'How to streaming from an .avi container without encoding it in H264 or H265
I would like to stream a .avi container and not use any codec in the encoding process, that is, I do not want it to encode in H264 or H265, just upload the video and do not encode it, I am using the Azure SDK media services in .NET. The presets that azure media services has for example in their sdk, they all use h264 or h265 to encode and return an mp4, I just want to upload .avi and see if it is possible that it does not apply any compression and then download the .avi Thanks!
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Adding the answer here. It looks like you were wanting to do a lossless, or near lossless encoding pass using CRF (constant rate factor encoding). There is currently no support for setting CRF encoding in the standard encoder in AMS, but there is work going on to add CRF encoding settings to the SDK in the near future.
For now, you are limited to the settings available in the Transform preset in the H264 or H265 Layers. You can see all of the available encoding settings most easily in the REST API
Or if you look at the Transform object in your favorite SDK. Look at the H264Video and H264 Layer classes in the model, as well as the H265 equivalent ones for settings you can control in your code.
UPDATE: SDK for .NET is available now with Exposed RateControlMode for H264 encoding, enabling 2 new ratecontrol modes - CBR (Constant Bit Rate) and CRF (Constant Rate Factor). See- https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Azure.Management.Media
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