Media guidelines for publishing across social channels
Types of post supported across channels
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Channels
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Image Post
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Video Post
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Documents
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Stories
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Reels
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Shorts
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Facebook Page
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Mastodon
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Instagram
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LinkedIn Page
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LinkedIn Profile
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Google My Business
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YouTube
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Pinterest
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TikTok
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Number of media files supported across social media channels
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Channel |
Image |
Video |
Document
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Facebook Page |
10 as a post, 1 as story |
1 as a post, 1 as a reel, and 1 as story |
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Mastodon
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4
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1
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X |
4 |
1 |
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10 as a post, 10 stories |
10 as a post, 1 as a reel, 10 stories |
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LinkedIn Page |
9 |
1 |
1
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LinkedIn Profile |
9 |
1 |
1
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Google My Business |
1 |
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YouTube |
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1 as a post, 1 as Shorts |
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1 |
1 |
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TikTok
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1
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Threads
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10 |
1
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- You can upload up to 10 images or one video for Facebook, a combination of up to 10 images and videos on Instagram and Threads, and 9 images on LinkedIn, using the Customize Content editor. Otherwise, using the New Post editor, you can upload four media files in one go.
- You can upload 1 media file and publish it right away using direct publishing or up to 10 media files using manual publishing for an Instagram Story.
Requirements for publishing Images, and Videos
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Image (Post and Stories) |
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File Format |
PNG, JPEG, JPG, and GIF for Posts and JPEG for Stories |
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Dimensions |
No limitations |
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Aspect Ratio |
Between 1.91:1 and 4:5 for Posts and 9:16 is recommended for Stories |
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File Size |
8 MB |
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Video (Post and Stories) |
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File Format |
MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) |
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Dimensions |
Maximum width of 1920 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
Between 0.8 and 1.78 |
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Duration |
Between 3s and 60s |
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File Size |
100 MB |
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Audio CODEC |
AAC, 48khz sample rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo) |
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Video CODEC |
HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling |
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Audio Bitrate |
128 kbps |
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Video Bitrate |
VBR, 25 Mbps maximum |
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Frame Rate |
23-60 FPS |
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Reels |
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File Format |
MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) |
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Dimensions |
Maximum width of 1920 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
Between 0.01:1 and 10:1 |
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Duration |
Between 3s and 15 mins |
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File Size |
1 GB |
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Audio CODEC |
AAC, 48khz sample rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo). |
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Video CODEC |
HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling |
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Audio Bitrate |
128 kbps |
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Video Bitrate |
VBR, 25Mbps maximum |
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Frame Rate |
23-60 FPS |
YouTube
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Video |
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File Format |
MOV, MP4 |
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Dimensions |
No limitations |
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Aspect Ratio |
No limitations |
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Duration |
30 Mins |
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File Size |
5 GB |
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Audio CODEC |
AAC-LC |
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Video CODEC |
VP9 as well as H.264 , H.265 |
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Audio Bitrate |
128 kbps to 512 kbps |
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Video Bitrate |
Between 1 mbps to 160 mbps for SDR and 6.5 mbps to 200 mbps for HDR |
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Frame Rate |
24-60 FPS |
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Shorts |
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File Format |
MOV, MP4 |
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Dimensions |
No limitations |
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Aspect Ratio |
1:1 |
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Duration |
Between 15s and 60s |
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File Size |
5 GB |
Facebook Page
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Image |
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File Format |
JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF |
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Dimensions |
30000 x 30000 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
No limitations |
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File Size |
15 MB |
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Video |
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File Format |
MP4, MOV |
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Dimensions |
Minimum of 120 X 120 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
No limitations |
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Duration |
30 Mins |
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File Size |
1 GB |
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Audio CODEC |
AAC |
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Video CODEC |
No limitations |
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Audio Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Video Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Frame Rate |
No limitations |
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Image - Story |
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File Format |
jpeg,jpg,gif,png |
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Dimensions |
30000 x 30000 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
No Limitations |
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File Size |
Less than 4MB |
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Video - Story |
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File Format |
mp4,mov |
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Dimensions |
Minimum of 540 x 960 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
9:16 |
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Duration |
3 to 60 seconds |
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File Size |
1 GB |
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Audio Codec |
Channels – Stereo |
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Video Codec |
Chroma subsampling 4:2:0 |
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Audio Bitrate |
128kbs+ |
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Frame Rate |
24 to 60 frames per second |
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Reels |
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File Format |
MP4, MOV |
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Dimensions |
Minimum of 540 x 960 |
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Aspect Ratio |
9:16 |
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Duration |
Between 3s and 15 mins |
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File Size |
No limitations |
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Audio CODEC |
No limitations |
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Video CODEC |
No limitations |
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Audio Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Video Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Frame Rate |
Minimum of 23 FPS |
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Image |
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File Format |
JPG, PNG, GIF, JPEG |
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Dimensions |
Between 4 X 4 and 8192 x 8192 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
No limitations |
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File Size |
5 MB |
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Video |
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File Format |
QT, MOV or MP4, |
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Dimensions |
Between 32 x 32 and 1280 x 1024 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
Between 1:3 and 3:1 |
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Duration |
Between 0.5s and 140s |
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File Size |
512 MB |
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Audio CODEC |
AAC LC |
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Video CODEC |
H264 High Profile |
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Audio Bitrate |
128 kbps |
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Video Bitrate |
5000 kbps |
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Frame Rate |
Upto 60 FPS |
LinkedIn Profile and Page
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Image |
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File Format |
JPG, JPEG, PNG and GIF , GIF format supports up to 250 frames |
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Dimensions |
Upto 36152320 pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
No limitations |
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File Size |
No limitations |
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Video |
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File Format |
MP4 |
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Dimensions |
Between 256 x 144 and 4096 x 2304 |
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Aspect Ratio |
Between 5/12 and 2.4 |
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Duration |
Between 3s and 600s |
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File Size |
200 MB |
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Audio CODEC |
No limitations |
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Video CODEC |
No limitations |
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Audio Bitrate |
192 kbps - 30 Mbps |
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Video Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Frame Rate |
Upto 30 FPS |
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Documents |
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Size |
Upto 100 MB |
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File Format |
DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, PDF |
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Page Count |
Maximum of 300 pages |
Google My Business
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Image |
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File Format |
JPG or PNG |
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Dimensions |
Between 250 x 250 Pixels and 3000 x 3000 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
No Limitations |
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File Size |
5 MB |
Pinterest
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Image |
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File Format |
PNG or JPEG |
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Dimensions |
Minimum of 75 x 75 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
0.66 |
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File Size |
20 MB |
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Video |
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File Format |
MP4, MOV |
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Dimensions |
No limitations |
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Aspect Ratio |
Taller than 1.91:1 and shorter than 1:2 |
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Duration |
Between 4s and 900s |
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File Size |
1 GB |
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Audio Codec |
No limitations |
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Video Codec |
No limitations |
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Audio Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Video Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Frame Rate |
No limitations |
TikTok
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Video |
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File Format |
MP4, MOV |
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Dimensions |
Minimim of 360 x 360 Pixels |
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Aspect Ratio |
No limitations |
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Duration |
Between 1s and 600s |
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File Size |
1GB |
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Audio Codec |
No limitations |
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Video Codec |
No limitations |
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Audio Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Video Bitrate |
No limitations |
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Frame Rate |
Between 23 to 60 FPS |
Threads
| File Format | JPEG, PNG |
| File Size | 8 MB |
| Aspect Ratio | 10:1 |
| Dimensions | Minimum of 320 pixels |
| Height | Varies depending on width and aspect ratio |
| Color Space | sRGB |
| Frame Format | MOV, MP4 |
| Audio Codec | AAC, maximum of 48khz sample rate, 1 or 2 channels(mono or stereo) |
| Video Codec | HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling |
| Frame Rate | 23-60 FPS |
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Duration
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Between 1s and 300s
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| Dimensions | Maximum of 1920 pixels (horizontal columns) |
| Audio Bitrate | 128 Kbps |
| Video Bitrate | VBR, 25 Mbps maximum |
| File Size | Maximum of 1 GB |
| Aspect Ratio | Between 0.01:1 and 10:1 (We recommend 9:16 to avoid further cropping or blank space) |
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