Custom renditions

Custom renditions allow you to programmatically manage custom audio, text, and video renditions for media that use the renditions hosting type.

The Management API supports the Bring Your Own Renditions (BYOR) workflow. Instead of uploading a source file for platform transcoding, you can register pre-encoded renditions that meet JWX’s custom renditions guidelines.

Once registered, JWX handles:

Playback delivery and manifest generation
Analytics and reporting
Monetization
DRM and content protection

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You can also add and manage custom renditions in the JWX dashboard.

Getting started

Follow these steps to get started with custom renditions:

Create a media item with the renditions hosting type.
Attach custom renditions (audio, text, or video) to that media item.

Once attached, all custom renditions are scoped to the media_id associated with your media item.

Custom renditions endpoints

Custom rendition type	Actions
Audio renditions	Manage alternate audio tracks (for example, multiple languages or commentary): Create a custom audio rendition Retrieve a custom audio rendition Retrieve list of custom audio renditions Update a custom audio rendition Delete a custom audio rendition
Text renditions	Manage subtitles and captions: Create a custom text rendition Retrieve a custom text rendition Retrieve list of custom text renditions Update a custom text rendition Delete a custom text rendition
Video renditions	Manage externally encoded video variants: Create a custom video rendition Retrieve a custom video rendition Retrieve list of custom video renditions Delete a custom video rendition