# Video Encoding, Made Simple. A managed video pipeline for adaptive streaming, turbo encoding, on-demand transcodes, thumbnails, subtitles, artwork, storage, and delivery — all in one API. [Get Started](/c/signup/) [Get Started](/c/signup/) [Documentation](/docs/robots/video-encode.md) No credit card needed · Cancel anytime source.mov 720 MB · 1920×1080720 MB · 1920×1080 · 60 fps · H.264 Encoding… .mp4 H.264 · 1080×1920 .webm VP9 · 1080×1920 .m3u8 HLS · Adaptive ### Make videos play everywhere * **MP4, WebM, HLS, and DASH** outputs * **Turbo mode** – 22× faster jobs * **Adaptive streaming** * **On-demand encoding** * **Thumbnails, captions, and previews** * **Watermarks and brand overlays** World‘s fastest transcoding service Turbo mode can make video encoding up to 22x faster. Transcode only when it matters Cut costs by starting the video transcode only when users hit play. One workflow, every rendition Create clips, thumbnails, subtitles, artwork, streams, and exports from the same source upload. Robots ## Transform Your Videos At Transloadit, a Robot is an automated worker that performs a single task in your video workflow — like converting, resizing, watermarking, merging, generating artwork, and adaptive streaming. [Stream with HLS & MPEG-DashCreate adaptive streams with HLS and MPEG-Dash for smooth playback./video/adaptive](/docs/robots/video-adaptive.md)[Encode & Optimize VideosEncode, resize, watermark, and optimize videos for web and mobile./video/encode](/docs/robots/video-encode.md)[Join Video FilesJoin multiple video files together into a single video./video/concat](/docs/robots/video-concat.md)[Encode on DemandOnly transcode variants when viewers request playback./video/ondemand](/docs/robots/video-ondemand.md)[Add Subtitles & CaptionsAdd subtitles and closed captions to make videos accessible./video/subtitle](/docs/robots/video-subtitle.md)[Add Audio to VideoCompose videos by adding audio tracks to images or existing video./video/merge](/docs/robots/video-merge.md)[Extract Thumbnail ImagesExtract thumbnail images from videos for previews./video/thumbs](/docs/robots/video-thumbs.md)[Generate Video ArtworkCreate poster artwork and visual assets for published videos./video/artwork](/docs/robots/video-artwork.md) [All Video Encoding Robots](/docs/robots.md#video-encoding) Demo ## Build Video Pipelines by Chaining Robots Chain Robots together to create end-to-end automated pipelines for video processing Uploading video… Podcast.mov Upload Encode Subtitles Watermark Assembly Instructions (JSON) { "steps": { ``` ":original": { "robot": "/upload/handle" }, "encode_mp4": { "use": ":original", "robot": "/video/encode", "preset": "h264", "ffmpeg": { "vcodec": "libx264", "acodec": "aac" } }, "subtitle_vtt": { "use": "encode_mp4", "robot": "/video/subtitle", "format": "vtt", "subtitle_url": "https://example.com/captions.srt" }, "watermark": { "use": "subtitle_vtt", "robot": "/video/encode", "watermark_url": "https://example.com/logo.png", "watermark_position": "top_right" } ``` } } Made for Video at Scale ## Video encoding without the pain Skip the hard parts of codecs, scaling, and pipelines. Transloadit gives you fast, safe, and cheap video encoding through APIs and SDKs built for production. Pro codecs H.264 / HEVC / AV1 with tuned presets, two-pass, and per-title encoding. Get sharp video at the smallest size. Faster start Turbo transcodes can be up to 22x faster, while parallel ingest and instant edge delivery cut startup time across regions. Secure by default Signed uploads, threat scans, and scoped creds. EU data residency option for compliance. Scales itself Workers auto-scale on traffic spikes. No queues to babysit. Webhooks keep pipelines observable. Storage ready First-class S3, GCS, Azure support. Originals stay put, results export straight to your buckets. Dev-friendly Typed SDKs, deterministic Assemblies, idempotent ops. CI-safe pipelines you can version-control. [Try Transloadit for free](/c/signup/) [Try Transloadit for free](/c/signup/) Related resources ## Explore this topic Move from the service overview to practical guides, working demos, Robot documentation, and proven customer outcomes. ### Guides * [HTML video in production: 10 practical checks→](/guides/html-video-production-checklist.md) * [A beginner’s guide to FFmpeg with Python→](/guides/ffmpeg-with-python.md) * [How to prepare video for social media→](/guides/prepare-video-for-social-media.md) * [A practical architecture for video auto-tagging→](/guides/video-auto-tagging.md) * [How to evaluate APIs for live and on-demand video→](/guides/video-streaming-api-evaluation.md) ### Robot docs * [🤖/video/encode→](/docs/robots/video-encode.md) * [🤖/video/adaptive→](/docs/robots/video-adaptive.md) * [🤖/video/thumbs→](/docs/robots/video-thumbs.md) * [🤖/video/subtitle→](/docs/robots/video-subtitle.md) ### Solutions * [Media & Entertainment→](/solutions/media.md) * [Marketing & Advertising→](/solutions/marketing.md) * [E-learning & EdTech→](/solutions/edtech.md) ### Pricing and customer story * [Pricing→](/pricing.md) * [How Vū Technologies powers virtual production with Transloadit video encoding→](/casestudies/2026/07/vu-technologies.md) ### Live demos * [View demo→Convert WebM to MP4 with an API](/demos/video-encoding/webm-to-mp4.md) * [View demo→Extract a 10 second clip from a video](/demos/video-encoding/extract-10-seconds-of-a-video.md) * [View demo→Burn subtitles into a video](/demos/video-encoding/add-subtitle-to-video.md) Try Transloadit ## Try Transloadit video encoding free Encode any format or resolution on Transloadit's global infrastructure. Slow encoding pipelines GPU-accelerated encoding Large files, high costs AV1 & per-title compression Inconsistent playback globally Optimized for global streaming Long startup times Turbo transcodes up to 22x faster Encoding queues collapse Autoscaling workers Unreliable jobs 99.99% Uptime GDPR GDPR HIPAA HIPAA ISO 27001ISO27001 ISO 27001 AES-256 AES-256 SOC 2 Type II SOC 2 Type II [Try Transloadit for Free](/c/signup/) [Try Transloadit for Free](/c/signup/) No credit card needed · Cancel anytime