--- updatedAt: 2026-07-22T07:09:12.000Z agentTools: siteIndex: https://developer.bitmovin.com/llms.txt projectIndex: https://developer.bitmovin.com/encoding/llms.txt --- # Create AC3 Codec Configuration Deprecation notice: use Dolby Digital instead. For more information check out our tutorial here: https://bitmovin.com/docs/encoding/tutorials/how-to-create-dolby-digital-plus-encodings # OpenAPI definition ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Live Encoding API", "description": "Bitmovins API Reference Description", "version": "3.0", "termsOfService": "https://bitmovin.com", "contact": { "name": "Bitmovin Inc", "url": "https://bitmovin.com", "email": "support@bitmovin.com" } }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.bitmovin.com/v1", "description": "Bitmovin Server", "variables": {} } ], "security": [ { "ApiKeyAuth": [] }, { "ApiKeyAuth": [], "TenantOrgId": [] } ], "paths": { "/encoding/configurations/audio/ac3": { "post": { "deprecated": true, "tags": [ "AC3 Configuration" ], "summary": "Create AC3 Codec Configuration", "description": "Deprecation notice: use Dolby Digital instead. For more information check out our tutorial here:\nhttps://bitmovin.com/docs/encoding/tutorials/how-to-create-dolby-digital-plus-encodings\n", "operationId": "LivePostEncodingConfigurationsAudioAc3", "x-bitmovin": { "product": "shared" }, "requestBody": { "description": "The AC3 Codec Configuration to be created", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Ac3AudioConfiguration" } } } }, "responses": { "201": { "description": "Successful response.", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseEnvelope" }, { "properties": { "data": { "properties": { "result": { "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Ac3AudioConfiguration" }, { "description": "AC3 Audio Configuration" } ] } } } } } ] } } } }, "default": { "description": "Error response.", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseError" } } } } } } } }, "components": { "securitySchemes": { "ApiKeyAuth": { "type": "apiKey", "description": "Your Bitmovin API key", "name": "X-Api-Key", "in": "header" }, "TenantOrgId": { "type": "apiKey", "description": "Your Bitmovin account organization", "name": "X-Tenant-Org-Id", "in": "header" } }, "schemas": { "BitmovinResource": { "title": "BitmovinResource", "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BitmovinResponse" }, { "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the resource. Can be freely chosen by the user.", "example": "Name of the resource" }, "description": { "type": "string", "description": "Description of the resource. Can be freely chosen by the user.", "example": "Description of the resource" }, "createdAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "readOnly": true, "description": "Creation timestamp, returned as UTC expressed in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ", "example": "2016-06-25T20:09:23.69Z" }, "modifiedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "readOnly": true, "description": "Modified timestamp, returned as UTC expressed in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ", "example": "2016-06-25T20:09:23.69Z" }, "customData": { "type": "string", "writeOnly": true, "description": "User-specific meta data. This can hold anything.", "additionalProperties": { "type": "object" } } } } ] }, "BitmovinResponse": { "title": "BitmovinResponse", "required": [ "id" ], "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "Id of the resource", "example": "cb90b80c-8867-4e3b-8479-174aa2843f62" } } }, "Ac3AudioConfiguration": { "title": "Ac3AudioConfiguration", "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AudioConfiguration" }, { "properties": { "channelLayout": { "description": "Channel layout of the audio codec configuration", "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Ac3ChannelLayout" } ] }, "cutoffFrequency": { "type": "integer", "format": "int32", "description": "The highest frequency that will pass the audio encoder. This value is optional.", "example": 10000 } } } ] }, "AudioConfiguration": { "title": "AudioConfiguration", "required": [ "bitrate" ], "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CodecConfiguration" }, { "properties": { "bitrate": { "type": "integer", "format": "int64", "description": "Target bitrate for the encoded audio in bps", "example": 128000 }, "rate": { "type": "number", "format": "double", "description": "Audio sampling rate in Hz", "example": 48000 } } } ] }, "Ac3ChannelLayout": { "title": "Ac3ChannelLayout", "type": "string", "default": "NONE", "enum": [ "NONE", "MONO", "STEREO", "SURROUND", "QUAD", "2.1", "2.2", "3.1", "4.0", "4.1", "5.0", "5.0_BACK", "5.1", "5.1_BACK" ], "x-enum-elements": [ { "name": "NONE", "description": "No channel layout" }, { "name": "MONO", "description": "Channel layout Mono" }, { "name": "CL_STEREO", "description": "Channel layout Stereo" }, { "name": "CL_SURROUND", "description": "Channel layout Surround" }, { "name": "CL_QUAD", "description": "Channel layout Quad" }, { "name": "CL_2_1", "description": "Channel layout 2.1" }, { "name": "CL_2_2", "description": "Channel layout 2.2" }, { "name": "CL_3_1", "description": "Channel layout 3.1" }, { "name": "CL_4_0", "description": "Channel layout 4.0" }, { "name": "CL_4_1", "description": "Channel layout 4.1" }, { "name": "CL_5_0", "description": "Channel layout 5.0" }, { "name": "CL_5_0_BACK", "description": "Channel layout 5.0 Back" }, { "name": "CL_5_1", "description": "Channel layout 5.1" }, { "name": "CL_5_1_BACK", "description": "Channel layout 5.1 Back" } ] }, "CodecConfiguration": { "title": "CodecConfiguration", "required": [ "name" ], "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BitmovinResource" } ] }, "Link": { "title": "Link", "required": [ "href" ], "properties": { "href": { "type": "string", "description": "webpage target URL", "example": "https://bitmovin.com/encoding-documentation/bitmovin-api/#/reference/encoding/manifests/add-period" }, "title": { "type": "string", "description": "Short description of the linked page", "example": "how to add a period to a manifest" } } }, "Message": { "title": "Message", "required": [ "type", "text" ], "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BitmovinResponse" }, { "properties": { "type": { "description": "Message type giving a hint on the importance of the message (log level)", "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MessageType" } ] }, "text": { "type": "string", "description": "Message text", "example": "field must not be empty" }, "field": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the field to which the message is referring to", "example": "manifestId" }, "links": { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Link" }, "description": "collection of links to webpages containing further information on the topic" }, "more": { "type": "object", "description": "Service-specific information" }, "date": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "Timestamp when the message occurred", "example": "2016-06-25T20:09:23.69Z" } } } ] }, "MessageType": { "title": "MessageType", "type": "string", "enum": [ "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE" ] }, "ResponseEnvelope": { "title": "ResponseEnvelope", "required": [ "requestId", "status", "data" ], "properties": { "requestId": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "Unique correlation id", "example": "6d84e126-d10c-4e52-bbfb-bd4c92bc8333" }, "status": { "description": "Response status information", "readOnly": true, "example": "SUCCESS", "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseStatus" } ] }, "data": { "description": "Response information", "readOnly": true, "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResultWrapper" } ] }, "more": { "type": "object", "description": "Additional endpoint specific information" } } }, "ResponseError": { "title": "ResponseError", "required": [ "requestId", "status", "data" ], "properties": { "requestId": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "Unique correlation id", "example": "6d84e126-d10c-4e52-bbfb-bd4c92bc8333" }, "status": { "description": "Response status information", "readOnly": true, "example": "ERROR", "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseStatus" } ] }, "data": { "description": "Response information", "readOnly": true, "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResponseErrorData" } ] } } }, "ResponseErrorData": { "title": "ResponseErrorData", "required": [ "code", "message", "developerMessage" ], "properties": { "code": { "type": "integer", "format": "int32", "readOnly": true, "description": "Contains an error code as defined in https://bitmovin.com/encoding-documentation/bitmovin-api/#/introduction/api-error-codes\n", "example": 1005 }, "message": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "General error message" }, "developerMessage": { "type": "string", "readOnly": true, "description": "More detailed message meant for developers" }, "links": { "type": "array", "readOnly": true, "items": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Link" }, "description": "collection of links to webpages containing further information on the topic" }, "details": { "type": "array", "readOnly": true, "items": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Message" }, "description": "collection of messages containing more detailed information on the cause of the error" } } }, "ResponseStatus": { "title": "ResponseStatus", "type": "string", "enum": [ "SUCCESS", "ERROR" ] }, "ResultWrapper": { "title": "ResultWrapper", "properties": { "result": { "type": "object", "readOnly": true } } } } }, "tags": [ { "name": "AC3 Configuration" } ] } ```