Format Conversion & Encoding

Here is how this works in practice. We deliver format conversion and encoding from facilities in Warsaw and Łódź, transcoding media to whatever codec, resolution, frame rate and container a workflow or deliverable demands. Our team handles standards conversion between frame rates, resolution scaling, codec tuning for edit proxies and final delivery, and container changes for broadcast, archive and online use. We encode for quality and file-size efficiency, check each output against the source, and document the settings so deliverables stay steady across a project.

Here is the short of it. As an EBU member, Poland applies EBU tech specs across broadcast conversions, and our team also encodes to the specific profiles streaming sites need. Łódź — home of the national film school. The Opus Film studio behind 'Ida' and 'Cold War' — concentrates strong post talent. The Polish Film Institute's 30% cash rebates keeps the work affordable for incoming shoots. We quote budgets in Polish złoty with 23% VAT applied.

Here is the breakdown. Poland's encoding sector serves a different delivery landscape. TVP — the public TV networks running TVP1, TVP2 and TVP Kultura — and the commercial channels Polsat and TVN each specify their own broadcast formats, all underpinned by EBU tech standards. Netflix's strong slate of Polish originals means shoots routinely encode for sites-specific profiles and IMF-based workflows, while DCI-compliant packages serve theatrical and festival release at the Gdynia Film Festival and EnergaCAMERIMAGE in Toruń. Poland's 'lektor' voice-over custom adds audio-versioning needs to many conversions for the domestic market. Where archive material is involved, FINA — the National Film Archive — sets preservation-grade format standards. We deliver verified, correctly encoded files ready for broadcast, theatrical, streaming and archive use, matched precisely to each destination's tech specs.