Qencode has launched Smart Thumbnails, an AI-driven feature that automatically selects the most engaging frames from videos to enhance viewer click-through rates.

M4A output delivers Apple-ready audio with native playback across iOS, macOS, and Apple media libraries.

Set a maximum output frame rate to reduce storage, bandwidth, and encoding costs while preserving standard videos at their original frame rate.

Qencode has launched signed JWT authentication for live stream playback, allowing operators to issue time-limited, per-session tokens that restrict access to individual viewers. This provides enhanced security and flexibility for paid live content, streamlining access control.

Qencode has added Translations to its Speech-to-Text output, enabling video teams to transcribe spoken audio and receive localized subtitles and transcripts in more than 80 languages in one encoding job.

Video Intelligence, now available on Qencode, accelerates video processing by delivering insights across videos in seconds. Powered by TwelveLabs and integrated directly into the encoding pipeline, it reaches across video, audio, speech, and on-screen text, returning timestamped results across five modes: description, categorization, moderation, custom, and search.

Content Operations teams are challenged by the rapid influx of AI-generated uploads, complicating moderation efforts. The newly launched AI Detection tool allows real-time verdicts on uploads, enhancing moderation efficiency and enabling proactive management of user-generated content before viewer complaints arise.

Qencode, a video processing platform, has joined the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) as a Promoter Member to contribute to multiple working groups. With AV1’s growing support and AV2 in draft, Qencode aims to enhance practical adoption and interoperability of these codecs, promoting open standards for accessible video technology development.