We have used more Transcoding than we expected. How can we better calculate future Transcoding needs and reduce future Transcoding usage?

Here are a few important self-assessment questions for your business strategy and content managers, in order to assess your possible storage needs:

- How many files are we planning to upload each month, or within the next 12 months?

- What is the average duration of our videos?

- What is the average file size of our videos?

- Do we need to publish uploaded contents to third-party vendors, beyond the platforms connected to our Media Cloud, such additional broadcast outlets in the future (TV stations, channels, satellite uplink facilities, or similar)?

- Do we need to share download links of our uploaded files with third-parties in the future? (such as with TV stations, channels, satellite uplink facilities, in order to download your files for broadcast)?


Lightcast Advice:

Depending on your business objectives and workflows, there might be ways to reduce transcoding usage and save money.

Here is a helpful article which explains how to reduce file-size while achieving the highest possible quality for streaming:
https://help.lightcast.com/save-on-transcoding-and-storage-2


How to calculate Transcoding needs:
https://help.lightcast.com/how-can-i-calculate-how-much-transcoding-i-need


Why Lightcast’s Premium Transcoding Service is so vitally important for multi-platform distribution and multi-device publishing, as well as for saving bandwidth costs for our customers:
https://help.lightcast.com/why-is-high-end-premium-transcoding-so-important-in-order-to-conserve-bandwidth