Best practices for uploading videos
- For optimal quality and lowest CPU usage, match video resolution and screen resolution 1:1 so they are the same size. This means there will be no scaling performed on the player. On lower specced players, you'll probably find they will struggle more to play a 1366x768 video than a Full HD 1920x1080, as the 768p needs to be scaled while the 1080p can be played as-is.
- In general, the system should support pretty much any video format. Any unsupported video will be automatically converted.
- If you want to avoid conversion, upload valid MP4 H.264 files, as the system will not convert them. See below for our suggested local conversion. Please note that MP4 is a container format, and could contain other formats than H.264.
- A low quality YouTube video won't look good on your 55" LCD screen! Make sure your original content is actually of good enough quality.
- If you are using MAC, be careful when using Flip4Mac to generate WMV files. It's not supported by Microsoft and doesn't always provide valid results. Instead, output MOV or MP4 files.
- Also check your framerate. We notice that some uploaded videos are set to 50 frames per second, this will only lead to double the videosize while in most cases hardly any improved visuals.
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Recommended local conversion
To save space and uploading time, we suggest the following local conversion: Download Freemake VideoConverter, it's 100% free and produces high quality conversions. You can download it from this link: FreeMake VideoConverter.
Then add the file you are converting, select to MP4, edit settings, leave Frame Size to original and Video Codec to h.264. Framerate could be left at original, but ensure you don't have any 50frames-per-second originals. (Very rare, but some video editors output in that format.) If you are at all unsure, change framerate to 25. Then give your newly created preset a name and save it, so it's ready for future use.
Then add the file you are converting, select to MP4, edit settings, leave Frame Size to original and Video Codec to h.264. Framerate could be left at original, but ensure you don't have any 50frames-per-second originals. (Very rare, but some video editors output in that format.) If you are at all unsure, change framerate to 25. Then give your newly created preset a name and save it, so it's ready for future use.
