Approved Video Formats

All videos must be under three minutes in duration, and must have a file size under 1024 MB.

Videos may not have previously appeared on YouTube, Facebook, a blog, or published in any other medium. You must enter freshly-recorded video that begins with you addressing the camera and stating:

Hello, Zoom Room, my name is _______, this is my dog _________, and we made this trick using only positive training.

Acceptable File Formats:

3g2 (Mobile Video), 3gp (Mobile Video), 3gpp (Mobile Video), asf (Windows Media Video), avi (AVI Video), dat (MPEG Video), flv (Flash Video), m4v (MPEG-4 Video), mkv (Matroska Format), mod (MOD Video), mov (QuickTime Movie), mp4 (MPEG-4 Video), mpe (MPEG Video), mpeg (MPEG Video), mpeg4 (MPEG-4 Video), mpg (MPEG Video), nsv (Nullsoft Video), ogm (Ogg Media Format), ogv (Ogg Video Format), qt (QuickTime Movie), tod (TOD Video), vob (DVD Video)

Aspect Ratio:

The aspect ratio of the video must be between 9×16 and 16×9.

Compression type:

Generally, the best format to upload is H.264 video with AAC audio in MOV or MP4 format. H.264 currently offers the best video compression available, and due to file size limitations, this format is the optimal choice for Facebook Video.

To avoid the rescaling of your video by Facebook’s encoder, use a file with the larger edge of the video not exceeding 1280px. If your video is less than 1280px in size on the larger edge, try to keep your dimensions to multiples of 16px for best compression.

Frame Rate:

Keep the frame rate of your video at or below 30fps.

Audio:

Use stereo audio with a sample rate of 44.100 Hz.