Updated on 2026-03-02 GMT+08:00

Billing Items

MPC charges you for transcoding and packaging, as described in Table 1. For more information, see MPC Pricing Details.

**Table 1** Billing items
Billing Item	Description	Billing Mode
Video transcoding	Billed based on the duration of the content you output For H.264 standard transcoding, SD is used as the base unit. Durations for 4K, 2K, FHD, HD, and SD are converted at a ratio of 5.31:3.98:2.65:1.32:1. For example, 1 minute of FHD transcoding is equivalent to 2.65 minutes of SD transcoding. For H.265 low-bitrate HD transcoding, SD is used as the base unit. Durations for 4K, 2K, FHD, HD, and SD are converted at a ratio of 5.33:3.99:2.66:1.33:1. For example, 1 minute of FHD transcoding is equivalent to 2.66 minutes of SD transcoding. NOTE: Animated GIFs, video metadata parsing, video snapshot capturing, and watermarking are value-added services and are free of charge.	Pay-per-use
Audio transcoding	Billed based on the duration of the content you output	Pay-per-use
Audio and video packaging	Billed based on the duration of the content you output	Pay-per-use