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[Skyfireblaze]

@KojiKnight:

I just tested and ffmpeg uses all of my 4 cores pretty equally on my i5 3570k, what CPU do you have? I read that by default ffmpeg should automatically allocate the optimal core-load depending on the codec used :/

In any case if you want to try a forced core usage replace the last line of my script with this:

"%ProgramFiles%\WebM\ffmpeg.exe" -i %1 -ss %Start% -to %End% -c:v %Codec% -crf %Quality% -b:v %Bit%M -vf scale=%Width%:-1 %Audio% -threads 4 %1.converted.webm

If I read it right that should force it to use 4 cores.

EDIT: Okay it's a problem with ffmpeg itself, you can read more here
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/forum/vie...sid=baddd9a9865dfcfa9da3732cb8bcbb91&start=20

Multi-core support seems to be erratic at best :/

 

[KojiKnight]

@KojiKnight:

I just tested and ffmpeg uses all of my 4 cores pretty equally on my i5 3570k, what CPU do you have? I read that by default ffmpeg should automatically allocate the optimal core-load depending on the codec used :/

In any case if you want to try a forced core usage replace the last line of my script with this:

"%ProgramFiles%\WebM\ffmpeg.exe" -i %1 -ss %Start% -to %End% -c:v %Codec% -crf %Quality% -b:v %Bit%M -vf scale=%Width%:-1 %Audio% -threads 4 %1.converted.webm

If I read it right that should force it to use 4 cores.

EDIT: Okay it's a problem with ffmpeg itself, you can read more here
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/forum/vie...sid=baddd9a9865dfcfa9da3732cb8bcbb91&start=20

Multi-core support seems to be erratic at best :/

Yeah not ideal, but forcing 2 threads was still a 20% improvement which is better than nothing.

(edit) Actually getting about 70% better in the current video I'm doing.

 

[Dennis]

Black boxes..... Black boxes everywhere....

Every single wif on this page plays back perfectly for me.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

WebM is Vorbis audio with VP8 video in a restricted Matroska container. VP8 is an inferior, but presumably patent-free current generation (same as H.264) video format. H.265 and VP9 are from the next generation. Encoders for those two are currently under active development, but there's still a lot of work to do before they are ready to replace the current standards.

I believe work on VP9 was completed some time ago (it's in Chrome and Opera, at least.)

WebM also can include the next gen Opus audio format instead of Vorbis. It's far superior and even supported by Microsoft (not in IE AFAIK, but they contributed.)

 

[Dennis]

WebM is Vorbis audio with VP8 video in a restricted Matroska container. VP8 is an inferior, but presumably patent-free current generation (same as H.264) video format. H.265 and VP9 are from the next generation. Encoders for those two are currently under active development, but there's still a lot of work to do before they are ready to replace the current standards.

I can use VP9 to create my webms right now.

The drawback being that the encoding takes a lot longer than for VP8. Creates smaller file sizes though - of course that being the whole point.

 

[tkscz]

Another SM3DW

http://a.pomf.se/ecwmfl.webm

 

[KojiKnight]

I can use VP9 to create my webms right now.

The drawback being that the encoding takes a lot longer than for VP8. Creates smaller file sizes though - of course that being the whole point.

A lot of websites and such don't support it yet though (see gfycat).

It's also supported in Firefox at this point. (replying to the post above yours )

 

[Melpontro]

http://a.pomf.se/vegmph.webm
http://a.pomf.se/robnzc.webm
http://a.pomf.se/wdtrlq.webm
http://a.pomf.se/eexiht.webm

 

[Celestial Mortal]

I think I may start giving webm a bad name because of my bad converting skills...

http://a.pomf.se/anabnm.webm

 

[Skyfireblaze]

Yeah not ideal, but forcing 2 threads was still a 20% improvement which is better than nothing.

(edit) Actually getting about 70% better in the current video I'm doing.

That's something yeah but okay that sounds like it depends on the source material :/ If there's ever a better ffmpeg build for multi-cores I will link to it as technically all builds should work with my script aslong as the commands aren't changed.

 

[Wyndstryker]

This is truly the future and I welcome it!

It's freaking sorcery seeing stuff move this smoothly and load this quickly on a browser.

 

[gngf123]

I think I may start giving webm a bad name because of my bad converting skills...

http://a.pomf.se/anabnm.webm

Well, how good is the source material you are using, and what settings are you using when converting? That one doesn't look too bad to me, but could be better.

 

[KojiKnight]

That's something yeah but okay that sounds like it depends on the source material :/ If there's ever a better ffmpeg build for multi-cores I will link to it as technically all builds should work with my script aslong as the commands aren't changed.

Well I (and I assume many others) appreciate what you've done so far

 

[Celestial Mortal]

Well, how good is the source material you are using, and what settings are you using when converting? That one doesn't look too bad to me.

Got that off of YouTube in 720p. Using handbrake to convert videos in constant 60fps setting with bitrate quality set to around 10.

Trying to set everything to high etc

 

[Exile20]

Why does some show a black box and some work fine?

I on a macbook pro with chrome using andrex extension.

 

[gngf123]

Got that off of YouTube in 720p. Using handbrake to convert videos in constant 60fps setting with bitrate quality set to around 10.

Trying to set everything to high etc

In which case I'd probably put a lot of that down to youtube compression + lossy conversion, unless if you compare the source with the final webm and see a major difference, in which case you might want to try a different codec/bitrate.

 

[Beelzebufo]

I hate these things, I can't see anything on my phone

 

[Minister of the Dog]

Not the person you responded to, but thanks for putting up how you did it. It was the only easy way to get this done. Now I was able to make this (though I'm not sure if it's 60fps or not). Too bad I'm not good at this game, because it doesn't show very much lol.

http://a.pomf.se/csroxf.webm

I don't think that's 60fps (check other Sonic Unleashed (it's Unleashed, right?)) videos that have been posted before. Are you running it at 60fps? Are you recording it at 60fps (fraps options)?

 

[akaoni]

This is what I see when they don't work which is quite a few of them.

 

[Skyfireblaze]

Well I (and I assume many others) appreciate what you've done so far

Ehehe thanks! I just wanted to make it easy for people to make WebM's instead of fiddling with command-lines or installing GUIs

 

[SimSimIV]

For me all webM's show, except for when they are quoted.

 

[ekim]

http://a.pomf.se/cehmwk.webm

Make sure to play with sound.

 

[Vic]

http://a.pomf.se/vegmph.webm
http://a.pomf.se/robnzc.webm
http://a.pomf.se/wdtrlq.webm
http://a.pomf.se/eexiht.webm

Lovely.

 

[KojiKnight]

Oh god the Grease Monkey script auto-updated and turned on auto-play by default! The laaaaaaaaag!!

Whew.... now that autoplay is disabled again... all good in the neighborhood.

 

[YaMoBeThere]

http://a.pomf.se/cehmwk.webm

Make sure to play with sound.

Oh lawdy

 

[velociraptor]

dunno if I did this right. I had to go from RadeonPro to VirtualDub to the script lol. Look bloody ages.

http://a.pomf.se/dxjnzz.webm

BTW I would recommend you all to play Darksiders 2. Such a great, great game. RIP Vigil :'(

 

[ekim]

Gifs stepping up their game!

 

[Portugeezer]

http://a.pomf.se/ghakns.webm

 

[ScepticMatt]

What advantages does h.26x have over VP9, other than more support?

HEVC has a little better efficiency due to move available intra prediction methods
It's inter-frame prediction methods are easier to parallelize in hardware (wave-front parallel processing)
(mainly due to patents)

Still, coding efficiency between HEVC and VP9 isn't too different, and VP9 has benefits for streaming applications (i.e. better error handling)

 

[therealminime]

http://a.pomf.se/xfkyrp.webm

 

[grkazan12]

Have the latest extension installed for chrome? Sometimes when I load up a new page with webms, it sometimes never loads, stays black, or takes a while to load. My CPU is pretty good, could my internet be the problem?

 

[-KRS-]

I dunno guys. I love this but the videos are loading so slowly for me. I think we need a new host or something because it probably shouldn't take me around 1 minute to fully load a 5 second wif on a 100/100mbit connection. I mean that can't be more than 2MB in size right? If even that. Granted, I am on a shitty netbook from 2009 (which hates the fact that I'm playing lots of 720p+ media in one tab), but once loaded the wifs doesn't seem to have any issues other than high resolution ones stuttering quite a bit because of the shitty Atom CPU.

Also, is the proper firefox extension the way to go? I'm using the greasemonkey script right now.

Edit: Memory usage is pretty crazy as well. I only have this tab opened in firefox and no other program running on this computer right now, and yet it's using 1500MB of RAM. And I haven't even clicked play on any of the videos on this page!

 

[anchorman128]

Make sure to play with sound.

..... My god, what was that?

 

[ekim]

Yeah - the hoster seems to have trouble today. hm

..... My god, what was that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k21nZsf6kHM#t=118

Also, is the proper firefox extension the way to go? I'm using the greasemonkey script right now.

Try it

 

[Garteal]

Lord of the Elder Scrolls
http://a.pomf.se/czdnxa.webm
http://a.pomf.se/sjjoci.webm

http://a.pomf.se/xfkyrp.web m

Raise your bitrate a bit and try 2-pass encoding. It should get rid of the blocky parts in the beginning of your video.

 

[MarkV]

Can someone suggest me a program that cuts videos? Non need for convertion, just edit an existent video.

 

[Haunted]

Gifs stepping up their game!

stabilised .gifs have been a curious thing for a while

But just look at the poster stamp size!

337x187 *scoffs*

 

[Dictator93]

This is what I see when they don't work which is quite a few of them.

You are the second person to say that about my contribution. Curious if it is extension or browser dependent. I have yet to have a failed load by anyone's upload.

 

[Durante]

Finally a reason to get 32 GB of memory in my next PC build.

 

[Quesa]

So do these work on iOS Chrome? I'm getting nothing but Download Failed on a 5S.

 

[-KRS-]

Try it

Alright, I just installed it. And I think I'll keep using it! Thanks for making it. I love the hover to play functionality.

First wif I tried it with loaded instantly as well, so I thought it might've been something with the greasemonkey script, but after that it was back to the slooow loading again. So it's definitely the host.

 

[Gurish]

I've downloaded the Add on for Fire Fox and it's starting all the videos automatically although the Auto Play box isn't checked, it's killing my CPU trying to play videos all at once how can i cancel Auto Play??

 

[ekim]

I've downloaded the Add on for Fire Fox and it's starting all the videos automatically although the Auto Play box isn't checked, it's killing my CPU trying to play videos all at once how can i cancel Auto Play??

Have you downloaded the latest version?
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/webmneogaf/

 

[Haunted]

So do these work on iOS Chrome? I'm getting nothing but Download Failed on a 5S.

I think Apple doesn't support the format (infuriating), but I hear you can make it work with an addon or something.

 

[Gurish]

Have you downloaded the latest version?
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/webmneogaf/

Ok it's working fine now!
Thanks man

 

[Haunted]

I dunno guys. I love this but the videos are loading so slowly for me. I think we need a new host or something because it probably shouldn't take me around 1 minute to fully load a 5 second wif on a 100/100mbit connection. I mean that can't be more than 2MB in size right? If even that. Granted, I am on a shitty netbook from 2009 (which hates the fact that I'm playing lots of 720p+ media in one tab), but once loaded the wifs doesn't seem to have any issues other than high resolution ones stuttering quite a bit because of the shitty Atom CPU.

Also, is the proper firefox extension the way to go? I'm using the greasemonkey script right now.

Edit: Memory usage is pretty crazy as well. I only have this tab opened in firefox and no other program running on this computer right now, and yet it's using 1500MB of RAM. And I haven't even clicked play on any of the videos on this page!

Yeah, pomf.se has been shitting itself because of the sudden influx.

Reliable hosting needs to pop up ASAP if this is to take off. Just as picture hosting sites like imgur, minus or abload rose to prominence, something like that will be needed for these video files.

 

[Skyfireblaze]

So do these work on iOS Chrome? I'm getting nothing but Download Failed on a 5S.

They only work in Safari when you have the VLC App from the Appstore installed as far as I know :/

 

[crazepharmacist]

My i7920@4ghz gets freaking hot under full load. Kind of weary about trying this.

 

[ekim]

Yeah, pomf.se has been shitting itself because of the sudden influx.

Reliable hosting needs to pop up ASAP if this is to take off. Just as picture hosting sites like imgur, minus or abload rose to prominence, something like that will be needed for these video files.

If I had the time and the money in advance I would do it. This is a possible goldmine

 

[Skyfireblaze]

If I had the time and the money in advance I would do it. This is a possible goldmine

Take my sword, I would be with you