CVH Playout Digital Signage - Transcoding

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Last updated: 19 Aug 2024 by Bruna Lima
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This how to describes the process to prepare content to be uploaded as Playout Channel Assets in Connected Views Hospitality

Requirements

The following requirements are importante to meet before starting this process:

  1. The user should have Windows and/or MacOS operative systems

  2. The user should download and install a transcoding tool called HANDBRAKE and available HERE

Step-by-step guide

To best prepare the content to be uploaded and used as an Playout Asset in Connected Views, the following steps should be considered:

  1. Open HANBRAKE application

  2. From the menu bar click 

  1. An operative system popup should open. Select the folder and movie that you want to prepare to upload 

  1. The movie will load into handbrake making it available to start the transcoding process:

  1. From the list of available transcoding presets (in the right side of the application), select the preset that better suits your needs** or select the "Fast 720p30" witch will convert your movie/file to a 720p (1280x720) resolution that should fit in all TV and/or STB resolutions in use by our system. 

  2. You should select the destination file to be generated as an output in the "Destination" text box

  3. Finally you should start the transcoding process. Fot his you should press the "Start" button
     

     

  4. After this process terminates, your movie/file should be ready in the selected destination.

  5. You should now upload the file into Connected Views Playout Asset.

** to select the preset you should first have a look to your original movie/file and meet the requirements:

 

Original File

Output File

Maximum file size

Original File

Output File

Maximum file size

1080p/1080i (1980x1080)

FPS: 30, 50, 60, 120

(or any other resolution bigger than 720p- 1280x720)

720p @ 25/30 fps

200 MB

720p @ >60 fps

720p @ 25/30 fps

200 MB

< 720p

Same as Source 

(maintain the original resolution)

200 MB

Note: All the output file resolutions should be proporcional to 1280x720, this way they will fit into any TV-like device. Other resolutions should have some display problems

To view more about video resolutions, consult the following diagram or visit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution):



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