**∑ Xah Lee 李杀** @xahlee · 2018-05-22T05:35:17Z

∑ Xah Lee 李杀 @xahlee

on a Mac, how do i convert .mov to a more standard format such as .mp4 or .webm

May 22, 2018, 05:35 · Web · 0 · 1

**Monsieur Valentine** @valeg@mastodon.social · May 22, 2018, 10:10

**Monsieur Valentine** @valeg@mastodon.social · May 22, 2018, 10:10

**∑ Xah Lee 李杀** @xahlee · May 22, 2018, 10:11

**∑ Xah Lee 李杀** @xahlee · May 22, 2018, 10:11

@valeg ah right. thanks.

**vøid** @v0idifier@octodon.social · May 22, 2018, 10:40

**vøid** @v0idifier@octodon.social · May 22, 2018, 10:40

@xahlee
easier, command line solution, install ffmpeg via homebrew or download it, then
$ ffmpeg -i file.mov file.mp4/webm

**∑ Xah Lee 李杀** @xahlee · May 22, 2018, 10:49

**∑ Xah Lee 李杀** @xahlee · May 22, 2018, 10:49

@v0idifier thanks. i did that.

do you know if there's quality difference?

am thinking, with handbrake, the default convert would probably result better parameters? ...

**vøid** @v0idifier@octodon.social · May 22, 2018, 10:59

**vøid** @v0idifier@octodon.social · May 22, 2018, 10:59

@xahlee
uh I'm pretty sure ffmpeg does the best conversion, but idk