Media Processing Fees

CI provides a rich set of basic video processing services, such as video frame capturing, video-to-animated image conversion, file transcoding, video metadata acquisition, and audio/video splicing. In addition, by leveraging Tencent Cloud's advanced AI technologies, it can analyze video content to intelligently select the optimal key frame as the video thumbnail, which can effectively improve the video click rate and visual experience.
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Media Processing Fees
Media processing fees refer to fees incurred by using video frame capturing, video metadata acquisition, video-to-animated image conversion, audio/video transcoding, and other media processing features as detailed below. For more information, see Media Processing Service.
Billable Item
Description
Billing Cycle
Applicable Billing Mode
Audio/Video transcoding fees
Fees incurred by using audio/video transcoding services, including general transcoding, accelerated transcoding, video-to-animated image conversion, and audio/video splicing. Such fees are charged by the output video duration at different prices for different resolutions.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Top Speed Codec (TSC) transcoding fees
Fees incurred by using the TSC transcoding service. Such fees are charged by the output video duration at different prices for different resolutions.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video montage fees
Fees incurred by using the video montage service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration at different prices for different resolutions.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video enhancement fees
Fees incurred by using the video enhancement service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration at different prices for different resolutions.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Super resolution fees
Fees incurred by using the super resolution service, including basic edition and enhanced edition. Such fees are charged by the output video duration at different prices for different resolutions.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
SDR-to-HDR fees
Fees incurred by using the SDR-to-HDR service. Such fees are charged by the output video duration based on dynamic range conversion.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video tagging fees
Fees incurred by using the video tagging service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration. Failed recognitions will not be billed.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video metadata acquisition fees
Fees incurred by using the video metadata acquisition service. Such fees are charged by the number of uses.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video frame capturing fees
Fees incurred by using the video frame capturing service. Such fees are charged by the number of uses.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Intelligent thumbnail fees
Fees incurred by using the intelligent thumbnail service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Digital watermark fees
Fees incurred by using the digital watermark service. Such fees are charged by the output video duration.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video quality scoring fees
Fees incurred by using the video quality scoring service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video frame interpolation fees
Fees incurred by converting a video with low frame rate into a video with high frame rate. Such fees are charged by the output video duration.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Video splitting fees
Fees incurred by analyzing and understanding a video in multiple dimensions, splitting the video into multiple segments, and returning the boundary time of each segment. Such fees are charged by the input video duration.
Monthly
Pay-as-you-go
Note
For a billable item charged by minute, it is billed based on the actual duration if it is used less than one minute.
Media Processing Pricing
Audio/Video transcoding pricing
Prices vary by region, codec, and audio/video transcoding type (general transcoding, video-to-animated image conversion, or audio/video splicing) as follows:
Codec
Resolution
Chinese Mainland (USD/Min)
Silicon Valley (USD/Min)
Mumbai, Seoul, Bangkok, Hong Kong (China), Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Singapore (USD/Min)
Remuxing
-
0.001
0.002
0.00295
Audio only
-
0.0008
0.00149
0.0019
H.264 audio/video proxy
SD (640 x 480)
0.0023
0.0023
0.00707
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.0046
0.0049
0.01
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.0094
0.0095
0.0219
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.02
0.0206
0.0339
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.04088
0.0427
0.0458
VP8
SD (640 x 480)
0.00268
0.00269
0.07
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.00507
0.0052
0.01
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.0097
0.00985
0.0223
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.0194
0.02
0.0358
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.0432
0.046
0.0507
VP9
SD (640 x 480)
0.0036
0.00365
0.00365
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.00588
0.00588
0.00588
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.01
0.012
0.012
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.0264
0.0265
0.0265
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.0485
0.0486
0.0486
H.265
SD (640 x 480)
0.012
0.012
0.0428
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.022
0.023
0.0577
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.0457
0.0471
0.1174
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.1
0.11
0.177
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.197
0.2032
0.2368
AV1
SD (640 x 480)
0.239
0.239
0.239
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.0466
0.0466
0.0466
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.0929
0.0929
0.0929
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.2
0.2
0.2
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.4
0.4
0.4
Note: Fees are charged based on the output specifications to which the long side and the short side of the resolution of the output video belong.
The SD output specifications (1280 x 720) are used as an example. If the long side (width) of the resolution of the output video is not greater than 1280 and the short side (height) is not greater than 720, the video belongs to the SD output specifications.
If the long side of the output video is greater than 1280 or the short side is greater than 720, the video belongs to output specifications with higher resolution.
TSC transcoding pricing
Codec
Resolution
Chinese Mainland (USD/Min)
Silicon Valley (USD/Min)
Mumbai, Seoul, Bangkok, Hong Kong (China), Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Singapore (USD/Min)
H.264
SD (640 x 480)
0.0097
0.0233
0.027
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.0147
0.0314
0.0363
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.0291
0.0624
0.0724
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.0627
0.0935
0.107
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.125
0.1273
0.1401
H.265
SD (640 x 480)
0.0488
0.1227
0.1362
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.0729
0.1587
0.1711
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.1459
0.3299
0.3627
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.0097
0.0233
0.027
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.313
0.481
0.549
Video montage pricing
Resolution
Price (USD/Min)
SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
0.033
HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
0.045
FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
0.05
2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
0.072
4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
0.088
Video enhancement pricing
Resolution
Price (USD/Min)
Color enhancement
0.06
Detail enhancement
0.06
Super resolution pricing
Basic edition
Resolution (R)
Frame Rate (F)
Price (USD/Min)
R ≤ FHD (1920 x 1080)
F < 30
0.36
R ≤ FHD (1920 x 1080)
F ≥ 30
0.72
R > FHD (1920 x 1080)
F < 30
0.5
R > FHD (1920 x 1080)
F ≥ 30
1.45
Enhanced edition (digital remastering)
Resolution (R)
Frame Rate (F)
Price (USD/Min)
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2K (2560 x 1440) < R ≤ 4K (3840 x 2160)
F ≤ 30
2.2
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2K (2560 x 1440) < R ≤ 4K (3840 x 2160)
F > 30
3.5
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HD (1280 x 720) < R ≤ 2K (2560 x 1440)
F ≤ 30
0.95
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HD (1280 x 720) < R ≤ 2K (2560 x 1440)
F > 30
1.76
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R ≤ HD (1280 x 720)
F ≤ 30
0.588
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R ≤ HD (1280 x 720)
F > 30
1.1
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Digital watermark pricing
Resolution
Price (USD/Min)
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SD (640 x 480)
0.076923
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HD (1280 x 720)
0.06866
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FHD (1920 x 1080)
0.064179
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2K (2560 x 1440)
0.056716
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4K (3840 x 2160)
0.059701
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Watermark extracting
0.126866
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Note
For videos for which the digital watermarking feature needs to be enabled, digital watermarks are added during transcoding. Therefore, digital watermarking and transcoding fees will be incurred. When an infringement of the video occurs, you can use CI to extract the watermark from the infringing video. Therefore, watermark extraction fees will be incurred.
Video frame interpolation pricing
Resolution (R)
Frame Rate (F)
Price (USD/Min)
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R ≤ HD (1280 x 720)
F ≤ 30
0.4478
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R ≤ HD (1280 x 720)
F > 30
0.8955
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HD (1280 x 720) < R ≤ 2K (2560 x 1440)
F ≤ 30
2.6866
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HD (1280 x 720) < R ≤ 2K (2560 x 1440)
F > 30
0.8955
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2K (2560 x 1440) < R ≤ 4K (3840 x 2160)
F ≤ 30
1.791
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2K (2560 x 1440) < R ≤ 4K (3840 x 2160)
F > 30
5.3731
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Pricing of other features
Feature
Price
SDR-to-HDR
0.06 USD/min
Video tagging
0.00784 USD/min
Video metadata acquisition
0.015 USD/1,000 times
Video frame capturing
0.015 USD/1,000 times
Intelligent thumbnail
0.026 USD/min
Video quality scoring
0.01463 USD/min
Video splitting
0.01194 USD/min
Billing Example
Note
The following billing example is based on usage in the Chinese mainland.
The prices in the example are for reference only. For the actual prices, see [Billing Overview] (https://www.tencentcloud.com/pricing/ci/overview!4fb2148d1884b7a75b99cbdcd584bff4).
After you understand the composition of media processing fees and the description of billable items, you can evaluate the required amount of resources based on your own business needs and then use the CI price calculator to calculate fees and export the cost estimate.
You operate an online video website. Visitors can upload their own videos to the website for online media processing and then download output videos. You store the website content in a COS bucket in Guangzhou region, use the CI service, and enable the CDN acceleration service.
Demand
The monthly basic video processing volume is 100 GB, generating CDN origin-pull traffic of 100 GB, H.264 1080p transcoding of 2,000 minutes, video frame capturing of 10,000 times, and voice/sound separation of 500 minutes.
Monthly fees calculation
Item
Free Tier
Unit Price
Billable Usage
Fees (Unit Price x Billable Usage)
Transcoding
0
0.0094 USD/min for H.264 FHD (1920 x 1080)
2,000 minutes
2,000 x 0.0094 = 18.8 USD
Video frame capturing
0
0.015 USD/1,000 times
10,000 times
10 x 0.015 = 0.15 USD
CDN origin-pull traffic
0
0.02 USD/GB
100 GB
100 x 0.02 = 2 USD
Monthly fees
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-
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26.35 USD
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Billable Item	Description	Billing Cycle	Applicable Billing Mode
Audio/Video transcoding fees	Fees incurred by using audio/video transcoding services, including general transcoding, accelerated transcoding, video-to-animated image conversion, and audio/video splicing. Such fees are charged by the output video duration at different prices for different resolutions.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Top Speed Codec (TSC) transcoding fees	Fees incurred by using the TSC transcoding service. Such fees are charged by the output video duration at different prices for different resolutions.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video montage fees	Fees incurred by using the video montage service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration at different prices for different resolutions.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video enhancement fees	Fees incurred by using the video enhancement service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration at different prices for different resolutions.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Super resolution fees	Fees incurred by using the super resolution service, including basic edition and enhanced edition. Such fees are charged by the output video duration at different prices for different resolutions.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
SDR-to-HDR fees	Fees incurred by using the SDR-to-HDR service. Such fees are charged by the output video duration based on dynamic range conversion.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video tagging fees	Fees incurred by using the video tagging service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration. Failed recognitions will not be billed.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video metadata acquisition fees	Fees incurred by using the video metadata acquisition service. Such fees are charged by the number of uses.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video frame capturing fees	Fees incurred by using the video frame capturing service. Such fees are charged by the number of uses.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Intelligent thumbnail fees	Fees incurred by using the intelligent thumbnail service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Digital watermark fees	Fees incurred by using the digital watermark service. Such fees are charged by the output video duration.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video quality scoring fees	Fees incurred by using the video quality scoring service. Such fees are charged by the input video duration.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video frame interpolation fees	Fees incurred by converting a video with low frame rate into a video with high frame rate. Such fees are charged by the output video duration.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go
Video splitting fees	Fees incurred by analyzing and understanding a video in multiple dimensions, splitting the video into multiple segments, and returning the boundary time of each segment. Such fees are charged by the input video duration.	Monthly	Pay-as-you-go

Codec	Resolution	Chinese Mainland (USD/Min)	Silicon Valley (USD/Min)	Mumbai, Seoul, Bangkok, Hong Kong (China), Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Singapore (USD/Min)
Remuxing	-	0.001	0.002	0.00295
Audio only	-	0.0008	0.00149	0.0019
H.264 audio/video proxy	SD (640 x 480)	0.0023	0.0023	0.00707
		HD (1280 x 720)	0.0046	0.0049	0.01
		FHD (1920 x 1080)	0.0094	0.0095	0.0219
		2K (2560 x 1440)	0.02	0.0206	0.0339
		4K (3840 x 2160)	0.04088	0.0427	0.0458
VP8	SD (640 x 480)	0.00268	0.00269	0.07
		HD (1280 x 720)	0.00507	0.0052	0.01
		FHD (1920 x 1080)	0.0097	0.00985	0.0223
		2K (2560 x 1440)	0.0194	0.02	0.0358
		4K (3840 x 2160)	0.0432	0.046	0.0507
VP9	SD (640 x 480)	0.0036	0.00365	0.00365
		HD (1280 x 720)	0.00588	0.00588	0.00588
		FHD (1920 x 1080)	0.01	0.012	0.012
		2K (2560 x 1440)	0.0264	0.0265	0.0265
		4K (3840 x 2160)	0.0485	0.0486	0.0486
H.265	SD (640 x 480)	0.012	0.012	0.0428
		HD (1280 x 720)	0.022	0.023	0.0577
		FHD (1920 x 1080)	0.0457	0.0471	0.1174
		2K (2560 x 1440)	0.1	0.11	0.177
		4K (3840 x 2160)	0.197	0.2032	0.2368
AV1	SD (640 x 480)	0.239	0.239	0.239
		HD (1280 x 720)	0.0466	0.0466	0.0466
		FHD (1920 x 1080)	0.0929	0.0929	0.0929
		2K (2560 x 1440)	0.2	0.2	0.2
		4K (3840 x 2160)	0.4	0.4	0.4

Resolution	Price (USD/Min)
SD (short side ≤ 480 px)	0.033
HD (short side ≤ 720 px)	0.045
FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)	0.05
2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)	0.072
4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)	0.088

Resolution	Price (USD/Min)
Color enhancement	0.06
Detail enhancement	0.06

Resolution (R)	Frame Rate (F)	Price (USD/Min)
R ≤ FHD (1920 x 1080)	F < 30	0.36
R ≤ FHD (1920 x 1080)	F ≥ 30	0.72
R > FHD (1920 x 1080)	F < 30	0.5
R > FHD (1920 x 1080)	F ≥ 30	1.45

Feature	Price
SDR-to-HDR	0.06 USD/min
Video tagging	0.00784 USD/min
Video metadata acquisition	0.015 USD/1,000 times
Video frame capturing	0.015 USD/1,000 times
Intelligent thumbnail	0.026 USD/min
Video quality scoring	0.01463 USD/min
Video splitting	0.01194 USD/min

Item	Free Tier	Unit Price	Billable Usage	Fees (Unit Price x Billable Usage)
Transcoding	0	0.0094 USD/min for H.264 FHD (1920 x 1080)	2,000 minutes	2,000 x 0.0094 = 18.8 USD
Video frame capturing	0	0.015 USD/1,000 times	10,000 times	10 x 0.015 = 0.15 USD
CDN origin-pull traffic	0	0.02 USD/GB	100 GB	100 x 0.02 = 2 USD
Monthly fees	-	-	-	26.35 USD

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Media Processing Fees

Media Processing Pricing

Audio/Video transcoding pricing

TSC transcoding pricing

Video montage pricing

Video enhancement pricing

Super resolution pricing

Digital watermark pricing

Video frame interpolation pricing

Pricing of other features

Billing Example

Demand

Monthly fees calculation