I am attempting to make a movie compatible with all browsers. I created a quicktime movie and also a .webm movie. I created the webm in order to be compatible with Firefox and Chrome.
I linked up “both” movies using the Source 2 option. The .webm formatted movie is viewable with Explorer through Windows 8 metro but not in Firefox on either mac or windows. Not sure why. Any ideas?
I created a .webm file and attached it to the movie as a second source. However it will not play in Firefox. Plays well in all other browsers on both platforms. Funny because the webm file is a Firefox file.
What application did you use to create the WebM file? Does it play if you drag it into a Firefox window on your Mac? I would start there. My example page works fine in all the browsers I have handy to test it with: VideoJS
That’s using my VideoJS Action to organize everything. There are three different versions of the original file: one each in mp4, WebM, and Ogg/Theora. Here’s what the HTML written by the Action looks like:
Even without the VideoJS script injected into the page, this would work across a wide range of modern browsers. VideoJS provides a uniform appearance to all browsers, and a Flash fallback (injected unobtrusively) for creaky old browsers that don’t understand the
Walter
On May 14, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Steven Houtzager wrote:
I have made some progress with this project.
I created a .webm file and attached it to the movie as a second source. However it will not play in Firefox. Plays well in all other browsers on both platforms. Funny because the webm file is a Firefox file.
On May 14, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Steven Houtzager wrote:
I used the program “Miro Video Converter” to make the .webm.
Yes the .webm movie plays when I drag it into a Firefox window on mac.
I added a direct link to the file as a workaround.
I want to use the tools in Freeway Pro.
I understand. I just tried that with these files (from my VideoJS demo) and had no trouble playing the resulting page using Preview in Browser: Firefox. Didn’t try anything further than that, but I just made a new HTML5 page, dragged the MP4 in place, set the Ogg/Theora as “second” and the WebM as “third” in the output tab of the Inspector, and previewed into a browser. The WebM doesn’t play as smoothly as the MP4 does, but that could just be my ancient video card.
Is there another way to make a .webm file? How did you make the .ogg file?
The free Miro Encoder has zero controls beyond file format. A more complete application like Apple Compressor can probably give you what you need. Sadly, my video card isn’t studly enough to run it, so I can’t say for sure.
Walter
On May 14, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Steven Houtzager wrote:
When I created the .ogg file with Miro, it really compressed it down. The file was 1000 pixels wide. Any luck compressing larger movies with to .ogg?