We haven’t really done an update blog in a while.
So now it’s time for the state of the blog 2020 edition. Where we tell you some of the things that have been happening here at s-config.com and where we intend to move into the future here.
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Video transcoding with FFmpeg
Using the FFmpeg command line to convert MP4, OGV, and WebM video.
This quick guide goes through some of the details on how we convert some video using FFmpeg. Video conversion is really important for those who are hosting their own files and not relying on a third party site such as YouTube or Vimeo because you are looking for the most compatible video standards that offer the best quality at the lowest bandwidth so that no only your server is happy but the users that visit your site.
FFmpeg is awesome in respects that since it’s open-source it’s a binary that can be compiled on a remote server that you own and begin converting videos on the spot if necessary and if you have the CPU power to do it.
You could even run FFmpeg on a Raspberry Pi if you wanted to wait a few years for the results!
The real drawback is FFMpeg is pure command line with no GUI which may scare some people away. But the fact that it’s GUI also means that it can run on just about any modern OS in the world. We have other blog articles talking about GUI video conversion later on for those who are interest.
Make WordPress default to WebM first. MP4 and OGV last!
WordPress does not want to default to WebM out of the box.
Since I did a blog about WebP minus well do one about WebM. As some of you may know that I run a hybrid video/regular blog we use WebM because it’s the latest and greatest. Back when I was running with the Angular theme that included its own version of MediaPlayer.js and all was good because the WebM files were being referenced first and foremost. That changed when I reverted back to a more standard WordPress theme that relied on the out-of-the-box MediaPlayer.js which is totally fine except for one problem.
Default WordPress HTML5 video player grabs MP4’s first. Not WebM.
FooBox Video Self-Hosted Test.
This is a FooBox video gallery self-hosted video test.
We are going to use the Razer Keyboard key-test movies as the test as they are the shortest and the the blog entry it pertains to has it streaming in multiple parts of the before and the after. In this test all FooBox CSS and JavaScript will now be turned on to allow Foobox Pro, Foobox Gallery Pro, and Foobox video addon to function on this page.
Default WordPress video test.
This is a default WordPress self-hosted video test.
We are going to use the Razer Keyboard key-test movies as the test as they are the shortest and the the blog entry it pertains to has it streaming in multiple parts of the before and the after. All FooBox scripts are disabled on this page leaving only WordPress to handle everything here. This page serves as documentation of self-hosted video files and how a player should behave at its base level.