{"id":379,"date":"2013-06-17T05:59:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wellys.org\/wellysblog\/?p=379"},"modified":"2013-12-18T16:37:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T00:37:40","slug":"forget-about-webm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wellys.org\/wellysblog\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Forget about WebM"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past 6 or 7 months, I’ve attempted to provide video to all types of platforms by encoding videos in both H.264 and WebM. WebM is the encoder of choice for Firefox, Chrome etc in other words “not-Apple” (though Microsoft has thrown in with Apple on H.264). I haven’t had much success. Most of the time, I was not able to play WebM encoded video in Firefox nor Chrome and it was an additional step in my workstream.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, I did two things; I re-encoded all of the videos using the x264 encoder and I deleted all of the WebM video. Hopefully, this hasn’t caused too many issues with my viewing public. Please contact me via the Contact<\/a> page if so.<\/p>\n

A coupe of quick notes:
\n1) I used x264 in Compressor by adding the x264 component to the Quicktime components in Library. Larry Jordan<\/a> has a nice explanation of how to do this.
\n2) For most of the HD videos, I created half-size videos then upscaled them on playback. This results in a moderately small file size with nice quality.
\n3) The trick on using Compressor is to follow Larry’s advice of creating .mov files which is a Quicktime container. Most<\/strong> browsers will play a Quicktime container but my Nexus 7 had a problem. The key is to use Quicktime 7<\/a> to convert it from .mov to .mp4. Larry states one can do this without re-encoding but fails to advise how.<\/p>\n

There is a “pass through” option when using “File -> Export -> Convert Movie to MPEG-4”. This will simply copy the file from .mov format to .mp4 format without re-encoding. \u00a0Click on Options on the Save window and select MP4 from the drop down menu at the top of the box and click on the Video button right below the dropdown. Below the Video button is another dropdown and on this one, select Pass through. Click OK and Bob’s your Uncle, you will have a file that has broader compatibility than the Quicktime container, .mov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the past 6 or 7 months, I’ve attempted to provide video to all types of platforms by encoding videos in both H.264 and WebM. WebM is the encoder of choice for Firefox, Chrome etc in other words “not-Apple” (though Microsoft has thrown in with Apple on H.264). I haven’t had much success. Most of … <\/p>\n

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