We are a Swiss Army knife for your files
Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. We handle their file uploads and media processing. This means that they can save on development time and the heavy machinery that is required to handle big volumes in an automated way.
We pioneered with this concept in 2009 and have made our customers happy ever since. We are still actively improving our service in 2024, as well as our open source projects uppy.io and tus.io, which are changing how the world does file uploading.
Encode video to HEVC
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2, is a video compression standard, one of several potential successors to the widely used AVC (H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10). In comparison to AVC, HEVC offers about double the data compression ratio at the same level of video quality, or substantially improved video quality at the same bit rate. It supports resolutions up to 8192×4320, including 8K UHD.
In most ways, HEVC is an extension of the concepts in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. Both work by comparing different parts of a frame of video to find areas that are redundant, both within a single frame as well as subsequent frames. These redundant areas are then replaced with a short description instead of the original pixels. The primary changes for HEVC include the expansion of the pattern comparison and difference-coding areas from 16×16 pixel to sizes up to 64×64, improved variable-block-size segmentation, improved "intra" prediction within the same picture, improved motion vector prediction and motion region merging, improved motion compensation filtering, and an additional filtering step called sample-adaptive offset filtering. Effective use of these improvements requires much more signal processing capability for compressing the video, but has less impact on the amount of computation needed for decompression.
At Transloadit you can encode to HEVC using one of our encoding presets which will automatically set all required FFmpeg parameters.
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Step 1:
Handle uploads
We can handle uploads of your users directly. Learn more ›
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For demo simplicity we'll link you to the original file, but you may also want to
learn how to make videos compatible for all browsers.
surf.mp4
MPEG-4 video –
32 MB
22s · 1280 × 720
22s · 1280 × 720
Step 2:
Transcode videos to HEVC (H.265)
We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos. Learn more ›
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page.
For demo simplicity we'll link you to the original file, but you may also want to
learn how to make videos compatible for all browsers.
surf-0.mp4
MPEG-4 video –
3.5 MB
22s · 1280 × 720
22s · 1280 × 720
Step 3:
Export files to Amazon S3
We export to the storage platform of your choice. Learn more ›
Once all files have been exported, we can ping a URL of your choice with the Assembly status JSON.
Build this in your own language
{
"steps": {
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
},
"hevc_encoded": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
"preset": "hevc",
"turbo": true
},
"exported": {
"use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}
}
}
# Prerequisites: brew install curl jq || sudo apt install curl jq
# To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication
echo '{
"template_id": undefined,
"auth": {
"key": "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
},
"steps": {
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
},
"hevc_encoded": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
"preset": "hevc",
"turbo": true
},
"exported": {
"use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}
}
}' | curl \\
--request POST \\
--form 'params=<-' \\
--form myfile1=@./surf.mp4 \\
https://api2.transloadit.com/assemblies | jq
// Install via Swift Package Manager:
// dependencies: [
// .package(url: "https://github.com/transloadit/TransloaditKit", .upToNextMajor(from: "3.0.0"))
// ]
// Or via CocoaPods:
// pod 'Transloadit', '~> 3.0.0'
// Auth
let credentials = Credentials(key: "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY")
// Init
let transloadit = Transloadit(credentials: credentials, session: "URLSession.shared")
// Add files to upload
let filesToUpload: [URL] = ...
// Execute
let assembly = transloadit.assembly(steps: [_originalStep, hevc_encodedStep, exportedStep], andUpload: filesToUpload) { result in
switch result {
case .success(let assembly):
print("Retrieved (assembly)")
case .failure(let error):
print("Assembly error (error)")
}
}.pollAssemblyStatus { result in
switch result {
case .success(let assemblyStatus):
print("Received assemblystatus (assemblyStatus)")
case .failure(let error):
print("Caught polling error (error)")
}
<!-- This pulls Uppy from our CDN -->
<!-- For smaller self-hosted bundles, install Uppy and plugins manually: -->
<!-- npm i --save @uppy/core @uppy/dashboard @uppy/remote-sources @uppy/transloadit ... -->
<link
href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v4.3.0/uppy.min.css"
rel="stylesheet"
/>
<button id="browse">Select Files</button>
<script type="module">
import {
Uppy,
Dashboard,
ImageEditor,
RemoteSources,
Transloadit,
} from 'https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v4.3.0/uppy.min.mjs'
const uppy = new Uppy()
.use(Transloadit, {
waitForEncoding: true,
alwaysRunAssembly: true,
assemblyOptions: {
params: {
// To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication:
// https://transloadit.com/docs/topics/signature-authentication/
auth: {
key: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
},
// It's often better store encoding instructions in your account
// and use a `template_id` instead of adding these steps inline
steps: {
':original': {
robot: '/upload/handle',
},
hevc_encoded: {
use: ':original',
robot: '/video/encode',
result: true,
ffmpeg_stack: 'v6.0.0',
preset: 'hevc',
turbo: true,
},
exported: {
use: ['hevc_encoded', ':original'],
robot: '/s3/store',
credentials: 'YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS',
url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
},
},
},
},
})
.use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#browse' })
.use(ImageEditor, { target: Dashboard })
.use(RemoteSources, {
companionUrl: 'https://api2.transloadit.com/companion',
})
.on('complete', ({ transloadit }) => {
// Due to `waitForEncoding:true` this is fired after encoding is done.
// Alternatively, set `waitForEncoding` to `false` and provide a `notify_url`
console.log(transloadit) // Array of Assembly Statuses
transloadit.forEach((assembly) => {
console.log(assembly.results) // Array of all encoding results
})
})
.on('error', (error) => {
console.error(error)
})
</script>
// yarn add transloadit || npm i transloadit
// Import
const Transloadit = require('transloadit')
const main = async () => {
// Init
const transloadit = new Transloadit({
authKey: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
authSecret: 'MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET',
})
// Set Encoding Instructions
const options = {
files: {
myfile_1: './surf.mp4',
},
params: {
steps: {
':original': {
robot: '/upload/handle',
},
hevc_encoded: {
use: ':original',
robot: '/video/encode',
result: true,
ffmpeg_stack: 'v6.0.0',
preset: 'hevc',
turbo: true,
},
exported: {
use: ['hevc_encoded', ':original'],
robot: '/s3/store',
credentials: 'YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS',
url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
},
},
},
}
// Execute
const result = await transloadit.createAssembly(options)
// Show results
console.log({ result })
}
main().catch(console.error)
# [sudo] npm install transloadify -g
# Auth
export TRANSLOADIT_KEY="YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
# Save Encoding Instructions
echo '{
"steps": {
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
},
"hevc_encoded": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
"preset": "hevc",
"turbo": true
},
"exported": {
"use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}
}
}' > ./steps.json
# Execute
transloadify \
--input "surf.mp4" \
--steps "./steps.json" \
--output "./output.example"
// composer require transloadit/php-sdk
use transloadit\Transloadit;
$transloadit = new Transloadit([
"key" => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
"secret" => "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET",
]);
// Start the Assembly
$response = $transloadit->createAssembly([
"files" => ["surf.mp4"],
"params" => [
"steps" => [
":original" => [
"robot" => "/upload/handle",
],
"hevc_encoded" => [
"use" => ":original",
"robot" => "/video/encode",
"result" => true,
"ffmpeg_stack" => "v6.0.0",
"preset" => "hevc",
"turbo" => true,
],
"exported" => [
"use" => ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
"robot" => "/s3/store",
"credentials" => "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
"url_prefix" => "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
],
],
],
]);
# gem install transloadit
# $ irb -rubygems
# >> require 'transloadit'
# => true
transloadit = Transloadit.new([
:key => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
])
# Set Encoding Instructions
_original = transloadit.step(":original", "/upload/handle", {})
hevc_encoded = transloadit.step("hevc_encoded", "/video/encode", [
:use => ":original",
:result => true,
:ffmpeg_stack => "v6.0.0",
:preset => "hevc",
:turbo => true
])
exported = transloadit.step("exported", "/s3/store", [
:use => ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
:credentials => "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
:url_prefix => "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
])
transloadit.assembly([
:steps => [_original, hevc_encoded, exported]
])
# Add files to upload
files = []
files.push("surf.mp4")
# Start the Assembly
response = assembly.create! *files
until response.finished?
sleep 1; response.reload!
end
if !response.error?
# handle success
end
# pip install pytransloadit
from transloadit import client
tl = client.Transloadit('YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY', 'MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET')
assembly = tl.new_assembly()
# Set Encoding Instructions
assembly.add_step(":original", "/upload/handle", {})
assembly.add_step("hevc_encoded", "/video/encode", {
'use': ':original',
'result': True,
'ffmpeg_stack': 'v6.0.0',
'preset': 'hevc',
'turbo': True
})
assembly.add_step("exported", "/s3/store", {
'use': ['hevc_encoded', ':original'],
'credentials': 'YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS',
'url_prefix': 'https://demos.transloadit.com/'
})
# Add files to upload
assembly.add_file(open('surf.mp4', 'rb'))
# Start the Assembly
assembly_response = assembly.create(retries=5, wait=True)
print(assembly_response.data.get('assembly_ssl_url'))
# or:
print(assembly_response.data['assembly_ssl_url'])
// go get gopkg.in/transloadit/go-sdk.v1
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/transloadit/go-sdk"
)
func main() {
// Create client
options := transloadit.DefaultConfig
options.AuthKey = "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
options.AuthSecret = "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"
client := transloadit.NewClient(options)
// Initialize new Assembly
assembly := transloadit.NewAssembly()
// Set Encoding Instructions
assembly.AddStep(":original", map[string]interface{}{
"robot": "/upload/handle",
})
assembly.AddStep("hevc_encoded", map[string]interface{}{
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/video/encode",
"result": true,
"ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
"preset": "hevc",
"turbo": true,
})
assembly.AddStep("exported", map[string]interface{}{
"use": ["hevc_encoded", ":original"],
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
})
// Add files to upload
assembly.AddFile("surf.mp4"))
// Start the Assembly
info, err := client.StartAssembly(context.Background(), assembly)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// All files have now been uploaded and the Assembly has started but no
// results are available yet since the conversion has not finished.
// WaitForAssembly provides functionality for polling until the Assembly
// has ended.
info, err = client.WaitForAssembly(context.Background(), info)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("You can check some results at: ")
fmt.Printf(" - %s\n", info.Results[":original"][0].SSLURL)
fmt.Printf(" - %s\n", info.Results["hevc_encoded"][0].SSLURL)
fmt.Printf(" - %s\n", info.Results["exported"][0].SSLURL)
}
// implementation 'com.transloadit.sdk:transloadit:1.0.0'
import com.transloadit.sdk.Assembly;
import com.transloadit.sdk.Transloadit;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.LocalOperationException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.RequestException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.response.AssemblyResponse;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Initialize the Transloadit client
Transloadit transloadit = new Transloadit("YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY", "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET");
Assembly assembly = transloadit.newAssembly();
// Set Encoding Instructions
Map<String, Object> _originalStepOptions = new HashMap();
assembly.addStep(":original", "/upload/handle", _originalStepOptions);
Map<String, Object> hevc_encodedStepOptions = new HashMap();
hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("use", ":original");
hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("result", true);
hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("ffmpeg_stack", "v6.0.0");
hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("preset", "hevc");
hevc_encodedStepOptions.put("turbo", true);
assembly.addStep("hevc_encoded", "/video/encode", hevc_encodedStepOptions);
Map<String, Object> exportedStepOptions = new HashMap();
exportedStepOptions.put("use", new String[] { "hevc_encoded", ":original" });
exportedStepOptions.put("credentials", "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS");
exportedStepOptions.put("url_prefix", "https://demos.transloadit.com/");
assembly.addStep("exported", "/s3/store", exportedStepOptions);
// Add files to upload
assembly.addFile(new File("surf.mp4"));
// Start the Assembly
try {
AssemblyResponse response = assembly.save();
// Wait for Assembly to finish executing
while (!response.isFinished()) {
response = transloadit.getAssemblyByUrl(response.getSslUrl());
}
System.out.println(response.getId());
System.out.println(response.getUrl());
System.out.println(response.json());
} catch (RequestException | LocalOperationException e) {
// Handle exception here
}
}
}
So many ways to integrate
Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. As a developer, there are many ways
you can put us to good use.
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Bulk imports
Add one of our import Robots to acquire and transcode massive media libraries. -
Handling uploads
We are the experts at reliably handling uploads. We wrote the protocol for it. -
Front-end integration
We integrate with web browsers via our next-gen file uploader Uppy and SDKs for Android and iOS. -
Back-end integration
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Pingbacks
Configure anotify_urlto let your server receive transcoding results JSON in thetransloaditPOST field.
Image Manipulation