Uploading and transcoding media files

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• receive from a client computing device a request to upload a multimedia file from the client computing device to a service;
• identify a plurality of transcoding servers configured to receive and transcode multimedia files from client computing devices and store the transcoded multimedia files;
• and
• send a reply to the client computing device that comprises job configuration information that comprises an access token authorizing the client computing device to access a first one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers, wherein the job configuration information specifies one or more upload policies that comprise failover instructions for if a failure occurs during an upload from the client computing device to the first one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers, wherein the failover instructions comprise:
• by the client computing device, sending the access token to the first one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers to resume the upload;
• or
• by the client computing device, sending the access token to a second one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers to restart the upload.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processors and comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• receive from a client computing device a request to upload a multimedia file from the client computing device to a service;
• identify a plurality of transcoding servers configured to receive and transcode multimedia files from client computing devices and store the transcoded multimedia files;
• and
• send a reply to the client computing device that comprises job configuration information that comprises an access token authorizing the client computing device to access a first one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers, wherein the job configuration information specifies one or more upload policies that comprise failover instructions for if a failure occurs during an upload from the client computing device to the first one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers, wherein the failover instructions comprise:
• by the client computing device, sending the access token to the first one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers to resume the upload;
• or
• by the client computing device, sending the access token to a second one or more of the plurality of transcoding servers to restart the upload.