In the job management module, you can quickly submit individual processing jobs for media files stored in OSS. These jobs include transcoding, snapshots, intelligent thumbnails, video moderation, media fingerprinting, and smart tags. This topic describes how to create and submit these jobs, and how to view their status and details.
Prerequisites
Set an input Bucket and an output Bucket. For more information, see Add media Buckets.
Enable the required pipeline based on the job type. For more information, see Enable a pipeline.
Optional: Create a template. If preset templates do not meet your business requirements, you can create a custom one. For more information, see Transcoding templates.
Limitations
The maximum size of an input file is 100 GB. Jobs fail if the file size exceeds this limit.
Create a transcoding job
This section describes how to submit a single transcoding job in the console. You can create a transcoding job to convert a video file into formats suitable for playback on various platforms. For a quick overview of the process, see Quickly submit a transcoding job.
You can also submit a transcoding job by calling the SubmitJobs operation, or configure a workflow to automatically start multi-node transcoding jobs after a file is uploaded. For more information, see Get started with workflows.
Log on to the MPS console.
In the top navigation bar, select a region from the drop-down list.

In the navigation pane on the left, choose Job Management.
On the Encode tab, click Create Task.
Configure the job parameters.
Parameter | Description |
Input File URL | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select an input file from a folder. Note
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Encoding Pipeline | Select a pipeline name from the drop-down list. Note
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Output File Name | Enter a name for the output file. A file extension is required for all file types except M3U8. For example: |
Output Path | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select a folder to use as the output path. Note
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Click Next.
Configure the Encoding Template.
Parameter | Description |
Template Type | Select the type of transcoding template. For information about preset templates, see Preset template details. To create a custom transcoding template, see Transcoding templates. |
Output Format | Select an output format from the drop-down list. The default format is mp4. |
Template | Select a template from the list. The default template is MP4-4K. |
(Optional) Watermark Template | Click the toggle switch to enable this feature.
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(Optional) Clip Output | Click the toggle switch to enable this feature. Specify the start time and duration to create a clip from the source video.
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(Optional) Rotate Angle | Enter a clockwise rotation angle. The value must be in the range of [0, 360]. |
Click Submit to create the job.
After the job is submitted, you can view its status, configuration, paths, and other details in the job list on the current tab.
NoteIf a job fails and you cannot view its details, check your network connection and resubmit it.
Create an intelligent thumbnail job
The intelligent thumbnail feature uses AI to understand video content. It combines visual analysis with large-scale user behavior data to select the optimal keyframe or clip to use as a video cover, improving click-through rates and the user experience.
Log on to the MPS console.
In the top navigation bar, select a region from the drop-down list.

In the navigation pane on the left, choose Job Management.
On the Intelligent Thumbnail tab, click Create Task.
Configure the job parameters.
Parameter | Description |
Input File URL | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select an input file from a folder. Note
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Intelligent Thumbnail Pipeline | Select a pipeline name from the drop-down list. Note
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Output Path | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select a folder to use as the output path. Note
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Click Submit to create the job.
After the job is submitted, you can view its status, configuration, paths, and other details in the job list on the current tab.
NoteIf a job fails and you cannot view its details, check your network connection and resubmit it.
Create a video moderation job
Create a video moderation job to automatically detect pornographic content, terrorist and politically sensitive content, ads, and undesirable content in a video. This helps you reduce manual review costs and lower compliance risks.
Log on to the MPS console.
In the top navigation bar, select a region from the drop-down list.

In the navigation pane on the left, choose Job Management.
On the Content Moderation tab, click Create Task.
Configure the Input and Output parameters.
Parameter | Description |
Input File URL | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select an input file from a folder. Note
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Content Moderation Pipeline | Select a pipeline name from the Content Moderation Pipeline drop-down list. Note
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Moderation Type | By default, Pornography and Terrorism are selected. |
Storage Path | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select a folder to use as the output path. Note
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Click Submit to create the job.
After the job is submitted, you can view its status, configuration, paths, and other details in the job list on the current tab.
NoteIf a job fails and you cannot view its details, check your network connection and resubmit it.
Create a media fingerprinting job
This feature extracts features from a video's image and audio content to generate a media fingerprint. You can use media fingerprints to find duplicate videos, trace the source of video clips, and filter copyrighted content. Use cases include video deduplication, copyright infringement filtering, originality identification, and content tracing.
Log on to the MPS console.
In the top navigation bar, select a region from the drop-down list.

In the navigation pane on the left, choose Job Management.
On the Video DNA tab, click Create Task.
Configure the job parameters.
Parameter | Description |
Input File URL | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select an input file from a folder. Note
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Video DNA Pipeline | Select a pipeline name from the drop-down list. Note
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Inbound Rule for DNA Library | Select a rule from the Inbound Rule for DNA Library options. The default rule is Save Non-duplicated Content Only. |
Click Submit to create the job.
After the job is submitted, you can view its status, configuration, paths, and other details in the job list on the current tab.
NoteIf a job fails and you cannot view its details, check your network connection and resubmit it.
Create a smart tagging job
This feature is available in the China (Beijing) and China (Shanghai) regions.
Log on to the MPS console.
In the top navigation bar, select a region from the drop-down list.

In the navigation pane on the left, choose Job Management.
On the Smart Tagging tab, click Create Task.
Configure the job parameters.
Parameter | Description |
Input File URL | Click Select. In the Bucket drop-down list, select a Bucket. The folders in the selected Bucket are displayed under Path. Select an input file from a folder. Note
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Smart Tagging Pipelines | Select a pipeline name from the drop-down list. Note
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Title | Enter a title for the file. This title is used as an input for multi-modal video classification. |
Template | Select a template name from the drop-down list. Note If no templates are available in the drop-down list, go to Global Settings > Smart Tagging Templates to create a template. |
Return raw OCR results | Click the switch to specify whether to return text recognition results. When enabled, the labeling task can return the raw OCR text recognition results. |
Return raw ASR results | Click the switch to enable or disable the return of text recognition results. When enabled, the labeling task can return the raw ASR results. |
Click Submit Task to create the job.
After the job is submitted, you can view its status, configuration, paths, and other details in the job list on the current tab.
NoteIf a job fails and you cannot view its details, check your network connection and resubmit it.
Query a snapshot job
You can query the status of snapshot jobs that ran as part of a workflow. To add a snapshot node to a workflow, see Create a workflow.
Log on to the MPS console.
In the top navigation bar, select a region from the drop-down list.

In the navigation pane on the left, choose Job Management.
Click the Snapshot tab. From the drop-down list, select Search by Time or Search by ID.
Based on the selected criteria, select a Start time and an End Time, or enter a snapshot task ID, and then click Query.