Video encoding example
Say you have a 150MB video.
You want to encode it into 3 different formats - ogg, webm and mp4:
| Step |
Charge |
| ogg - 70% assumed compression rate |
150MB for the input file
+ 45MB for the output file (30% of 150MB) |
| webm - 60% assumed compression rate |
150MB for the input file
+ 60MB for the output file (40% of 150MB) |
| mp4 - 80% assumed compression rate |
150MB for the input file
+ 30MB for the output file (20% of 150MB) |
| Total: 3 * 150MB + 45MB + 60MB + 30MB = 585MB |
Example for discounts
Let's assume you would like to convert files that have a combined size of 3 GB.
You have already calculated that this will mean 4 GB of video encoding,
2 GB of image resizing and 2 GB of audio encoding per month.
You also want to store all uploaded files and all encoding results on Amazon S3.
| Charge | Reason |
|---|
| 4 GB of video encoding | 100% of the gigabytes are charged |
| + 2 GB of image resizing | 100% of the gigabytes are charged |
| + 0.5 GB of audio encoding | Audio encoding only charges 25% of your calculated 2 GB |
| + 0.3 GB of storing the uploaded files on s3 | Exporting uploaded files only costs 10% of your 3 GB worth of uploaded files |
| + 0 GB of storing all encodings/resizings on s3 | Storing conversion results is free |
| = 6.8 GB | |
In this case, you would do best to choose the "Startup" plan, which comes at
$19 with 7 GB included and $3.50 per additional GB.
For 6.8 GB you would pay $19 + (6.8 - 6) * $3.50 = $21.80.
If you have any questions with regard to pricing or choosing a plan,
please let us know.
