Video Tool

The Video Tool is a powerful feature of attachmax, basically through 3 radio buttons, it changes how the Videos will be Displayed and Encoded.

Video Tool:
Here you have 3 choices:
- FFmpeg
If your server is compiled with ffmpeg, you're able to choose ffmpeg and your videos will be encoded using ffmpeg encoder.

You'll have the option to set these values.
Bitrate:
The affects the quality of the Video, choosing a value such as 750k is average quality, Putting a number such as 2000 is higher quality, however it will take longer to load the video.

Resolution:
This affects the size of the Video, the larger value you set, the more quality is produced for larger viewing sizes. You should match this to the size of your player.

- Mencoder
Mencoder is an alternative to FFmpeg, if your server isn't compiled with ffmpeg and is compiled with mencoder, than you're able to switch from the different encoders at your disposal. Mencoder is set to be a faster option and supports more Video Formats, with very good picture quality under compression. Bitrate and Resolution can also be set for Mencoder.

- None
Choose this option if your server doesn't have FFmpeg or Mencoder Software, this will allow you to share videos, and add thumbnails, the only difference is that the final video isn't in Flash Format and thumbnails will be create Manually rather than Automatically.