Axon HD Pro - Content Prep

Hi,

Data rates can be higher, the SSD's in the servers are much faster. I've seen content at 75000 kbps play fine. There will be a trade off at a certain point, higher data rate on the movies = less movies able to be played.

here is some info
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The graphics engine was developed against MPEG2 standard to be the primary file type. MPEG2 has a long and stable history. It is a well understood and supported format across the video industry. The compression template is configured to use video only portion of the MPEG2 scheme. The .m2v file represents this video only portion. It is strongly advised to use .m2v files.
Some encoding software will not have all listed options.
Frame Size and Frame Rate
Image Size: (will vary, match output resolution)
Aspect Ratio (will vary, match output resolution)

Frame Rate: 24fps, 29.97fps, 30fps
Compression Scheme: – MPEG2
File Type: .m2v
Bit Rate and Compression
Bit Rate Encoding – VBR, 1 Pass.
(Single Rate and Multi-Pass can be used, this could adversely impact render time)
Min: 10 Mbits / sec
Max: 25 Mbits / sec (Higher can be used, but will affect performance at a certain point)
Target: 25 Mbits / sec
GOP (Group of Pictures)
M-Frames – (1)
N-Frames – (1)
Closed GOP every – (1)
M, N, I and P frame settings – the goal is to tell the encoder that ONLY I-Frames should be produced. I-Frames contain ‘all’ frame data, and not interpolation between of I-Frames. M and N frames tell the encoder how many frames to wait to produce a new I-Frame. Setting this to ‘1’ tells the encoder to produce an I-Frame after every frame.
Other Settings
Maximum Quality – “ON”
Frame Blending – “ON” (this is important if original content does not match in target frame rate)
Advanced Settings
Certain encoders allow modifications to the algorithm that is determining compression details. Generally speaking, default values have been shown to work well with a wide range of content. Modifications to these settings should not be made unless a very specific problem is trying to be solved, please contact the encoding software provider for detailed information surrounding algorithm modifications.

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Hi,

Data rates can be higher, the SSD's in the servers are much faster. I've seen content at 75000 kbps play fine. There will be a trade off at a certain point, higher data rate on the movies = less movies able to be played.

here is some info
"

The graphics engine was developed against MPEG2 standard to be the primary file type. MPEG2 has a long and stable history. It is a well understood and supported format across the video industry. The compression template is configured to use video only portion of the MPEG2 scheme. The .m2v file represents this video only portion. It is strongly advised to use .m2v files.
Some encoding software will not have all listed options.
Frame Size and Frame Rate
Image Size: (will vary, match output resolution)
Aspect Ratio (will vary, match output resolution)

Frame Rate: 24fps, 29.97fps, 30fps
Compression Scheme: – MPEG2
File Type: .m2v
Bit Rate and Compression
Bit Rate Encoding – VBR, 1 Pass.
(Single Rate and Multi-Pass can be used, this could adversely impact render time)
Min: 10 Mbits / sec
Max: 25 Mbits / sec (Higher can be used, but will affect performance at a certain point)
Target: 25 Mbits / sec
GOP (Group of Pictures)
M-Frames – (1)
N-Frames – (1)
Closed GOP every – (1)
M, N, I and P frame settings – the goal is to tell the encoder that ONLY I-Frames should be produced. I-Frames contain ‘all’ frame data, and not interpolation between of I-Frames. M and N frames tell the encoder how many frames to wait to produce a new I-Frame. Setting this to ‘1’ tells the encoder to produce an I-Frame after every frame.
Other Settings
Maximum Quality – “ON”
Frame Blending – “ON” (this is important if original content does not match in target frame rate)
Advanced Settings
Certain encoders allow modifications to the algorithm that is determining compression details. Generally speaking, default values have been shown to work well with a wide range of content. Modifications to these settings should not be made unless a very specific problem is trying to be solved, please contact the encoding software provider for detailed information surrounding algorithm modifications.

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