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/AWS1/CL_MDCMPEG2SETTINGS

Required when you set Codec to the value MPEG2.

CONSTRUCTOR

IMPORTING

Optional arguments:

IV_ADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2ADAPTIVEQUANTI00 /AWS1/MDCMPEG2ADAPTIVEQUANTI00

Specify the strength of any adaptive quantization filters that you enable. The value that you choose here applies to the following settings: Spatial adaptive quantization, and Temporal adaptive quantization.

IV_BITRATE TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1000MAX03 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1000MAX03

Specify the average bitrate in bits per second. Required for VBR and CBR. For MS Smooth outputs, bitrates must be unique when rounded down to the nearest multiple of 1000.

IV_CODECLEVEL TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2CODECLEVEL /AWS1/MDCMPEG2CODECLEVEL

Use Level to set the MPEG-2 level for the video output.

IV_CODECPROFILE TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2CODECPROFILE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2CODECPROFILE

Use Profile to set the MPEG-2 profile for the video output.

IV_DYNAMICSUBGOP TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2DYNAMICSUBGOP /AWS1/MDCMPEG2DYNAMICSUBGOP

Choose Adaptive to improve subjective video quality for high-motion content. This will cause the service to use fewer B-frames (which infer information based on other frames) for high-motion portions of the video and more B-frames for low-motion portions. The maximum number of B-frames is limited by the value you provide for the setting B frames between reference frames.

IV_FRAMERATECONTROL TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2FRAMERATECONTROL /AWS1/MDCMPEG2FRAMERATECONTROL

If you are using the console, use the Framerate setting to specify the frame rate for this output. If you want to keep the same frame rate as the input video, choose Follow source. If you want to do frame rate conversion, choose a frame rate from the dropdown list or choose Custom. The framerates shown in the dropdown list are decimal approximations of fractions. If you choose Custom, specify your frame rate as a fraction.

IV_FRAMERATECONVERSIONALG TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2FRAMERATECONVR00 /AWS1/MDCMPEG2FRAMERATECONVR00

Choose the method that you want MediaConvert to use when increasing or decreasing the frame rate. For numerically simple conversions, such as 60 fps to 30 fps: We recommend that you keep the default value, Drop duplicate. For numerically complex conversions, to avoid stutter: Choose Interpolate. This results in a smooth picture, but might introduce undesirable video artifacts. For complex frame rate conversions, especially if your source video has already been converted from its original cadence: Choose FrameFormer to do motion-compensated interpolation. FrameFormer uses the best conversion method frame by frame. Note that using FrameFormer increases the transcoding time and incurs a significant add-on cost. When you choose FrameFormer, your input video resolution must be at least 128x96.

IV_FRAMERATEDENOMINATOR TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1MAX1001 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1MAX1001

When you use the API for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, specify the frame rate as a fraction. For example, 24000 / 1001 = 23.976 fps. Use FramerateDenominator to specify the denominator of this fraction. In this example, use 1001 for the value of FramerateDenominator. When you use the console for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, provide the value as a decimal number for Framerate. In this example, specify 23.976.

IV_FRAMERATENUMERATOR TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN24MAX6000 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN24MAX6000

When you use the API for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, specify the frame rate as a fraction. For example, 24000 / 1001 = 23.976 fps. Use FramerateNumerator to specify the numerator of this fraction. In this example, use 24000 for the value of FramerateNumerator. When you use the console for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, provide the value as a decimal number for Framerate. In this example, specify 23.976.

IV_GOPCLOSEDCADENCE TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX21400 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX21400

Specify the relative frequency of open to closed GOPs in this output. For example, if you want to allow four open GOPs and then require a closed GOP, set this value to 5. When you create a streaming output, we recommend that you keep the default value, 1, so that players starting mid-stream receive an IDR frame as quickly as possible. Don't set this value to 0; that would break output segmenting.

IV_GOPSIZE TYPE /AWS1/RT_DOUBLE_AS_STRING /AWS1/RT_DOUBLE_AS_STRING

Specify the interval between keyframes, in seconds or frames, for this output. Default: 12 Related settings: When you specify the GOP size in seconds, set GOP mode control to Specified, seconds. The default value for GOP mode control is Frames.

IV_GOPSIZEUNITS TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2GOPSIZEUNITS /AWS1/MDCMPEG2GOPSIZEUNITS

Specify the units for GOP size. If you don't specify a value here, by default the encoder measures GOP size in frames.

IV_HRDBUFFERFINALFILLPERCE00 TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX100 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX100

If your downstream systems have strict buffer requirements: Specify the minimum percentage of the HRD buffer that's available at the end of each encoded video segment. For the best video quality: Set to 0 or leave blank to automatically determine the final buffer fill percentage.

IV_HRDBUFFERINITIALFILLPER00 TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX100 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX100

Percentage of the buffer that should initially be filled (HRD buffer model).

IV_HRDBUFFERSIZE TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX47100 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX47100

Size of buffer (HRD buffer model) in bits. For example, enter five megabits as 5000000.

IV_INTERLACEMODE TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2INTERLACEMODE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2INTERLACEMODE

Choose the scan line type for the output. Keep the default value, Progressive to create a progressive output, regardless of the scan type of your input. Use Top field first or Bottom field first to create an output that's interlaced with the same field polarity throughout. Use Follow, default top or Follow, default bottom to produce outputs with the same field polarity as the source. For jobs that have multiple inputs, the output field polarity might change over the course of the output. Follow behavior depends on the input scan type. If the source is interlaced, the output will be interlaced with the same polarity as the source. If the source is progressive, the output will be interlaced with top field bottom field first, depending on which of the Follow options you choose.

IV_INTRADCPRECISION TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2INTRADCPRECISION /AWS1/MDCMPEG2INTRADCPRECISION

Use Intra DC precision to set quantization precision for intra-block DC coefficients. If you choose the value auto, the service will automatically select the precision based on the per-frame compression ratio.

IV_MAXBITRATE TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1000MAX04 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1000MAX04

Maximum bitrate in bits/second. For example, enter five megabits per second as 5000000.

IV_MINIINTERVAL TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX30 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX30

Specify the minimum number of frames allowed between two IDR-frames in your output. This includes frames created at the start of a GOP or a scene change. Use Min I-Interval to improve video compression by varying GOP size when two IDR-frames would be created near each other. For example, if a regular cadence-driven IDR-frame would fall within 5 frames of a scene-change IDR-frame, and you set Min I-interval to 5, then the encoder would only write an IDR-frame for the scene-change. In this way, one GOP is shortened or extended. If a cadence-driven IDR-frame would be further than 5 frames from a scene-change IDR-frame, then the encoder leaves all IDR-frames in place. To manually specify an interval: Enter a value from 1 to 30. Use when your downstream systems have specific GOP size requirements. To disable GOP size variance: Enter 0. MediaConvert will only create IDR-frames at the start of your output's cadence-driven GOP. Use when your downstream systems require a regular GOP size.

IV_NOBFRAMESBETWEENREFEREN00 TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX7 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX7

Specify the number of B-frames that MediaConvert puts between reference frames in this output. Valid values are whole numbers from 0 through 7. When you don't specify a value, MediaConvert defaults to 2.

IV_PARCONTROL TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2PARCONTROL /AWS1/MDCMPEG2PARCONTROL

Optional. Specify how the service determines the pixel aspect ratio (PAR) for this output. The default behavior, Follow source, uses the PAR from your input video for your output. To specify a different PAR in the console, choose any value other than Follow source. When you choose SPECIFIED for this setting, you must also specify values for the parNumerator and parDenominator settings.

IV_PARDENOMINATOR TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1MAX21400 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1MAX21400

Required when you set Pixel aspect ratio to SPECIFIED. On the console, this corresponds to any value other than Follow source. When you specify an output pixel aspect ratio (PAR) that is different from your input video PAR, provide your output PAR as a ratio. For example, for D1/DV NTSC widescreen, you would specify the ratio 40:33. In this example, the value for parDenominator is 33.

IV_PARNUMERATOR TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1MAX21400 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN1MAX21400

Required when you set Pixel aspect ratio to SPECIFIED. On the console, this corresponds to any value other than Follow source. When you specify an output pixel aspect ratio (PAR) that is different from your input video PAR, provide your output PAR as a ratio. For example, for D1/DV NTSC widescreen, you would specify the ratio 40:33. In this example, the value for parNumerator is 40.

IV_QUALITYTUNINGLEVEL TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2QUALITYTUNLEVEL /AWS1/MDCMPEG2QUALITYTUNLEVEL

Optional. Use Quality tuning level to choose how you want to trade off encoding speed for output video quality. The default behavior is faster, lower quality, single-pass encoding.

IV_RATECONTROLMODE TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2RATECONTROLMODE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2RATECONTROLMODE

Use Rate control mode to specify whether the bitrate is variable (vbr) or constant (cbr).

IV_SCANTYPECONVERSIONMODE TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SCANTYPECONVRS00 /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SCANTYPECONVRS00

Use this setting for interlaced outputs, when your output frame rate is half of your input frame rate. In this situation, choose Optimized interlacing to create a better quality interlaced output. In this case, each progressive frame from the input corresponds to an interlaced field in the output. Keep the default value, Basic interlacing, for all other output frame rates. With basic interlacing, MediaConvert performs any frame rate conversion first and then interlaces the frames. When you choose Optimized interlacing and you set your output frame rate to a value that isn't suitable for optimized interlacing, MediaConvert automatically falls back to basic interlacing. Required settings: To use optimized interlacing, you must set Telecine to None or Soft. You can't use optimized interlacing for hard telecine outputs. You must also set Interlace mode to a value other than Progressive.

IV_SCENECHANGEDETECT TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SCENECHANGEDET00 /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SCENECHANGEDET00

Enable this setting to insert I-frames at scene changes that the service automatically detects. This improves video quality and is enabled by default.

IV_SLOWPAL TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SLOWPAL /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SLOWPAL

Ignore this setting unless your input frame rate is 23.976 or 24 frames per second (fps). Enable slow PAL to create a 25 fps output. When you enable slow PAL, MediaConvert relabels the video frames to 25 fps and resamples your audio to keep it synchronized with the video. Note that enabling this setting will slightly reduce the duration of your video. Required settings: You must also set Framerate to 25.

IV_SOFTNESS TYPE /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX128 /AWS1/MDC__INTEGERMIN0MAX128

Ignore this setting unless you need to comply with a specification that requires a specific value. If you don't have a specification requirement, we recommend that you adjust the softness of your output by using a lower value for the setting Sharpness or by enabling a noise reducer filter. The Softness setting specifies the quantization matrices that the encoder uses. Keep the default value, 0, to use the AWS Elemental default matrices. Choose a value from 17 to 128 to use planar interpolation. Increasing values from 17 to 128 result in increasing reduction of high-frequency data. The value 128 results in the softest video.

IV_SPATIALADAPTIVEQUANTIZA00 TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SPATIALADAPTIV00 /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SPATIALADAPTIV00

Keep the default value, Enabled, to adjust quantization within each frame based on spatial variation of content complexity. When you enable this feature, the encoder uses fewer bits on areas that can sustain more distortion with no noticeable visual degradation and uses more bits on areas where any small distortion will be noticeable. For example, complex textured blocks are encoded with fewer bits and smooth textured blocks are encoded with more bits. Enabling this feature will almost always improve your video quality. Note, though, that this feature doesn't take into account where the viewer's attention is likely to be. If viewers are likely to be focusing their attention on a part of the screen with a lot of complex texture, you might choose to disable this feature. Related setting: When you enable spatial adaptive quantization, set the value for Adaptive quantization depending on your content. For homogeneous content, such as cartoons and video games, set it to Low. For content with a wider variety of textures, set it to High or Higher.

IV_SYNTAX TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SYNTAX /AWS1/MDCMPEG2SYNTAX

Specify whether this output's video uses the D10 syntax. Keep the default value to not use the syntax. Related settings: When you choose D10 for your MXF profile, you must also set this value to D10.

IV_TELECINE TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2TELECINE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2TELECINE

When you do frame rate conversion from 23.976 frames per second (fps) to 29.97 fps, and your output scan type is interlaced, you can optionally enable hard or soft telecine to create a smoother picture. Hard telecine produces a 29.97i output. Soft telecine produces an output with a 23.976 output that signals to the video player device to do the conversion during play back. When you keep the default value, None, MediaConvert does a standard frame rate conversion to 29.97 without doing anything with the field polarity to create a smoother picture.

IV_TEMPORALADAPTIVEQUANTIZ00 TYPE /AWS1/MDCMPEG2TEMPORALADAPTI00 /AWS1/MDCMPEG2TEMPORALADAPTI00

Keep the default value, Enabled, to adjust quantization within each frame based on temporal variation of content complexity. When you enable this feature, the encoder uses fewer bits on areas of the frame that aren't moving and uses more bits on complex objects with sharp edges that move a lot. For example, this feature improves the readability of text tickers on newscasts and scoreboards on sports matches. Enabling this feature will almost always improve your video quality. Note, though, that this feature doesn't take into account where the viewer's attention is likely to be. If viewers are likely to be focusing their attention on a part of the screen that doesn't have moving objects with sharp edges, such as sports athletes' faces, you might choose to disable this feature. Related setting: When you enable temporal quantization, adjust the strength of the filter with the setting Adaptive quantization.

Queryable Attributes

AdaptiveQuantization

Specify the strength of any adaptive quantization filters that you enable. The value that you choose here applies to the following settings: Spatial adaptive quantization, and Temporal adaptive quantization.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_ADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION() Getter for ADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION, with configurable default
ASK_ADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION() Getter for ADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION w/ exceptions if field has n
HAS_ADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION() Determine if ADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION has a value

Bitrate

Specify the average bitrate in bits per second. Required for VBR and CBR. For MS Smooth outputs, bitrates must be unique when rounded down to the nearest multiple of 1000.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_BITRATE() Getter for BITRATE, with configurable default
ASK_BITRATE() Getter for BITRATE w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_BITRATE() Determine if BITRATE has a value

CodecLevel

Use Level to set the MPEG-2 level for the video output.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_CODECLEVEL() Getter for CODECLEVEL, with configurable default
ASK_CODECLEVEL() Getter for CODECLEVEL w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_CODECLEVEL() Determine if CODECLEVEL has a value

CodecProfile

Use Profile to set the MPEG-2 profile for the video output.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_CODECPROFILE() Getter for CODECPROFILE, with configurable default
ASK_CODECPROFILE() Getter for CODECPROFILE w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_CODECPROFILE() Determine if CODECPROFILE has a value

DynamicSubGop

Choose Adaptive to improve subjective video quality for high-motion content. This will cause the service to use fewer B-frames (which infer information based on other frames) for high-motion portions of the video and more B-frames for low-motion portions. The maximum number of B-frames is limited by the value you provide for the setting B frames between reference frames.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_DYNAMICSUBGOP() Getter for DYNAMICSUBGOP, with configurable default
ASK_DYNAMICSUBGOP() Getter for DYNAMICSUBGOP w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_DYNAMICSUBGOP() Determine if DYNAMICSUBGOP has a value

FramerateControl

If you are using the console, use the Framerate setting to specify the frame rate for this output. If you want to keep the same frame rate as the input video, choose Follow source. If you want to do frame rate conversion, choose a frame rate from the dropdown list or choose Custom. The framerates shown in the dropdown list are decimal approximations of fractions. If you choose Custom, specify your frame rate as a fraction.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_FRAMERATECONTROL() Getter for FRAMERATECONTROL, with configurable default
ASK_FRAMERATECONTROL() Getter for FRAMERATECONTROL w/ exceptions if field has no va
HAS_FRAMERATECONTROL() Determine if FRAMERATECONTROL has a value

FramerateConversionAlgorithm

Choose the method that you want MediaConvert to use when increasing or decreasing the frame rate. For numerically simple conversions, such as 60 fps to 30 fps: We recommend that you keep the default value, Drop duplicate. For numerically complex conversions, to avoid stutter: Choose Interpolate. This results in a smooth picture, but might introduce undesirable video artifacts. For complex frame rate conversions, especially if your source video has already been converted from its original cadence: Choose FrameFormer to do motion-compensated interpolation. FrameFormer uses the best conversion method frame by frame. Note that using FrameFormer increases the transcoding time and incurs a significant add-on cost. When you choose FrameFormer, your input video resolution must be at least 128x96.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_FRAMERATECONVERSIONALG() Getter for FRAMERATECONVERSIONALGORITHM, with configurable d
ASK_FRAMERATECONVERSIONALG() Getter for FRAMERATECONVERSIONALGORITHM w/ exceptions if fie
HAS_FRAMERATECONVERSIONALG() Determine if FRAMERATECONVERSIONALGORITHM has a value

FramerateDenominator

When you use the API for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, specify the frame rate as a fraction. For example, 24000 / 1001 = 23.976 fps. Use FramerateDenominator to specify the denominator of this fraction. In this example, use 1001 for the value of FramerateDenominator. When you use the console for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, provide the value as a decimal number for Framerate. In this example, specify 23.976.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_FRAMERATEDENOMINATOR() Getter for FRAMERATEDENOMINATOR, with configurable default
ASK_FRAMERATEDENOMINATOR() Getter for FRAMERATEDENOMINATOR w/ exceptions if field has n
HAS_FRAMERATEDENOMINATOR() Determine if FRAMERATEDENOMINATOR has a value

FramerateNumerator

When you use the API for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, specify the frame rate as a fraction. For example, 24000 / 1001 = 23.976 fps. Use FramerateNumerator to specify the numerator of this fraction. In this example, use 24000 for the value of FramerateNumerator. When you use the console for transcode jobs that use frame rate conversion, provide the value as a decimal number for Framerate. In this example, specify 23.976.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_FRAMERATENUMERATOR() Getter for FRAMERATENUMERATOR, with configurable default
ASK_FRAMERATENUMERATOR() Getter for FRAMERATENUMERATOR w/ exceptions if field has no
HAS_FRAMERATENUMERATOR() Determine if FRAMERATENUMERATOR has a value

GopClosedCadence

Specify the relative frequency of open to closed GOPs in this output. For example, if you want to allow four open GOPs and then require a closed GOP, set this value to 5. When you create a streaming output, we recommend that you keep the default value, 1, so that players starting mid-stream receive an IDR frame as quickly as possible. Don't set this value to 0; that would break output segmenting.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_GOPCLOSEDCADENCE() Getter for GOPCLOSEDCADENCE, with configurable default
ASK_GOPCLOSEDCADENCE() Getter for GOPCLOSEDCADENCE w/ exceptions if field has no va
HAS_GOPCLOSEDCADENCE() Determine if GOPCLOSEDCADENCE has a value

GopSize

Specify the interval between keyframes, in seconds or frames, for this output. Default: 12 Related settings: When you specify the GOP size in seconds, set GOP mode control to Specified, seconds. The default value for GOP mode control is Frames.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_GOPSIZE() Getter for GOPSIZE, with configurable default
ASK_GOPSIZE() Getter for GOPSIZE w/ exceptions if field has no value
STR_GOPSIZE() String format for GOPSIZE, with configurable default
HAS_GOPSIZE() Determine if GOPSIZE has a value

GopSizeUnits

Specify the units for GOP size. If you don't specify a value here, by default the encoder measures GOP size in frames.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_GOPSIZEUNITS() Getter for GOPSIZEUNITS, with configurable default
ASK_GOPSIZEUNITS() Getter for GOPSIZEUNITS w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_GOPSIZEUNITS() Determine if GOPSIZEUNITS has a value

HrdBufferFinalFillPercentage

If your downstream systems have strict buffer requirements: Specify the minimum percentage of the HRD buffer that's available at the end of each encoded video segment. For the best video quality: Set to 0 or leave blank to automatically determine the final buffer fill percentage.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_HRDBUFFERFINALFILLPERC00() Getter for HRDBUFFERFINALFILLPERCENTAGE, with configurable d
ASK_HRDBUFFERFINALFILLPERC00() Getter for HRDBUFFERFINALFILLPERCENTAGE w/ exceptions if fie
HAS_HRDBUFFERFINALFILLPERC00() Determine if HRDBUFFERFINALFILLPERCENTAGE has a value

HrdBufferInitialFillPercentage

Percentage of the buffer that should initially be filled (HRD buffer model).

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_HRDBUFFERINITIALFILLPE00() Getter for HRDBUFFERINITIALFILLPERCEN00, with configurable d
ASK_HRDBUFFERINITIALFILLPE00() Getter for HRDBUFFERINITIALFILLPERCEN00 w/ exceptions if fie
HAS_HRDBUFFERINITIALFILLPE00() Determine if HRDBUFFERINITIALFILLPERCEN00 has a value

HrdBufferSize

Size of buffer (HRD buffer model) in bits. For example, enter five megabits as 5000000.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_HRDBUFFERSIZE() Getter for HRDBUFFERSIZE, with configurable default
ASK_HRDBUFFERSIZE() Getter for HRDBUFFERSIZE w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_HRDBUFFERSIZE() Determine if HRDBUFFERSIZE has a value

InterlaceMode

Choose the scan line type for the output. Keep the default value, Progressive to create a progressive output, regardless of the scan type of your input. Use Top field first or Bottom field first to create an output that's interlaced with the same field polarity throughout. Use Follow, default top or Follow, default bottom to produce outputs with the same field polarity as the source. For jobs that have multiple inputs, the output field polarity might change over the course of the output. Follow behavior depends on the input scan type. If the source is interlaced, the output will be interlaced with the same polarity as the source. If the source is progressive, the output will be interlaced with top field bottom field first, depending on which of the Follow options you choose.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_INTERLACEMODE() Getter for INTERLACEMODE, with configurable default
ASK_INTERLACEMODE() Getter for INTERLACEMODE w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_INTERLACEMODE() Determine if INTERLACEMODE has a value

IntraDcPrecision

Use Intra DC precision to set quantization precision for intra-block DC coefficients. If you choose the value auto, the service will automatically select the precision based on the per-frame compression ratio.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_INTRADCPRECISION() Getter for INTRADCPRECISION, with configurable default
ASK_INTRADCPRECISION() Getter for INTRADCPRECISION w/ exceptions if field has no va
HAS_INTRADCPRECISION() Determine if INTRADCPRECISION has a value

MaxBitrate

Maximum bitrate in bits/second. For example, enter five megabits per second as 5000000.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_MAXBITRATE() Getter for MAXBITRATE, with configurable default
ASK_MAXBITRATE() Getter for MAXBITRATE w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_MAXBITRATE() Determine if MAXBITRATE has a value

MinIInterval

Specify the minimum number of frames allowed between two IDR-frames in your output. This includes frames created at the start of a GOP or a scene change. Use Min I-Interval to improve video compression by varying GOP size when two IDR-frames would be created near each other. For example, if a regular cadence-driven IDR-frame would fall within 5 frames of a scene-change IDR-frame, and you set Min I-interval to 5, then the encoder would only write an IDR-frame for the scene-change. In this way, one GOP is shortened or extended. If a cadence-driven IDR-frame would be further than 5 frames from a scene-change IDR-frame, then the encoder leaves all IDR-frames in place. To manually specify an interval: Enter a value from 1 to 30. Use when your downstream systems have specific GOP size requirements. To disable GOP size variance: Enter 0. MediaConvert will only create IDR-frames at the start of your output's cadence-driven GOP. Use when your downstream systems require a regular GOP size.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_MINIINTERVAL() Getter for MINIINTERVAL, with configurable default
ASK_MINIINTERVAL() Getter for MINIINTERVAL w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_MINIINTERVAL() Determine if MINIINTERVAL has a value

NumberBFramesBetweenReferenceFrames

Specify the number of B-frames that MediaConvert puts between reference frames in this output. Valid values are whole numbers from 0 through 7. When you don't specify a value, MediaConvert defaults to 2.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_NOBFRAMESBETWEENREFERE00() Getter for NOBFRAMESBETWEENREFERENCEF00, with configurable d
ASK_NOBFRAMESBETWEENREFERE00() Getter for NOBFRAMESBETWEENREFERENCEF00 w/ exceptions if fie
HAS_NOBFRAMESBETWEENREFERE00() Determine if NOBFRAMESBETWEENREFERENCEF00 has a value

ParControl

Optional. Specify how the service determines the pixel aspect ratio (PAR) for this output. The default behavior, Follow source, uses the PAR from your input video for your output. To specify a different PAR in the console, choose any value other than Follow source. When you choose SPECIFIED for this setting, you must also specify values for the parNumerator and parDenominator settings.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_PARCONTROL() Getter for PARCONTROL, with configurable default
ASK_PARCONTROL() Getter for PARCONTROL w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_PARCONTROL() Determine if PARCONTROL has a value

ParDenominator

Required when you set Pixel aspect ratio to SPECIFIED. On the console, this corresponds to any value other than Follow source. When you specify an output pixel aspect ratio (PAR) that is different from your input video PAR, provide your output PAR as a ratio. For example, for D1/DV NTSC widescreen, you would specify the ratio 40:33. In this example, the value for parDenominator is 33.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_PARDENOMINATOR() Getter for PARDENOMINATOR, with configurable default
ASK_PARDENOMINATOR() Getter for PARDENOMINATOR w/ exceptions if field has no valu
HAS_PARDENOMINATOR() Determine if PARDENOMINATOR has a value

ParNumerator

Required when you set Pixel aspect ratio to SPECIFIED. On the console, this corresponds to any value other than Follow source. When you specify an output pixel aspect ratio (PAR) that is different from your input video PAR, provide your output PAR as a ratio. For example, for D1/DV NTSC widescreen, you would specify the ratio 40:33. In this example, the value for parNumerator is 40.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_PARNUMERATOR() Getter for PARNUMERATOR, with configurable default
ASK_PARNUMERATOR() Getter for PARNUMERATOR w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_PARNUMERATOR() Determine if PARNUMERATOR has a value

QualityTuningLevel

Optional. Use Quality tuning level to choose how you want to trade off encoding speed for output video quality. The default behavior is faster, lower quality, single-pass encoding.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_QUALITYTUNINGLEVEL() Getter for QUALITYTUNINGLEVEL, with configurable default
ASK_QUALITYTUNINGLEVEL() Getter for QUALITYTUNINGLEVEL w/ exceptions if field has no
HAS_QUALITYTUNINGLEVEL() Determine if QUALITYTUNINGLEVEL has a value

RateControlMode

Use Rate control mode to specify whether the bitrate is variable (vbr) or constant (cbr).

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_RATECONTROLMODE() Getter for RATECONTROLMODE, with configurable default
ASK_RATECONTROLMODE() Getter for RATECONTROLMODE w/ exceptions if field has no val
HAS_RATECONTROLMODE() Determine if RATECONTROLMODE has a value

ScanTypeConversionMode

Use this setting for interlaced outputs, when your output frame rate is half of your input frame rate. In this situation, choose Optimized interlacing to create a better quality interlaced output. In this case, each progressive frame from the input corresponds to an interlaced field in the output. Keep the default value, Basic interlacing, for all other output frame rates. With basic interlacing, MediaConvert performs any frame rate conversion first and then interlaces the frames. When you choose Optimized interlacing and you set your output frame rate to a value that isn't suitable for optimized interlacing, MediaConvert automatically falls back to basic interlacing. Required settings: To use optimized interlacing, you must set Telecine to None or Soft. You can't use optimized interlacing for hard telecine outputs. You must also set Interlace mode to a value other than Progressive.

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Method Description
GET_SCANTYPECONVERSIONMODE() Getter for SCANTYPECONVERSIONMODE, with configurable default
ASK_SCANTYPECONVERSIONMODE() Getter for SCANTYPECONVERSIONMODE w/ exceptions if field has
HAS_SCANTYPECONVERSIONMODE() Determine if SCANTYPECONVERSIONMODE has a value

SceneChangeDetect

Enable this setting to insert I-frames at scene changes that the service automatically detects. This improves video quality and is enabled by default.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_SCENECHANGEDETECT() Getter for SCENECHANGEDETECT, with configurable default
ASK_SCENECHANGEDETECT() Getter for SCENECHANGEDETECT w/ exceptions if field has no v
HAS_SCENECHANGEDETECT() Determine if SCENECHANGEDETECT has a value

SlowPal

Ignore this setting unless your input frame rate is 23.976 or 24 frames per second (fps). Enable slow PAL to create a 25 fps output. When you enable slow PAL, MediaConvert relabels the video frames to 25 fps and resamples your audio to keep it synchronized with the video. Note that enabling this setting will slightly reduce the duration of your video. Required settings: You must also set Framerate to 25.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_SLOWPAL() Getter for SLOWPAL, with configurable default
ASK_SLOWPAL() Getter for SLOWPAL w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_SLOWPAL() Determine if SLOWPAL has a value

Softness

Ignore this setting unless you need to comply with a specification that requires a specific value. If you don't have a specification requirement, we recommend that you adjust the softness of your output by using a lower value for the setting Sharpness or by enabling a noise reducer filter. The Softness setting specifies the quantization matrices that the encoder uses. Keep the default value, 0, to use the AWS Elemental default matrices. Choose a value from 17 to 128 to use planar interpolation. Increasing values from 17 to 128 result in increasing reduction of high-frequency data. The value 128 results in the softest video.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_SOFTNESS() Getter for SOFTNESS, with configurable default
ASK_SOFTNESS() Getter for SOFTNESS w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_SOFTNESS() Determine if SOFTNESS has a value

SpatialAdaptiveQuantization

Keep the default value, Enabled, to adjust quantization within each frame based on spatial variation of content complexity. When you enable this feature, the encoder uses fewer bits on areas that can sustain more distortion with no noticeable visual degradation and uses more bits on areas where any small distortion will be noticeable. For example, complex textured blocks are encoded with fewer bits and smooth textured blocks are encoded with more bits. Enabling this feature will almost always improve your video quality. Note, though, that this feature doesn't take into account where the viewer's attention is likely to be. If viewers are likely to be focusing their attention on a part of the screen with a lot of complex texture, you might choose to disable this feature. Related setting: When you enable spatial adaptive quantization, set the value for Adaptive quantization depending on your content. For homogeneous content, such as cartoons and video games, set it to Low. For content with a wider variety of textures, set it to High or Higher.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_SPATIALADAPTIVEQUANTIZ00() Getter for SPATIALADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION, with configurable de
ASK_SPATIALADAPTIVEQUANTIZ00() Getter for SPATIALADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION w/ exceptions if fiel
HAS_SPATIALADAPTIVEQUANTIZ00() Determine if SPATIALADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION has a value

Syntax

Specify whether this output's video uses the D10 syntax. Keep the default value to not use the syntax. Related settings: When you choose D10 for your MXF profile, you must also set this value to D10.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_SYNTAX() Getter for SYNTAX, with configurable default
ASK_SYNTAX() Getter for SYNTAX w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_SYNTAX() Determine if SYNTAX has a value

Telecine

When you do frame rate conversion from 23.976 frames per second (fps) to 29.97 fps, and your output scan type is interlaced, you can optionally enable hard or soft telecine to create a smoother picture. Hard telecine produces a 29.97i output. Soft telecine produces an output with a 23.976 output that signals to the video player device to do the conversion during play back. When you keep the default value, None, MediaConvert does a standard frame rate conversion to 29.97 without doing anything with the field polarity to create a smoother picture.

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Method Description
GET_TELECINE() Getter for TELECINE, with configurable default
ASK_TELECINE() Getter for TELECINE w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_TELECINE() Determine if TELECINE has a value

TemporalAdaptiveQuantization

Keep the default value, Enabled, to adjust quantization within each frame based on temporal variation of content complexity. When you enable this feature, the encoder uses fewer bits on areas of the frame that aren't moving and uses more bits on complex objects with sharp edges that move a lot. For example, this feature improves the readability of text tickers on newscasts and scoreboards on sports matches. Enabling this feature will almost always improve your video quality. Note, though, that this feature doesn't take into account where the viewer's attention is likely to be. If viewers are likely to be focusing their attention on a part of the screen that doesn't have moving objects with sharp edges, such as sports athletes' faces, you might choose to disable this feature. Related setting: When you enable temporal quantization, adjust the strength of the filter with the setting Adaptive quantization.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_TEMPORALADAPTIVEQUANTI00() Getter for TEMPORALADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION, with configurable d
ASK_TEMPORALADAPTIVEQUANTI00() Getter for TEMPORALADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION w/ exceptions if fie
HAS_TEMPORALADAPTIVEQUANTI00() Determine if TEMPORALADAPTIVEQUANTIZATION has a value