The Twitter Video Player will support "mp4" and "mov" file formats on smartphones with a 16:9 aspect ratio, according to documents leaked by a developer. Videos can be up to 10 minutes.
Either by accident or on purpose, Twitter has revealed a document in its FAQ that describes an upcoming service video like those of YouTube or Vimeo.
It was originally discovered by a San Francisco resident Daniel Raffel who is developing snapguide.com. Looking at Twitter's Frequently Asked Questions, he was surprised to say that the service supports MP4 and MOV formats, and that videos should be encoded using the X.264 standard with 16: 9 and AAC (low complexity) codecs.
They also state that users should ensure that their clips do not exceed 10 minutes and the video bitrate will be at least 5000K bits while the audio bitrate should be 128k.
“We currently do not have a file size limit when uploading. Therefore, we encourage our users to use the highest analysis of the source video, to have the best user experience. However, keep in mind that the larger the source file, the longer it will take to upload the file,” the FAQ states.
The FAQ also describes how to use Twitter Video Player. You can see above details here.
