Guitaa Academy Quality Standards

What are Guitaa Academy’s minimum standards regarding audio?

In order to publish your course, each of your course videos must contain an audio track that plays from both speakers (left and right channels). Additionally, Guitaa Academy requires that the quality of the audio is not distracting students. Text to speech software is not allowed; students want to hear directly from you as an instructor to build trust.

What are Guitaa Academy’s recommended audio settings when recording/exporting files?

Our video upload process supports many audio codecs, but selecting MP3 or AAC provides the most seamless upload experience.

What are Guitaa Academy’s minimum standards around video quality?

In order to publish your course, you must have at least 30 minutes of video content in your course. Additionally, Guitaa Academy requires that video content is in HD quality, with a resolution of at least 720p.

What kind of camera should I use to record my course?

If you’re filming a video for your course, there are several different types of cameras that have been used to record published Guitaa Academy courses:

• Your iPhone (iPhone 4 models and above)
• Your iPad (iPad 2 models and above)
• Many webcams
• HD Flip cameras
• Go Pro cameras
• Most DSLR cameras

If you have a camera already, check your system preferences or do a quick internet search to check that your camera can shoot in 720 HD or higher. Simply search for the name of the product and the resolution it shoots. If it can shoot in 720p HD or higher, it will produce a video that meets our video quality standards.

What are the required/recommended export settings for video files (codec settings and video file types)?

When using video editing software you’ll need to export your recordings to a video file. Guitaa Academy strives to support as many videos and audio settings and codecs, but for the most seamless upload experience, we recommend these settings:

• Quality: Best (if available)
• Codec: H.264, HEVC, ProRes
• Resolution: 1920x1080 or better
• Minimum Resolution: 1280x720 (*Resolutions below this are rejected)
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Picture Orientation: Landscape (not Portrait)
• Framerate: 25 to 60 fps (*Currently all outputs are resampled to 30 fps)
• Bitrate Recommendations:

1920x1080 @ 10 Mb/s

1280x720 @ 5 Mb/s

HEVC

1920x1080 @ 6 Mb/s

1280x720 @ 3 Mb/s

ProRes

Automatic

• Audio Track: Required (*If no audio track is found, video is rejected)
• Audio Codec: AAC (256 kb/s or better) or PCM
• Audio Channels: 2 (Stereo)
• Multimedia Container: MP4 or MOV
• Maximum File Size: 4 GB
• Maximum Duration: 4 Hours