Transcoder is a Step (action) in Cloud › Google. Submits a transcoding job to Google Cloud Transcoder.
Transcoder is a Step (action) in Cloud › Google. Submits a transcoding job to Google Cloud Transcoder.
When the flow reaches this step, JOrchestrator executes Transcoder against your linked site or an external integration, using the field values you set on General and Design. Downstream steps can read the output payload fields defined for this node.
Transcoder is a action step in the Cloud › Google group. Action steps run in the middle or end of a flow. They perform work on your CMS, call external services, or transform data for the next step.
Typical reasons teams add Transcoder to a flow:
Common patterns on the canvas:
Input and output gs:// URIs and preset template (default preset/web-hd). Optionally wait for completion.
Credentials from Node Configuration → Google; output bucket must allow the transcoder service account.
The designer shows these tabs for this node:
| Tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Info | Plain-language description and output payload fields for downstream steps |
| General | Canvas label and read-only node ID |
| AI | Optional assistant to help draft settings from plain language |
| Design | Node-specific configuration fields |
These fields are managed by the designer or runtime — you do not type into them directly:
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_nodeId | Node ID | node-id | No | — | — |
_payloadFields | Available Fields | payload-panel | No | — | — |
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
label | Label | text | No | — | Node label |
| Property key | Label | Type | Required | Visible when | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inputGcsUri | Input GCS URI | payload-text | Yes | — | gs://my-bucket/source/video.mp4 Source file in Cloud Storage (must be readable by the Transcoder service account). |
outputGcsUri | Output GCS URI | payload-text | Yes | — | gs://my-bucket/transcoded/ Folder prefix where Transcoder writes outputs (trailing slash recommended). |
templateId | Preset template | select (preset/web-hd | preset/web-sd | preset/720p-h264-aac | preset/1080p-h264-aac; default: preset/web-hd) | No | — | Google preset template for the transcoding job. |
location | Transcoder location | select (us-central1 | us-east1 | us-east4 | us-west1 | europe-west1 | europe-west4 | asia-east1 | asia-southeast1; default: us-central1) | No | — | Region where the Transcoder API job runs (must match bucket region when possible). |
projectId | Project ID (optional) | payload-text | No | — | my-gcp-project Leave blank to use the project ID from Joomla Node Configuration → Google. |
waitForComplete | Wait for job to complete | checkbox | No | — | — |
pollIntervalSeconds | Poll interval (seconds) | select (10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 60; default: 15) | No | waitForComplete === true | — |
maxPollMinutes | Max wait (minutes) | select (15 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 240; default: 60) | No | waitForComplete === true | — |
Credentials, API keys, mailers, SMTP, and integration defaults are configured in the CMS plugin under Node Configuration, not per step on this node. Link the flow to a domain before testing CMS-backed fields.
After this step runs, later nodes can reference these fields using placeholders such as {{transcoder.success}}.
| Field key | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
success | boolean | Whether the operation completed successfully. |
jobId | string | Cloud transcoding or conversion job ID. |
jobName | string | Text value from this node's output. |
state | string | Published state (0 = unpublished, 1 = published). |
inputGcsUri | string | GCS URI of the input file. |
outputGcsUri | string | GCS URI prefix for outputs. |
templateId | string | Transcoder template preset ID. |
projectId | string | Google Cloud project ID. |
location | string | Google Cloud region for the job. |
message | string | Human-readable status, error, or result summary. |
inputGcsUri) must be filled before the flow can be saved.outputGcsUri) must be filled before the flow can be saved.Other steps in the same area of the palette:
google-list-gcs) — Cloud › Googlegoogle-sheets-read) — Cloud › Googlegoogle-retrieve-gcs) — Cloud › Googlegoogle-upload-gcs) — Cloud › Googlegoogle-sheets-write) — Cloud › Google