MP4 to MXF API - Convert MP4 to MXF API: Pricing, Documentation
by Pixazo
The MP4 to MXF API converts your .mp4 files into MXF through a single call. It identifies the source format from the file's actual content rather than its extension, so a file with the wrong extension — which is what breaks most converters — still converts correctly. Send a video_url with to_format set to mxf, poll the request, then download the result. Billing is per second of the source video, so a one-minute clip costs twelve cents and you know the price before you submit. Just need a one-off file? Run the same conversion free in your browser with the MP4 to MXF Converter — no code, no API key required.

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MP4 to MXF API Documentation
Authentication
All requests require an API key passed via header.
Pricing: Billed at $0.002 per second of input video — measured on the source you submit, not on the file returned. A 60-second video costs $0.12.
Rounding: billing is per second but always rounds up to a whole second — a 5.06-second source bills as 6 seconds. The shortest billable job is 1 second.
Retries: this is an asynchronous job on shared encoding capacity, so a request can occasionally come back processing_failed or take longer than usual. These are transient and succeed on a retry, and a failed job is never charged — the wallet hold is released.
| Header | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key | string | Yes | Your API subscription key |
MP4 to MXF generate request
Request Code
POST https://gateway.pixazo.ai/media-tools/v1/video-convert
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-cache
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
{
"video_url": "https://api-assets.pixazo.ai/media-api-test/t.mp4",
"to_format": "mxf"
}Output
{
"request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"status": "QUEUED",
"polling_url": "https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}Webhook (Optional)
Add the X-Webhook-URL header to your generate request to receive a POST callback instead of polling.
X-Webhook-URL: https://your-server.com/webhook/callbackRequest Parameters - MP4 to MXF generate request
| Parameter | Required | Type | Default | Allowed values / range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
video_url | Yes | string | — | HTTP(S) URL; ≤ 500 MB, ≤ 600 s | Publicly reachable HTTP(S) URL of the source video. The format is detected from the file's content, not its extension — MOV, AVI, WMV, MXF, MKV, FLV, MTS, 3GP and WebM all work, and a file with the wrong extension still converts correctly. |
to_format | Yes | string | — | mxf | Target output container for this conversion — mxf for this endpoint. |
Example Request
{
"video_url": "https://api-assets.pixazo.ai/media-api-test/t.mp4",
"to_format": "mxf"
}Response
{
"request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"status": "QUEUED",
"polling_url": "https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}Request Headers
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
Content-Type | application/json |
Cache-Control | no-cache |
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key | YOUR_API_KEY |
Response Handling
Common status codes.
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 202 | Accepted — Request queued |
| 400 | Bad Request |
| 401 | Unauthorized |
| 402 | Insufficient Balance |
| 403 | Forbidden |
| 429 | Too Many Requests |
| 500 | Internal Server Error |
Error Responses
Queue system errors and model validation errors.
Queue System Errors
// 402 — Insufficient balance
{
"error": "Insufficient Balance",
"message": "Your wallet does not have enough balance."
}
// 400 — Model not found
{
"error": "Model not found",
"message": "Model 'media-convert' not found or is disabled"
}Error via Status/Webhook
{
"request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"status": "ERROR",
"model_id": "media-convert",
"error": "Description of the error",
"output": null
}Retrieving Results
Poll the universal status endpoint to check progress and retrieve results.
Endpoint
GET https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/{request_id}
Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_API_KEYcURL Example
curl -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://gateway.pixazo.ai/v2/requests/status/media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"Response (Completed)
{
"request_id": "media-convert_019dxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"status": "COMPLETED",
"model_id": "media-convert",
"error": null,
"output": {
"media_url": [
"https://pub-582b7213209642b9b995c96c95a30381.r2.dev/v1/media-convert_019dxxxx/output.mxf"
],
"media_type": "application/mxf"
},
"created_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:00.000Z",
"updated_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:15.000Z",
"completed_at": "2026-03-31T10:00:15.000Z"
}Response Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
request_id | string | Unique request identifier |
status | string | QUEUED, PROCESSING, COMPLETED, FAILED, or ERROR |
model_id | string | Model that processed the request |
error | string|null | Error message if failed |
output.media_url | array | URLs to generated media (R2 CDN) |
output.media_type | string | MIME type of the output |
created_at | string | When request was created |
completed_at | string | When request completed |
polling_url | string | Status URL (initial response only) |
Status Values
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| QUEUED | Request accepted, waiting to be processed |
| PROCESSING | Being processed by the model |
| COMPLETED | Done — output contains the result |
| FAILED | Failed — check error field |
| ERROR | System error — not charged |
Status Flow
QUEUED → PROCESSING → COMPLETED
→ FAILED
→ ERRORTypical Workflow
- Send a generate request to the API endpoint
- Save the
request_idfrom the response - Poll every 5–10 seconds:
GET /v2/requests/status/{request_id} - When status is
COMPLETED, download fromoutput.media_url
Tip: Use the X-Webhook-URL header to get a callback instead of polling.
MP4 to MXF API Pricing
⚡ Performance
Live usage measured on Pixazo's gateway, split by model version. Generation time is how long a generation takes end-to-end (lower is better). Success rate is the percent of generations that complete (higher is better).
〰 Uptime
Percent of generations that succeeded over the selected period, per model version.