108 articles about api.
Transcode means decoding compressed video and encoding it again. See how transcode differs from encode, remux, and compress, and when to skip it entirely.
A transcode failed almost always means bad input, not a broken service. The real causes, an ffprobe pre-check, and the poll loop that knows when to retry.
Is the Cloudinary free tier enough for video? 25 credits is about 104 minutes of 1080p output, measured, and only if you store and deliver nothing else.
Cloudinary pricing in 2026, priced in videos instead of credits: the live plans, what a credit buys, and one 90-second 1080p job through all three meters.
Mux static renditions cost $0 to prepare as standard, but storage and download-as-delivery keep billing. The real math for 500 clips fetched once a month.
Mux pricing in 2026, read off Mux's own docs: input, storage and delivery rates, the one-month storage minimum, and when a per-job meter is cheaper for you.
Generate a GIF from a video API-side plus thumbnail stills on every upload: one input URL, two jobs, real payloads, polling, and n8n and Make recipes.
n8n execution crashed with startedAt null is a 2.45.0 queue mode race, not your workflow. Fix: upgrade to 2.45.1+, then stop blocking the worker event loop.
Gemini 4 Argon video input doubles to $4 per 1M tokens on Dec 1, 2026. Five FFmpeg prep levers that cut the token bill, plus the one-call API equivalent.
A speed up video API call is two filters, not one: setpts retimes frames, chained atempo stretches audio without pitch shift. Both ways shown, with costs.