Creating Progressive MOV, MP4 and TS Outputs

Generating progressive outputs with the Bitmovin Encoding API is possible, and can simply be performed by using the according progressive MP4 / MOV / TS muxing type, instead of fMP4/TS muxings that are typically used for generating HLS or MPEG-DASH content. The main difference is, that instead of providing one stream to the muxing, you provide two - a video and a audio stream. You can add more than one as well.

HINT: While creating MP4 outputs with multiple audio tracks with our service is possible as well, common web browsers don't support it to select a specific audio track, and therefore only play the first one available.

Open API SDK for Java example to create progressive muxings:

HttpInput input = createHttpInput(configProvider.getHttpInputHost());
String inputFilePath = configProvider.getHttpInputFilePath();

Output output =
    createS3Output(
        configProvider.getS3OutputBucketName(),
        configProvider.getS3OutputAccessKey(),
        configProvider.getS3OutputSecretKey());

// Add an H.264 video stream to the encoding
H264VideoConfiguration h264Config = createH264VideoConfig();
Stream h264VideoStream = createStream(encoding, input, inputFilePath, h264Config);

// Create an MP4 muxing with the H.264 and AAC streams
createMp4Muxing(
    encoding,
    output,
    "mp4-h264-aac",
    Arrays.asList(h264VideoStream, aacAudioStream),
    "video.mp4");
...

createMp4Muxing() method: (Example)

private static Mp4Muxing createMp4Muxing(
      Encoding encoding, Output output, String outputPath, List<Stream> streams, String fileName)
      throws BitmovinException {
    Mp4Muxing muxing = new Mp4Muxing();
    muxing.addOutputsItem(buildEncodingOutput(output, outputPath));
    muxing.setFilename(fileName);
    
    for (Stream stream : streams) {
      MuxingStream muxingStream = new MuxingStream();
      muxingStream.setStreamId(stream.getId());
      muxing.addStreamsItem(muxingStream);
    }
    
    return bitmovinApi.encoding.encodings.muxings.mp4.create(encoding.getId(), muxing);
  }

createProgressiveTsMuxing() method: In order to create a progressive TS muxing all you need to do is to add these code snippets to the example from before as well.

...
// Create a progressive TS muxing with the H.264 and AAC streams
createProgressiveTsMuxing(
    encoding,
    output,
    "progressivets-h264-aac",
    Arrays.asList(h264VideoStream, aacAudioStream),
    "video.ts");

private static ProgressiveTsMuxing createProgressiveTsMuxing(
    Encoding encoding, Output output, String outputPath, List<Stream> streams, String fileName)
    throws BitmovinException {
  ProgressiveTsMuxing muxing = new ProgressiveTsMuxing();
  muxing.addOutputsItem(buildEncodingOutput(output, outputPath));
  muxing.setFilename(fileName);
  
  for (Stream stream : streams) {
    MuxingStream muxingStream = new MuxingStream();
    muxingStream.setStreamId(stream.getId());
    muxing.addStreamsItem(muxingStream);
  }
  
  return bitmovinApi.encoding.encodings.muxings.progressiveTs.create(encoding.getId(), muxing);
}

See the full version for this and many other examples our Public Github Example Repository for each of our Open API SDK's.