Features | Everything you need to start encoding today.

All the right features.

Zencoder is based on the needs of hundreds of real-world customers. We’ve even built several video websites ourselves over the years. So we know what’s important in a video transcoding service (and what’s not). Zencoder is designed to be incredibly powerful where it matters, and dead simple whenever possible. And if there’s something specific that you need that we don’t already do, get in touch!

Compatible

  • Can handle hundreds of input video formats, including many that other encoders can’t.
  • Automatically fixes many inherent issues with user-generated content, like A/V syncing.
  • Creates output videos for all major viewing devices, including web and mobile.

Fast

  • Little to no queue times. No more waiting in long lines for your encoding job to start.
  • Uses the biggest, baddest encoding machines, with a little sauce on top. So watch us rip through your jobs.

Powerful

  • 1080p HD video? Our system won’t even break a sweat.
  • Audio-only files are fine too, of course.
  • We can actually make your bad movies look better.

Easy Integration

  • Get up and running in an afternoon. Simple web services API (using REST and JSON). No XML required!
  • Helper libraries for Ruby, Python, PHP, and .NET. Need a different library? Let us know.
  • Powerful admin interface that tells you exactly what to do, and what’s going on, as you integrate.

Scalable

  • Need a dozen servers or a million files processed? No problem – we can scale up for you.
  • We can also scale down. Just need a few files processed? Pay us pennies.

Secure

  • SSL encryption included in every version.
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