encodeflowdocs
Developer & operations documentation

Video workflows, engineered to keep moving.

Learn how EncodeFlow coordinates durable transcoding jobs across a fleet of capability-aware workers with NATS, PostgreSQL, and S3.

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submit-job.sh201 created
$ curl -X POST \\
  http://localhost:4400/api/v1/operations/jobs \\
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \\
  -d '{ "priority": 10, ... }'

{
  "state": "QUEUED",
  "workerPool": "cpu"
}
NATS connectedattempt fenced
Live progress over SSE
Capability-aware scheduling
OpenTelemetry observability

Find your path

From first job to fleet operations

Use the docs as a guided tour or jump directly to the surface you own.

01

Run EncodeFlow locally

Start the infrastructure, Manager, Worker, and Admin console.

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02

Understand the system

See how jobs travel from the API to a capable worker.

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03

Use the Manager API

Submit jobs, inspect workers, and consume live events.

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System at a glance

One control plane. Many execution paths.

01ClientHTTP + SSE
submit
02Managerschedule + persist
dispatch
03Worker fleetFFmpeg execution

PostgreSQL owns durable lifecycle state. JetStream carries work and durable commands. Core NATS carries high-frequency progress and heartbeats.

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