Demo Videos
The videos used in the demo all come from POND5.com. If you would like to use the same videos you can puchase them from POND5. See the video Item Numbers below:
Item #10890984 : Hollywood boulevard in LA at night from the moving car.
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Item #21893441 : Rock guitarist at live concert
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Item #22159625 : Dancing in party rave
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Item #22497513 : Dj mixes the track
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Item #24259065 : Conference pull out
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HTML 5 Video Conversion Process
The 2 main formats that will work for almost all browsers for Html5 video are: Mp4 and Ogv/Ogg.
There are a variety of conversion utilities, some free and some not, including:
Firefogg: https://fortuito.us/diveintohtml5/video.html#firefogg
Online Convert: https://video.online-convert.com/convert-to-ogg
Miro Version 3: https://www.mirovideoconverter.com
Miro Versions 2.5 and 2.6: https://www.digital-digest.com/software/Miro_Video_Converter_history.html#6
We used Miro because it is a free and convenient cross-platform solution. Where as version 3 works just fine, the Ogv/Oog converted files tend to be a bit large. We found that versions 2.5 (Windows) and 2.6 (Mac) have a significantly smaller output size when outputting to the Ogv/Oog formats.
When using versions 2.5 / 2.6:
- Run the program and either drag and drop your video into the window or add it by clicking the "Choose a File" button.
- Next, select from the drop down menu the format you want to convert your files to. Select Theora for Ogv / Oog and mp4 and click Convert.
- The program might seem a little unstable and even possibly crash - but it will go ahead and complete the conversion.
- The converted file will be placed in the same folder as the source file but will have a bit of a funny naming convention.
- comp1.avi will convert to comp1.theora.ogv. The file name will work as is but there is no harm in editing the file name to be comp1.ogv.
- For best results, make sure there are no spaces in the file name of the original video file being converted.
- Repeat the same steps for the Mp4 conversions.
