Video quality options available through the API

💻 Environment/Context

  • Profile
  • API
  • Video quality
  • 1080p
  • 720p
  • Proxy

 

❓ Issue/Question

  • We'd like to grant someone access to Scoreplay via API. Therefore, I want to check in which quality the videos are available via API.

 

👌 Resolution/Answer

  • Following up on API access, here's what you can expect on video quality. Each video is available at a few tiers via the API: 
    • photographer_quality → The original file is untouched, so there's no fixed spec. It's whatever was originally supplied (e.g., one we checked was MXF, 1080p, ~5GB). Resolution/codec can't be guaranteed here. 
    • compressed_quality → 1080p H.264 MP4 proxy, ~10 Mbps ​
    • The video object in the API response also gives you a 720p proxy (~5 Mbps) and a 720p HLS playlist (stream).

 

 

🔖 Notes 

  • Our recommendation is to point your users to compressed_quality. It's the most usable and a standard format across any content type (highlights, live stream, tactical, etc.).
  • Fetching video and photo contents via API