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AEBN Content Submittal Guidelines (Spring 2018)

Preferred Audio/Video Formats  Current HD and UHD (4K) Content:  MP4 Program Stream (.mp4) with H.264/AVC or H.265/HEVC video, stereo AAC audio  WebM Container (.) with AOMedia AV1 video, stereo audio  Blu-ray Disc  Legacy SD and Older HD Content:  MPEG-2 Program Stream (.mpg or .mpeg) with MPEG-2 video, stereo MP2 audio  MP4 Program Stream (.mp4) with H.264/AVC or H.265/HEVC video, stereo AAC audio  WebM Container (.webm) with AOMedia AV1 video, stereo Opus audio  DVD or Blu-ray Disc  VR Content:  MP4 Program Stream (.mp4) with H.264/AVC or H.265/HEVC video, stereo AAC audio  3D (left-right, 16/9), or 360° (16/9), or 3D+360° (over-under, 1/1)

Friendly Advice:  Please encode with more bits than you think you need. Compression artifacts cannot be undone.  We accept interlaced content, but prefer progressive scan.  Please encode to a constant , not variable. No telecine or pulldown.  Standard frame rates include 23.976, 24, 25, 29.970, 30, 50, 59.940, and 60 fps.  Please do not scale SD content up to HD, or HD content up to UHD.  Contact [email protected] with questions about file formats, , frame rates, bit rates, etc. We’re glad to help.

Sorry, we do not accept:  Unedited material.  Content without pertinent compliance documents  Content with excessive branding/advertising  Tape-based media or film.  Split audio (dialogue in one ear, music in the other)  WMV, FLV, RM, or 3GP  Vertically-oriented cellphone footage

Artwork:  Front and back cover art must be present for each title submitted o Sent at the same time as the audio/video file(s). o Minimum width & height = 380x540 pixels  We prefer print resolution BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, etc. OK. o 300 dpi layered .psd files preferred. o Send us any fonts as-is or in rasterized form.  We also encourage you to send in copies of your production still images at the highest possible quality. o No blurry or low quality screencaps, please.

Questions?  Contact your Content Representative or send an email to [email protected].