What Video Formats Does Pubu Accept?

If you want publish media works at Pubu, we have below product lines can offer to you:

1. Video
   Click “影音出版” (Upload Media Files) to upload your video files.
2. Audio
   Click “影音出版” (Upload Media Files) to upload your audio files.
3. Video eBook, EPUB contains video
   Click “書刊出版” (Upload eBook Files) to upload your EPUB which contains your video.
4. Audio eBook, EPUB contains audio
   Click “書刊出版” (Upload eBook Files) to upload your EPUB which contains your audio.

Video

• Pubu supports only following format: 3GPP, MOV, MP4.
• File size maximums: 800 MB, and longer than 30 second.
• Video resolution recommend: 1280 x 720 (720P)
• Only English for file name. (including embed file inside *.Epub has to be named in English too)

Audio

• Pubu supports only: MP3.
• File size maximums: 200MB, and longer than 30 second.
• Sound quality (bit rate): 128 / 192 Kbps
• Only English for file name.

Video eBook, EPUB contains video

• The supported video format is the same as Video’s.
• The EPUB file size maximums is only 200 MB, which also including content, images and videos.
• You can refer here to insert the media file into the EPUB.
  

Audio eBook, EPUB contains video

• The supported audio format is the same as Audio’s.
• The EPUB file size maximums is only 200 MB, which also including content, images and audios.
• You can refer here to insert the media file into the EPUB.

How to set my video file format:

Pubu recommend below solution which can help you setting corrected format.

If you are using Movie Maker to create your video

1. you can choose quality as “Android Phone (Medium)” when you save the video and select output format as MP4 or MOV.
2. If you want to customize the quality setting, please refer below suggestion:
   1. Frame Width x Height: 1280 x 720 pixels
   2. Bit rate: 1500 Kbps (1200 – 2000 are acceptable)
   3. Picture playback rate: 29.97 fps
   4. Audio format: 128kbps, 48KHz, stereo

If you are using Adobe Premiere:

1. Match Sequence Settings format: H.264
2. Frame Width x Height: 1280 x 720 pixels
3. Bit rate: 1500 Kbps (1200 – 2000 are acceptable)
4. Check the “Estimated File Size” should less than 800 MB. Try lower bit rate if your estimated size more than the limitation.
5. Profile can be “Main” or “Base”.
6. If estimated file size still more than limitation, you can lower audio quality from 192 kbps to 128 kbps.

FAQ

Q：What's the differenct between Video and Multimedia eBooks
A：Please refer below table for more informaiton:

Q：I want to sell my video, which upload option I should choose?
A：We recommend you to upload thru Video, with format with .MOV or .MP4.

Q：What kind of video you suggest to publish in an Epub book?
A：If your video is use to support your content, such as example, demonstration, you can put them in an Epub file. Users can read the content and get more information from your video.

Q：Can I named my video or audio files by other language excluded English?
A：No, please named your files name ONLY in English. The reason is some publishers' tools do not support different language code properly. It might cause inconsistency name between in books and real name. The mismatch would cause very bad experience for customers.