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=How to compress videos?= | =How to compress videos?= | ||
Which compression should be used should be used? | |||
* [https://caniuse.com/?search=h264 h264] | |||
== The fancy and hard way == | |||
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ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -movflags +faststart output.mp4 | |||
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* the option "-i" is the input file | |||
* the option "-c:v" is the video codec you use. in this case [https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264 h264] | |||
* the otpion "-c:a" is for the audio codec | |||
* the option "-movflags +faststart " is for web optimisation | |||
== The easy way == | |||
By using a software called [https://handbrake.fr/ HandBrake - The open source video transcoder] | |||
*In HandBrake click on [Open source] and select the file you would like to transcode. | |||
* Select the preset. | |||
* For the web dont forget to select [Web optimized] | |||
==Further links== | |||
* [[Prototyping_2013-11-05_(Lens_Based_Media)|old wiki page about video compression]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:14, 26 November 2024
I'm sitting in a room by Alvin Lucier
How to compress videos?
Which compression should be used should be used?
The fancy and hard way
ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -movflags +faststart output.mp4
- the option "-i" is the input file
- the option "-c:v" is the video codec you use. in this case h264
- the otpion "-c:a" is for the audio codec
- the option "-movflags +faststart " is for web optimisation
The easy way
By using a software called HandBrake - The open source video transcoder
- In HandBrake click on [Open source] and select the file you would like to transcode.
- Select the preset.
- For the web dont forget to select [Web optimized]