FFMpeg: Encode a VP9 .webm video

I needed to convert an .mp4 file to a VP9 .webm file. FFMpeg defaults to using VP8 for .webm files, but VP9 is broadly supported by both Firefox and Chrome now so I'd rather use that.

Uses the default, and makes a VP8 files:

ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 /tmp/output.webm

Force the codec to be VP9:

ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -codec:video vp9 /tmp/output.webm
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ravendareriver April 15th 2015

Eh, this is pretty easy actually, you can see how to do this from here. Pretty easy with the correct way. http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/convert-vp9-webm-to-mp4.html I've done this already. It totally worked.

riverside April 15th 2015

it is pretty easy if you choose the correct way, this one will help. http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/convert-vp9-webm-to-mp4.html I've tried by myself, it works fine.

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