Transcoding H.264 files to Google's WebM format (VP8/Vorbis) in FFMPEG 0.6 or better using Linux for your own collection and HTML 5
Introduction Note: I want to stress that I DO NOT CONDONE using this guide to encode movies that are infringing upon international and local copyright laws (which include the WIPO Treaty in Europe and the DMCA in the U.S). These examples ASSUME your encoding material in which you OWN The RIGHTS too! I will not be held responsible for individuals that are using it to encode copyrighted material in those respective countries! If there are disputes about this or any other questions please DO NOT hesitate to contact me right away! Thank you. This week I am going to focus on showing you how to transcode videos to WebM, which is playable in both VLC and most HTML 5 compatible web browsers including Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and I.E 10! If you recall way back several months ago (if you had been following my old blog) I showed you some code snippets for how to encode directly to WebM using an older version of libvpx 0.6.1 code named "Bali", that came out last year, but has since be...