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ApsaraVideo VOD:ProduceEditingProjectVideo

Last Updated:Nov 06, 2025

Produce a video from one or more source videos. You can submit the source videos directly using the timeline parameter, or create an online editing project and then submit it for production.

Operation description

  • Before you use this operation, ensure that you understand the billing methods and pricing of ApsaraVideo VOD. Online editing is a paid feature. For more information about billing, see Billing for video editing and production.

  • This operation returns the result of the task submission. The response does not guarantee that the video is produced. The production task is queued and executed asynchronously in the background.

  • The video resources in an online editing timeline can be materials from Material Management or videos from the Media Library. If you use videos from the Media Library, ensure that their status is Normal.

  • Videos are produced based on ProjectId and Timeline. The logic is as follows:

    • ProjectId and Timeline cannot both be empty. Otherwise, the video cannot be produced.

    • If ProjectId is empty and Timeline is not empty, an online editing project is automatically created based on the specified Timeline parameter. The materials referenced in the timeline are fetched and set as the materials for the project. Then, the video is produced.

    • If ProjectId is not empty and Timeline is empty, the latest saved timeline is retrieved based on the ProjectId to produce the video.

    • If neither ProjectId nor Timeline is empty, the video is produced based on the specified Timeline. The corresponding online editing project, including its timeline and materials, is updated. If you specify other fields, the corresponding fields of the online editing project are also updated.

  • The number of video tracks, image tracks, and caption tracks cannot exceed 100 for each.

  • The total number of materials cannot exceed 200. The total size of material files cannot exceed 1 TB.

  • The region of the input or output bucket must be the same as the region where you use the VOD service.

  • When the output is a video, the resolution of the final video is subject to the following limits:

    • The width and height cannot be less than 128 pixels.

    • The width and height cannot exceed 4096 pixels.

    • The shorter side cannot exceed 2160 pixels.

  • After a video is produced, it is automatically uploaded to ApsaraVideo VOD. The VOD service then sends event notifications to indicate that media production is complete and video upload is complete. After the produced video is transcoded, additional event notifications are sent to indicate that transcoding for a single definition is complete and transcoding for all definitions is complete.

  • You can also add effects to the produced video. For more information, see Effects.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

vod:ProduceEditingProjectVideo

create

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ProjectId

string

No

The ID of the online editing project. You can obtain the ID in one of the following ways:

  • Log on to the ApsaraVideo VOD console. In the navigation pane, choose Production > Video Editing to view the ID.

  • The value of the ProjectId parameter that is returned after you call the CreateEditingProject operation to create a project.

fb2101bf24b4cb318787dc****

Timeline

string

No

The timeline of the online editing project. The value must be a JSON string. For more information about the structure, see Timeline.

Note

Make sure that each VideoTrackClip object contains a valid MediaId. Otherwise, the request fails.

{"VideoTracks":[{"VideoTrackClips":[{"MediaId":"cc3308ac59615a54328bc3443****"},{"MediaId":"da87a9cff645cd88bc6d8326e4****"}]}]}

Title

string

No

The title of the online editing project.

剪辑合成测试

Description

string

No

The description of the online editing project.

描述

CoverURL

string

No

The thumbnail of the online editing project.

https://example.aliyundoc.com/6AB4D0E1E1C7446888351****.png

MediaMetadata

string

No

The metadata of the produced video. The value must be a JSON string. For more information about the structure, see MediaMetadata.

{"Description":"合成视频描述","Title":"合成userData测试"}

ProduceConfig

string

No

The production configuration. The value must be a JSON string. For more information about the structure, see ProduceConfig.

Important You can leave the StorageLocation field empty if the storage region is China (Shanghai). If the storage region is another region, this field is required.

{"TemplateGroupId":"6d11e25ea30a4c465435c74****"}

UserData

string

No

The custom settings. The value must be a JSON string of up to 256 characters. The settings can include message callbacks. For more information about the structure, see UserData.

Note

To use the message callback feature, you must configure a webhook address and select the corresponding event types in the ApsaraVideo VOD console. Otherwise, the callback settings do not take effect.

{"Extend":{"width":1280,"id":"028a8e56b1ebf6bb7afc74****","height":720},"MessageCallback":{"CallbackURL":"https://example.aliyundoc.com/2016-08-15/proxy/httpcallback/testcallback/","CallbackType":"http"}}

AppId

string

No

The ID of the application. Default value: app-1000000. For more information, see Multi-application service.

app-****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

25818875-5F78-4AF6-D7393642CA58****

MediaId

string

The ID of the produced video.

Note
  • This operation synchronously returns the ID of the video to be produced.

  • The returned MediaId indicates that the video production task has been submitted and will be processed asynchronously.

006204a11bb386bb25491f95f****

ProjectId

string

The ID of the online editing project.

fb2101bf24b4cb318787dc****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "25818875-5F78-4AF6-D7393642CA58****",
  "MediaId": "006204a11bb386bb25491f95f****",
  "ProjectId": "fb2101bf24b4cb318787dc****"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.