify a higher data rate (e.g. 5,000kbps, 10,000kbps), but some viewers with lower bandwidth connections may have difficulty streaming your video.

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