H264FieldEncoding

The video encoding method for your MPEG-4 AVC output. Keep the default value, PAFF, to have MediaConvert use PAFF encoding for interlaced outputs. Choose Force field (FORCE_FIELD) to disable PAFF encoding and create separate interlaced fields. Choose MBAFF to disable PAFF and have MediaConvert use MBAFF encoding for interlaced outputs.

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JSON Schema

mediaconvert-api-h264-field-encoding-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-mediaconvert/refs/heads/main/json-schema/mediaconvert-api-h264-field-encoding-schema.json",
  "title": "H264FieldEncoding",
  "description": "The video encoding method for your MPEG-4 AVC output. Keep the default value, PAFF, to have MediaConvert use PAFF encoding for interlaced outputs. Choose Force field (FORCE_FIELD) to disable PAFF encoding and create separate interlaced fields. Choose MBAFF to disable PAFF and have MediaConvert use MBAFF encoding for interlaced outputs.",
  "type": "string",
  "enum": [
    "PAFF",
    "FORCE_FIELD",
    "MBAFF"
  ]
}