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The CreatePreset operation creates a preset with settings that you specify.

Elastic Transcoder checks the CreatePreset settings to ensure that they meet Elastic Transcoder requirements and to determine whether they comply with H.264 standards. If your settings are not valid for Elastic Transcoder, Elastic Transcoder returns an HTTP 400 response (ValidationException) and does not create the preset. If the settings are valid for Elastic Transcoder but aren't strictly compliant with the H.264 standard, Elastic Transcoder creates the preset and returns a warning message in the response. This helps you determine whether your settings comply with the H.264 standard while giving you greater flexibility with respect to the video that Elastic Transcoder produces.

Elastic Transcoder uses the H.264 video-compression format. For more information, see the International Telecommunication Union publication Recommendation ITU-T H.264: Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual services.

post/2012-09-25/presets

Request body

Namestring required

The name of the preset. We recommend that the name be unique within the AWS account, but uniqueness is not enforced.

Descriptionstring

A description of the preset.

Containerstring required

The container type for the output file. Valid values include <code>flac</code>, <code>flv</code>, <code>fmp4</code>, <code>gif</code>, <code>mp3</code>, <code>mp4</code>, <code>mpg</code>, <code>mxf</code>, <code>oga</code>, <code>ogg</code>, <code>ts</code>, and <code>webm</code>.

Response

Success

Warningstring

If the preset settings don't comply with the standards for the video codec but Elastic Transcoder created the preset, this message explains the reason the preset settings don't meet the standard. Elastic Transcoder created the preset because the settings might produce acceptable output.