The Transcoding Profiles screen displays all existing transcoding profiles and details about their configuration. When a profile is selected, the details of that profile are shown on the right side of the screen.
The main display includes the following data for each Transcoding Profile:
Parameter
Description
Name
The name of the transcoding profile as configured in ZEN Master.
Video
The main video transcoding settings:
Resolution
Bitrate
Video Codec
The video codec setting selected in the profile. Options include:
H.264
H.265
MPEG2
Audio
The main audio transcoding settings:
Bitrate
Audio Codec
The audio codec setting selected in the profile. Options include:
AAC
Dolby Digital Plus
MPGA (MPEG-1 layer2)
When you select a transcoding profile the details of the selected profile are shown on the right side of the screen.
The Details pane includes the following data for the selected profile:
Parameter
Description
Name
The name of the transcoding profile.
Video Codec
The codec that is used, e.g. H.264/AVC or H.265/HEVC.
Encoding profile
The encoding configuration type, options are:
Main
Baseline
High
Resolution
The video resolution settings.
FPS
The frame rate. Frames per second.
GOP
The number of frames in a GOP (Group of Pictures)
Closed GOP
Indicates whether or not the GOP is closed.
Fixed GOP
Indicates whether or not the GOP is fixed.
VBR
Avg. Video Bitrate
The Average bitrate for the profile.
Max. Video Bitrate
The Maximum bitrate for the profile.
Performance
The performance of the transcoding ranging from 1 (Super Fast) to 8 (Very Slow).
B Frames
The maximal number of consecutive B frames in the GOP.
Interlaced
Reference Frames
The number of frames that can be referenced for each frame.
HRD Buffer
The length of the HRD buffer in MPEG-2.
Chroma Subsampling
Audio Codec
Audio Profile
Audio Sampling Rate
Audio Gain
The audio gain increases/decreases the volume of an audio PID encoded using this profile.