Re: [playogg-discuss] Which tool to encode web video or audio?

[George Chriss]

A demo is available too:

http://php.scripts.psu.edu/gsc127/blogs/2009/05/firefox-ogg-firefogg-demo.php

Also, a list of Theora encoders is available on the XiphWiki:
http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/TheoraSoftwareEncoders

Cheers,
George (GChriss)


On Mon, August 24, 2009 11:22, Holmes Wilson wrote:
> This project is very interesting: http://firefogg.org/
>
> The website running it can optionally communicate a set of encoding
> options (size and bitrate) to the plugin, which then encodes the video
> to Theora when users upload it according to these settings.
>
> One especially cool thing is that, with a correctly configured server,
> Firefogg can upload as it transcodes, saving tons of time.
>
> -Holmes
>
> Jaime Alberto Silva wrote:
>> With the advent of HTML5 and Firefox 3.5 now supporting the video and
>> audio tags I think it would be nice to have a tool to take a video or
>> audio file and convert it to a ogg file suitable for web transmition.
>>
>> I mean something with preset values for web forecasting that you can
>> tell people: "Just pass your video or audio thought this tool and then
>> you can put in your web page with a video or audio tag" without having
>> to worry about bit-rates and such.
>>
>> I think something as simple as that can improve a lot the ogg-vorbis
>> proliferation.
>>
>> Is it possible? Is something like that already available (multiplatform
>> or at least in GNU/Linux)?
>>
>> I have used VLC and, like in many other tools, there are a lot of
>> options that many people doesn't know how to tune in order to get a
>> web-usable file. Don't get me wrong, I know many options is a good think
>> to have (otherwise I were not using free software) but if you don't know
>> how to use them it can be intimidating.
>>
>>
>> Jaime Alberto Silva
>> Socio / Representante Legal
>> SG Automatización Ltda.
>> Pereira \ Risaralda \ Colombia
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