At a certain point this feels like a workaround to just having youtube embeds - but not through youtube
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At a certain point this feels like a workaround to just having youtube embeds - but not through youtube
IchigoSharingan
Member
Is real.
Danlord
Member
Yeah I've realised my filesizes are so large compared to others, totally devoid of the point of using .webm and not even 60fps, I'm not going to upload any more trailers as .webm
there's still first unread post for the desktop browser?
Holy Crap! I love it! Thanks Tain!!!!!!!!!!
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
This... is insane. Some wizardry has definitely been employed to create this format.
I'm not getting any of the crazy CPU usage problems that people are reporting. Only seems to go up to around 10-12% on this low-end work computer with an i3 processor with one webm tab open.
edit: oops, I misread. The CPU stuff is only for people autoplaying a bunch of them at a time via the Chrome plugin.
I'm not getting any of the crazy CPU usage problems that people are reporting. Only seems to go up to around 10-12% on this low-end work computer with an i3 processor with one webm tab open.
edit: oops, I misread. The CPU stuff is only for people autoplaying a bunch of them at a time via the Chrome plugin.
PrimeSauce
Banned
Webm for firefox works excellent! Thank you ekim!
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
unshowing video controls is a game changer
...Scatter...
Banned
Oh god- looks soooo good!
I use XMedia Recode. It gives you a lot of configuration options.
plank
Member
The samething happen to me. If you have spyware protection allow for the pomf site or where ever the WebMs are being uploaded from.
Also does anyone know if Firefox extension fixed yet?
anchorman128
Member
I'm all for having an alternative to the 30fps artifact ridden website that I do not enjoy going to. The fact that you can make sound/silenced gifs, videos, and you can embed them is just the icing on the cake. My eyes are wide open now. Especially now that I see various threads with gifs that take mins for them all to load completely. I am completely sold on the wif master race.
Unfortunately WebM is dead in the water until iOS and IE support it. Also, since HTML5 is not even close to being standardized, there's going to be quirks all over the place.
It IS really cool to have quality video load so fast natively in the browser though. So much potential.
It IS really cool to have quality video load so fast natively in the browser though. So much potential.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Okay so I made a small WebM conversion script that allows you to convert any video to a WebM simply by drag and dropping it onto my .bat file! 
I know people might be hesitant to just run a random .bat file so I will just post the code here for anyone to make a .bat out of it.
Video version:
.gif version:
The script basically asks you a few questions to fill the variables for you. Now I will give you a step by step guide how to make WebM making forever easy! The steps for the video and .gif version are identical!
1: Okay so first copy the content of the CODE up there into a empty textfile and then save it under any name you like. Next you have to change the extension of the textfile from .txt to .bat, this tells Windows that it's something it can execute.
2: Go to C:\Program Files and create a new folder called WebM. (Don't use Program Files (x86) or it won't work!)
3: Go here and download either the 32bit or 64bit version of ffmpeg depending if you use 32bit or 64bit Windows.
4: After downloading and opening the archive you can pretty much disregard everything but the contents of the bin folder. Inside the bin folder you will find a ffmpeg.exe, just copy that into the WebM folder you created earlier.
5: You are done, from now on you can simply drop any video-file onto my .bat script and it will ask you the questions and make a WebM for you!
Optional Steps:
6: Now if you want to make the process even more convenient, read on! Copy the .bat file also into the WebM folder, right next to ffmpeg.exe
7: Make a shortcut to the .bat file from the right-click menu.
8a (for Windows Vista/7/8): Move the shortcut you made to the following folder:
If you wonder what %APPDATA% is, it's just a variable to a folder Windows uses, just paste it like that into the Address Bar of any open folder.
8b (for Windows XP): Move the shortcut you made to the following folder:
9: What you have done is to link my WebM script to Windows' "SendTo" function, that means making a WebM file of any video you like is as simple as right-clicking on any video --> SendTo --> WebM
Note: The .webm file will always be created in the same folder the input video or .gif is!
Known issues:
- The script won't work if you place ffmpeg.exe outside the folder mentioned above
If you need help just send me a PM or ask here, I hope my script will help people with making WebM's
And can anyone tell me if it's okay to redistribute ffmpeg.exe? I would make a bundled .zip but I'm not sure I'm allowed to :/
EDITS:
- I updated the script to v0.3 which adds a VP8 and VP9 codec toggle!
- Now we have 0.3.1 which fixes the CRF description, thanks to Havel for pointing this out
- Added instructions for making a SendTo shortcut in Windows XP
- Added a .gif to WebM conversion script
I know people might be hesitant to just run a random .bat file so I will just post the code here for anyone to make a .bat out of it.
Video version:
Code:
@echo off
echo "WebM Conversion Script v0.3.1 by Skyfireblaze & Skyllz"
echo.
echo "Specify starting time in hh:mm:ss.mss (for example 00:00:10.000 would equal 10 seconds into the video)"
echo.
set /p Start=
echo.
echo "Specify end time in hh:mm:ss.mss (for example 00:00:20.000 would equal 20 seconds into the video)"
echo.
set /p End=
echo.
echo "Specify the width of the WebM in pixels (the height will be calculated automatically to maintain the aspect ratio. Type 640 if not sure)"
echo.
set /p Width=
echo.
echo "Set the base quality level from 4 to 63 (default is 4, the lower the better)"
echo.
set /p Quality=
echo.
echo "Set the maximum allowed bitrate in MBit's/sec (default is 2)"
echo.
set /p Bit=
echo.
set /p ANSWER1=Do you want to use the VP8 or VP9 codec? (8/9) (if unsure type 8)
IF /i {%ANSWER1%}=={8} (set Codec=libvpx)
IF /i {%ANSWER1%}=={9} (set Codec=libvpx-vp9)
echo.
set /p ANSWER2=Do you want to have audio? (y/n)
IF /i {%ANSWER2%}=={y} (set Audio=-c:a libvorbis)
IF /i {%ANSWER2%}=={yes} (set Audio=-c:a libvorbis)
IF /i {%ANSWER2%}=={n} (set Audio=-an)
IF /i {%ANSWER2%}=={no} (set Audio=-an)
echo.
"%ProgramFiles%\WebM\ffmpeg.exe" -i %1 -ss %Start% -to %End% -c:v %Codec% -crf %Quality% -b:v %Bit%M -vf scale=%Width%:-1 %Audio% %1.converted.webm.gif version:
Code:
@echo off
echo "WebM Conversion Script v0.3.1 (.gif version) by Skyfireblaze & Skyllz"
echo.
echo "Set the base quality level from 4 to 63 (default is 4, the lower the better)"
echo.
set /p Quality=
echo.
echo "Set the maximum allowed bitrate in MBit's/sec (default is 2)"
echo.
set /p Bit=
echo.
set /p ANSWER=Do you want to use the VP8 or VP9 codec? (8/9) (if unsure type 8)
IF /i {%ANSWER%}=={8} (set Codec=libvpx)
IF /i {%ANSWER%}=={9} (set Codec=libvpx-vp9)
echo.
"%ProgramFiles%\WebM\ffmpeg.exe" -i %1 -c:v %Codec% -crf %Quality% -b:v %Bit%M %1.converted.webmThe script basically asks you a few questions to fill the variables for you. Now I will give you a step by step guide how to make WebM making forever easy! The steps for the video and .gif version are identical!
1: Okay so first copy the content of the CODE up there into a empty textfile and then save it under any name you like. Next you have to change the extension of the textfile from .txt to .bat, this tells Windows that it's something it can execute.
2: Go to C:\Program Files and create a new folder called WebM. (Don't use Program Files (x86) or it won't work!)
3: Go here and download either the 32bit or 64bit version of ffmpeg depending if you use 32bit or 64bit Windows.
4: After downloading and opening the archive you can pretty much disregard everything but the contents of the bin folder. Inside the bin folder you will find a ffmpeg.exe, just copy that into the WebM folder you created earlier.
5: You are done, from now on you can simply drop any video-file onto my .bat script and it will ask you the questions and make a WebM for you!
Optional Steps:
6: Now if you want to make the process even more convenient, read on! Copy the .bat file also into the WebM folder, right next to ffmpeg.exe
7: Make a shortcut to the .bat file from the right-click menu.
8a (for Windows Vista/7/8): Move the shortcut you made to the following folder:
Code:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendToIf you wonder what %APPDATA% is, it's just a variable to a folder Windows uses, just paste it like that into the Address Bar of any open folder.
8b (for Windows XP): Move the shortcut you made to the following folder:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\SendTo9: What you have done is to link my WebM script to Windows' "SendTo" function, that means making a WebM file of any video you like is as simple as right-clicking on any video --> SendTo --> WebM
Note: The .webm file will always be created in the same folder the input video or .gif is!
Known issues:
- The script won't work if you place ffmpeg.exe outside the folder mentioned above
If you need help just send me a PM or ask here, I hope my script will help people with making WebM's
And can anyone tell me if it's okay to redistribute ffmpeg.exe? I would make a bundled .zip but I'm not sure I'm allowed to :/
EDITS:
- I updated the script to v0.3 which adds a VP8 and VP9 codec toggle!
- Now we have 0.3.1 which fixes the CRF description, thanks to Havel for pointing this out
- Added instructions for making a SendTo shortcut in Windows XP
- Added a .gif to WebM conversion script
I could be wrong but I think it is Trackmania
An old goodie.
Edit: fixed
http://a.pomf.se/bfjcuc.webm
I just realized one downside to WebM is no transparency
Absolutely disagree.
Edit: fixed
http://a.pomf.se/bfjcuc.webm
I just realized one downside to WebM is no transparency
Absolutely disagree.
leonemesis
Member
Guys I'm trying to do one here off a music video I got, it's in ts (?) format, and I tried using a program named handbrake suggested somewhere in here, but I can't seem to be able to cut the right second I need off the video, what else can I use to do it?
It's like, the video is 04:29 long, but it seems I need something like 04:25:30 from the video, handbrake doesn't seem to be able to capture the miliseconds (?)
I tried inputting it manually, but the end result was an incomplete video.
Sorry, I'm a video editing noob
It's like, the video is 04:29 long, but it seems I need something like 04:25:30 from the video, handbrake doesn't seem to be able to capture the miliseconds (?)
I tried inputting it manually, but the end result was an incomplete video.
Sorry, I'm a video editing noob
Haunted
Member
:lol
It's ok to get excited with the new possibilities of this, but I definitely think some restraint is in order. Just because we can doesn't mean we should.
It's spectacular, sad that the uptake of this might be hindered by Apple devices not supporting it. Here's hoping it'll be a case of popularity forcing Apple's hand instead of Apple's refusal to incorporate something leading to its death/irrelevance.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Guys I'm trying to do one here off a music video I got, it's in ts (?) format, and I tried using a program named handbrake suggested somewhere in here, but I can't seem to be able to cut the right second I need off the video, what else can I use to do it?
It's like, the video is 04:29 long, but it seems I need something like 04:25:30 from the video, handbrake doesn't seem to be able to capture the miliseconds (?)
I tried inputting it manually, but the end result was an incomplete video.
Sorry, I'm a video editing noob
Try the script I posted a bit above, it supports milliseconds
WebM was created 3 years ago. There's a reason why it hasn't been a thing. The only reason GAF is all about it now is because 4chan decided to officially support the format on their site, with certain restrictions.
AHHHHHH.
ITS THIS GAME!
I KNEW I WASNT GOING CRAZY!
This is the DBZ arcade game, right? I can't find any stupid videos of this, and I've been telling my friends about it.
Edit: And now for some reason, I've actually found a video about it on Youtube. Go figure.
Edit: Goddamit. No, its not real, Youtube desc said it wasn't... *sigh*. I swear, I know there was a really nice looking DBZ arcade game, but I can't remember the name of it, nor find any vids of it.
iOS and IE will support it when they need to. If there's enough pressure, they'll do it. That's always been the way these kinds of things have worked.
I don't think a format needs iOS or IE support to be successful on Gaf.
Things can have specialized purposes and for the time being, it's a pretty damned good upgrade for people on Gaf, which I'm assuming most are using FF or Chrome.
Trying out youtube video at 480p --> webm converter.
Set at same resolution with audio bitrate at 128kbs
12 seconds long = 18.8mb
http://a.pomf.se/yzlgpy.webm
Set at same resolution with audio bitrate at 128kbs
12 seconds long = 18.8mb
http://a.pomf.se/yzlgpy.webm
anchorman128
Member
Um, you couldn't be further off base. Not only have I never heard anyone on this site talk even remotely positive about 4chan, you are really going to act like 4chan is why people are loving this? Everyone is excited because 60+fps gifs, great resolution, ability to include sound, size of files, ease of use, and many other reasons. The reason why a lot of us are really excited out of no where is because most people just heard about it.
Lastly, just because a format hasn't been adopted widely in 3 years doesn't mean it won't catch on. What a ridiculous argument, HTML5's first working draft was released in 2008.
4chan was the whole reason we jumped on this. See the off topic thread started last night about it.
Skyfireblaze
Member
anchorman128
Member
Like I said, yes many people have just heard about this. Yes they might have heard from 4chan, but that is not the same as saying 4chan is THE reason were jumping on this. People like the format, people aren't just jumping on a 4chan bandwagon. I don't know what's hard to understand about that. Yes, I heard about Neogaf from Gametrailers. Is Gametrailers the reason I use Neogaf? Absolutely not.
Cross-Section
Member
http://a.pomf.se/jovdxg.webm
Wanna crop out the bars so bad, but Movie Studio Platinum isn't having any of it
Wanna crop out the bars so bad, but Movie Studio Platinum isn't having any of it
Love Deterrence
Member
Lovely! Black Desert looks to be a great waifu creator - hope it turns out to be a great game! ;-)
Uh, yes, it is because of 4chan. This is the thread that started all the hype here. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=797573
Also, where did I say it would never catch on? I said it's dead until the most popular mobile OS supports it. And IE.
The Hermit
Member
what part is that?
ThatObviousUser
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Could you do me a favor, and hit Ctrl+Shift+J (Or Cmd+Opt+J on Mac) on that options page and tell me if it says anything?
therealminime
Member
Okay so I made a small WebM conversion script that allows you to convert any video to a WebM simply by drag and dropping it onto my .bat file!
Gave this a try with some Infamous footage, thought night time with particles is a good way to test for compression and artifacting. Here's the result (quality was at 10, bitrate at 10 as well). Works really nicely. Well done.
http://a.pomf.se/flqvzh.webm
Skyfireblaze
Member
Indeed!
To be honest I haven't heard of the game until a few minutes ago when a friend showed me the video of the editor and now I'm all kinds of stoked for it! Cross-Section
Member
Deleted scene.
When has anyone on GAF expressed their love for WebM? You're acting like it's been a popular thing. Fact: There would not be 3 hot threads on WebM (2 on OT, one here) if 4chan didn't announce they supported it.
Love Deterrence
Member
Indeed!
Ha! Yeah, no doubt...
Staggering amount of customization!!