Pro Membership & My Media
The Pro membership includes unlimited allowance for media uploads. This allows you to showcase your work to potential employers using ProductionBase.
My Media is an easy to use multimedia environment that allows you to manage the media files you have hosted with ProductionBase. You can upload your videos, audio and images in many accepted formats and these will be added to your profile. You can create customised and categorised playlists, which will be searchable on the PB platform.
- After logging into your account select
MY MEDIA
from the right-hand side of your Dashboard page or from the dropdown on main navigation bar.
- Click UPLOAD in the sidebar and then select the file you’d like to upload from your device.
- Your upload will then be processed. The time taken will vary depending on the size of the file, and the speed of your internet connection. Please do not leave the page whilst the upload is in progress.
- Your newly uploaded file will be added to the All Video/All Audio/All Images section as appropriate.
- Please note, all uploaded files are automatically set to Public, and will be displayed on your ProductionBase profile page and your webpage. If you wish them to be Private, click on the PROPERTIES icon on the selected file, and change the Privacy settings there.
You can add as many video, audio and images files as you wish to your account. There is however a maximum file size of 2GB for any individual file.
Our media platform supports the following formats:
Video: MP4
Audio: MP3, MP4
Images: JPG, PNG, GIF
Other formats, including 3GP, AVI, MOV, FLV, and WMV are not supported. We also do not recommend uploading MP4 video files using the HEVC/H.265 format, as playback of these files is not supported on all devices.
Before uploading video to PB please use the following settings when exporting from your chosen video editing software or converting video using your chosen video conversion software.
Suggested Settings:
If you are in control of the format (e.g. when exporting the video from your editor), we advise you to always upload videos using:
- The MP4 container format
- The H.264 video codec
- The AAC audio codec
MP4 with H.264/AAC is an ubiquitous format, and all widely used editing, compositing, screencasting and transcoding tools support it. If your tools do not, take a look at Handbrake, a free but powerful desktop transcoder.
Dimensions & Bitrates
In terms of dimensions, bigger is better. Video in 720p is today's standard and a great option. We also see an increase in 1080p uploads. If your original video is full HD, we suggest you upload 1080p too. If your source footage is standard definition (NTSC, PAL), we suggest 360p as the dimension to use. Anything smaller than 360p is not recommended.
Since H.264 and AAC are excellent codecs, the upload bitrates do not have to be extremely high. They should be sufficiently high to not introduce any data loss though. Remember that our platform creates the final encodes to be streamed. If the input format already has compression artefacts, the final transcodes may look quite bad.
Here is an overview that includes the preferred format, dimensions and audio/video bitrates to use. If you upload video in these formats, the PB platform will be able to build high quality transcodes and deliver smooth playback across all devices.
RESOLUTION
|
DIMENSIONS
|
VIDEO BITRATE
|
AUDIO BITRATE
|
1080p |
1920x1080 |
15,000 kbps |
256 kbps |
720p |
1280x720 |
10,000 kbps |
256 kbps |
360p |
640x360 |
5,000 kbps |
256 kbps |
Note that our built-in transcoding will generate smaller versions of your uploaded video. If you upload video in 1080p, only viewers whose device and connection support 1080p playback will see that resolution. Other viewers (e.g. on older computers or phones) will see lower resolution transcodes (e.g. 360p or 180p).
Note also that if your upload contains 5.1 audio tracks, we will retain the 5.1 audio for 720p, 1080p and higher. At lower resolutions, the 5.1 audio will be down-mixed to stereo. This provides a better playback experience for your audiences on networks where bandwidth is limited.
Additional Settings
There are many more settings associated with video encoding. Here are some additional suggestions to follow when exporting your video for upload:
- It is highly recommended you create video content with a single, consistent frame rate to avoid issues during transcoding and playback.
- Use progressive frames (e.g. 720p) instead of interlacing (e.g. 720i). Interlacing does not apply to online video and our platform may introduce artefacts when attempting to filter it away.
- Use a screen aspect ratio of 16:9. This will fill the screen of many monitors, laptops, tablets and phones with your footage. More rectangular (4:3) or cinematic (2.39:1) ratios will result in black borders on many screens.
- Use a pixel aspect ratio of 1:1. Older broadcast formats (like PAL or NTSC) use non-square pixels, but online video pixels are always square. Our platform may have troubles converting non-square pixel aspect ratios, resulting in a stretched image.
- Export the to-be-uploaded videos in MP4 format and not in MOV. The latter contains additional features like Edit Lists that often result in audio-video sync issues.
- If available, select the Main or High profile for the H.264 video. These profiles support features like B-frames and CABAC, resulting in higher quality at the same bitrate.
Before uploading audio files to ProductionBase please use the following settings when exporting from your chosen audio editing software or converting audio using your chosen audio conversion software.
Codec - For the audio codec we recommend using MP4 to achieve consistent results.
Bitrate - For the audio bitrate use a setting of 256 kbps
On the MY MEDIA page, click on the PROPERTIES icon on any media item in the right hand column.
Here you will be able to edit the following details for your file:
- Title – this appears when the item is played on your profile
- Description – this appears when the item is played on your profile
- Tags – this section allows you to add any relevant tags to the item.
- Category – the appropriate sector to which the file relates eg. TV, Film, Commercial etc.
- Production Company – the company responsible for creating the content (optional)
- Production Year – the year the content was produced (optional)
- My Role – this allows you to specify your role in producing the content (optional)
- Privacy – Whether the item is Public or Private. See section 13 for more details.
ProductionBase aims to retain as much of the original video quality as possible. Please ensure the file you uploaded is very good quality. Please refer to section 6 for guidance on suggested file formats and settings.
No, thumbnails are generated automatically by our system, and cannot be adjusted.
No. You must edit all media locally and then upload your files as you would like them viewed.
Individual Media Items
You can set each individual media item to be Public or Private.
All new items uploaded will be set to Public by default.
Items that are set to Public will be displayed on both your ProductionBase profile and on your webpage, both within the All Videos, All Audio or All Images section, and within any custom playlists to which you have added them.
Items that are set to private will not appear either on your Production profile, or on your webpage, even if you have added them to a custom playlist.
To change this setting for an individual media item, click on the PROPERTIES icon below the thumbnail image in the right hand panel. Below the main player window, you will see the PRIVACY SETTING section, where you can switch the item between public and private.
Playlists
You also have the option of setting your custom playlists to be Public or Private.
All new custom playlists will be set to Public by default.
Playlists that are set to Public will be displayed on both your ProductionBase profile and on your webpage. Note that all individual media items within the playlist must also be set to Public if you’d like them to appear on your ProductionBase profile page or webpage.
Playlists that are set to private will not appear either on your Production profile, or on your webpage, even if the items within the playlist are set to public.
To change this setting for a playlist, click on the selected playlist in the sidebar. Below the title at the top of the page you will see the PRIVACY SETTING section, where you can switch the playlist between public and private.
No. The content shown on your ProductionBase profile will be mirrored on your webpage.
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