Rendition DUIDs

A DUID is a descriptive tag that ties together the important rendition characteristics; for example, the height, width and frame rate of a video rendition.

The rendition DUID tables below provide the specifications for the DUIDs of the available renditions for video and audio as well as the mapping to the Media Agent dashboard content download options on the Content Options tab of the Content Profile page:

 

  Note

 

All renditions may not be available for certain entitlements or content items. For more information, see Rendition availability.

 

 

 

 

Video rendition DUIDs

 

DUID

Specifications

Media Agent dashboard option

Breaking News Newsroom Ready

vid-360p-preview-bug 

Preview, 576x324

Preview: 640x360 MP4

vid-1080i-main-50-slate

Main HD @50Hz, interlaced, 1920x1080

HD: 1920x1080i50 MP4 (Slate)

vid-1080i-main-60-slate

Main HD @60Hz, interlaced, 1920x1080

HD: 1920x1080i60 MP4 (Slate)

vid-1080p-main-50

Main HD @50Hz, progressive, 1920x1080

HD (CR/NR): 1920x1080p50 MP4

vid-1080p-main-60

Main HD @60Hz, progressive, 1920x1080

HD (CR/NR): 1920x1080p60 MP4

Breaking News Consumer Ready

vid-360p-preview-bug 

Preview, 576x324

Preview: 640x360 MP4

vid-360p-preview-50-online

Preview, 640x360

Preview: 640x360 MP4

vid-360p-main-60

Main SD, progressive, 640x360 

SD (CR): 640x360 MP4

vid-1080i-main-60

Main HD, interlaced, 1920x1080

HD (CR): 1920x1080i60 MP4

vid-1080p-main-50

Main HD @50Hz, progressive, 1920x1080

HD (CR/NR): 1920x1080p50 MP4

vid-1080p-main-60

Main HD @60Hz, progressive, 1920x1080

HD (CR/NR): 1920x1080p60 MP4

vid-1920p-main-50

Vertical Main HD @50Hz, progressive, 1080x1920

Vertical HD (CR): 1080x1920p50 MP4

vid-1920p-main-60

Vertical Main HD @60Hz, progressive, 1080x1920

Vertical HD (CR): 1080x1920p60 MP4

Archive Video

vid-360p-preview-bug 

Preview, 576x324

Preview: 640x360 MP4

vid-1080i-physicalmain-60-10 

Archive Main HD @60Hz, interlaced, 1920x1080

Archive: Highest Quality Available delivers the one Main available for download without transcoding

vid-1080i-physicalmain-50-10 

Archive and Live Choice Replay Main HD @50Hz, interlaced, 1920x1080

vid-1080i-physicalmain-60-slate 

Archive Main HD @60Hz, interlaced, 1920x1080

vid-1080i-physicalmain-50-slate 

Archive Main HD @50Hz, interlaced, 1920x1080

vid-720i-physicalmain-60-slate 

Archive Main SD @60Hz, interlaced, 720x480 (SD NTSC)

vid-720i-physicalmain-50-slate 

Archive Main SD @50Hz, interlaced, 720x576 (SD PAL)

vid-1920p-physicalmain-60-10

Vertical Archive Main HD @60Hz, progressive, 1080x1920

vid-1920p-physicalmain-50-10

Vertical Archive Main HD @50Hz, progressive, 1080x1920

Other

vid-origin

Original format of video for pass-through 

Various/Origin

img-1080x1920

Vertical video thumbnail

JPG: Thumbnail (under Video)

txt-json-transcript

Timecoded video transcript in the JSON format

JSON: Timecoded transcript (under Timecoded JSON)

txt-nitf-transcript

Timecoded video transcript in the NITF format

NITF: Timecoded transcript (under Text)

Audio rendition DUIDs

DUID

Specifications

Media Agent Dashboard Option

 

aud-mp3-128-main

Main MPEG Audio, Layer 3, 128 kb/s, 44.1 kHz, 1 channel

MP3

 

aud-mp2-128-main

Main MPEG Audio, Layer 2, 128 kb/s, 44.1 kHz, 1 channel

MPEG

 
 

 

 

 

 

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