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NeoGAF, welcome to .webm - the FUTURE (of burning out your CPU)

ekim

Member
Ok thank you, i have found it now, but what do i have to do, add in some code ?

The console should show an error or warning when loading this thread with the addon enabled.

if you see something like this: "GET http://a.pomf.se/reojqq.webm" it should work though.
 
Step by Step Windows 7 webM guide (with AviDemux and FFMPEG):

Setup:
1. Download and install Avidemux: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/
2. Download FFmpeg: http://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
3. Copy ffmpeg.exe to your home folder (e.g. "C:\Users\<Username> for Windows 7)

Conversion
1. Download source video (for youtube, you can use http://keepvid.com/ )
2. Open video in Avidemux. Set begin point ("A") and end point ("B") for webm
3. Select MP4v2 Muxer in Output Window
4. File->Save video. Select your home folder and use .mp4 extension (e.g yourvideo.mp4)
5. open console (type "cmd" in start menu)
6. copy paste the following in the console (after changing parameters)
Code:
ffmpeg -i yourvideo.mp4 -vf scale=500:-1 -c:v libvpx -crf 10 -b:v 2M -c:a libvorbis yourvideo.webm
-vf scale sets the video resolution, 500 for 500 pixel width. Remove it if you want to keep original resolution
-crf is the quality setting, 10 default, 4 minimum (lower=better)
-b:v is the target bit rate, 2M for 2 Mbit per second (higher = better)
libvpx is the codec, libvpx-vp9 for VP9 instead of vp8
7. upload the .webm video to a .webm compatible hoster, e.g. http://pomf.se/
8. copy paste the URL into your neogaf reply.
 
My lord, with the webm for Neogaf extension, and the hover to play and sizing options..... I think I have just made my last ever gif. I am part of the webm master race now, no going back!!
 
For some reason the play button isn't working for me with the GAF plugin in Chrome, have to tap the playback bar to get stuff to play.

Regardless having 60 fps capability changes everything, this is GAF next-gen.
 

mitchman

Gold Member
The reason WebM exists is because MPEG-4 and the compression algorithms normally associated with it (H.264 and AAC) are patent-encumbered. WebM is designed to be free for anyone to use without fear of legal repercussions down the line, and to avoid a new CompuServe GIF situation all over again.

Replace "WebM" with "VP8 or VP9" and you're quite correct, but WebM is just the container based on the MKV container format. Easy to mix up, I suppose.
 
welp.

RIP. GIF.

2768.OldSnakeSalute.jpg


webm with hover to play is fucking amazing.
 
Just wanted to give one more quick shoutout and thanks to Andrex for his great work on the Chrome extension. You have truly changed the way neogif's.
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Am I the only one screaming, running around the circles in real life in panic over how fucking next-gen this is?
 

andthebeatgoeson

Junior Member
It's probably already been said: I would love the ability to turn off auto-repeat at the browser level for the neogaf extension. Either way, thank you Andrex.
 

Brick

Member
The best part about this whole thing? I will never have to hear how the original creators pronounce it ever again.
 

Cse

Banned
These are just incredible - the resolution, the framerate...

Why do these look such much better than 1080p Youtube videos? HTML5 and no compression?
 
Okay I perfected my one-click conversion solution, all I now need to find out is how to make it actually work outside my testing environment... :p
 
Web-em

Wif (webm gif)

That is the approved nomenclature.

This, when there is an extra consonant at the end of an acronym I pronounce it hard. I really like the Wif though, no mis-pronouncing that.... unless you are going to troll with the Family Guy (Wh)if. But even in this case they sound the same haha.
 
What is up with WebMs all of a sudden? 4chan got support yesterday and now GAF is all over it. Did I miss somthing as far as WebM news goes?
 
What encoding settings do you use (crf, bitrate, resolution)?

Due to these images are mostly small images, I use an crf of 4. For bitrate, I start from 2000k, then move up or down until I hit the size I wanted. Usually I will try to keep it under 3MB, but I can go over it if I have to. I will avoid making anything over 10MB though. For resolution, I use the original res because why not? Unless the webm is really long and large, I don't see why I must change the res. Something I made earlier:
http://a.pomf.se/rutdtn.webm
 
Okay So I enabled the new Andrex extension but they still auto play...not ideal for my CPU haha. Should I just stick with the Firefox version and use it in chrome or is there a way to make the wifs not autoplay in the Chrome specific code?
 
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