Original Multimedia Preview

Original multimedia previews are WebM (video) and MP3 (audio) previews of multimedia files. They are generated with ffmpeg and used in the HTML5 client to play video and audio assets directly in the browser.

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Figure 1. Original Multimedia Preview in Preview Configuration

HTML5 parameters

Name of option Description Note

Html5AudioBitrate

Audio bitrate of the generated audio previews.

  • Single stepper component, dimension 'KBs'

  • Default value: 32

Html5AudioCodec

ffmpeg audio codec lib - the ffmpeg codec library which is used to encode audio files.

  • Input field

  • Default value: libmp3lame

Html5AudioSamplingFreq

Sampling frequency of the generated audio previews.

  • Dropdown component (single select), dimension 'Hz'

  • Default value: 22050

Html5ErrorOutputSize

Maximum size of the error output of an ffmpeg call which is captured and logged.

  • Single stepper component, dimension 'bytes'

  • Default value: 50000

Html5OutputSize

Maximum size of the standard output of an ffmpeg call which is captured and logged.

  • Single stepper component, dimension 'bytes'

  • Default value: 50000

Html5ThreadCount

Amount of threads used by ffmpeg for the generation of a multimedia preview.

  • Single stepper component

  • Default value: 2

Html5Timeout

Maximum runtime of an ffmpeg call. If the timeout is exceeded, the preview generation of the file is aborted.

  • Single stepper component, dimension 'seconds'

  • Default value: 1800

Html5VideoAudioCodec

ffmpeg video and audio codec lib - the ffmpeg codec library which is used to encode the audio track of video files.

  • Input field

  • Default value: libvorbis

Html5VideoBitrate

Video bitrate of the generated video previews.

  • Single stepper component, dimension 'KBs'

  • Default value: 64

Html5VideoCodec

ffmpeg video codec lib - the ffmpeg codec library which is used to encode the video track of video files.

  • Input field

  • Default value: libvpx

Html5VideoSize

Size of the generated video preview in relation to the original video in percent.

  • Single stepper component, dimension '%'

  • Default value: 100

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