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  • Name: A unique name of the format.

  • Description: A optional, more elaborate description of the format. This is visible to users when downloading a rendition of an asset in the format and can e.g. be used to describe which use cases the format is intended for.

  • Format type: The type of the format.

  • Immediately generated for: The asset types for which renditions of the format should be generated immediately when an asset is uploaded or replaced. See below for more information.

  • If no asset types are chosen, renditions will be generated when they are reque

Generation

If a rendition/quality of an asset is requested but has not been generated yet, it is always automatically generated. This is referred to as on-demand transcoding. This feature makes it possible to ensure renditions/qualities are only generated when needed.