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== Supported formats ==
== Supported formats ==


WebM and HEVC/MOV formats are the only video formats that can be used on the web to display textures with alpha transparency.
WebM and HEVC/MOV formats are the only video formats that can be used on the web to display textures with alpha transparency.


WebM is supported in Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Samsung Internet/Opera/Brave while HEVC/MOV is used on Safari (both desktop and mobile).
WebM is supported in Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Samsung/Opera/Brave while HEVC/MOV should be used on Safari (both desktop and mobile).


== Converting WebM to HEVC ==
== Selecting appropriate format ==
 
Use can use the following Puzzles snippet to select the video:
 
[[File:Select webm hevc.jpg|795px]]
 
== Converting WebM to HEVC (macOS) ==


At the time of the writing, transparent videos are [https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7965 not supported] in the stock libx265 encoder. Still you can use ffmpeg on Mac devices with hardware encoder called VideoToolbox to convert your videos:
At the time of the writing, transparent videos are [https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7965 not supported] in the stock libx265 encoder. Still you can use ffmpeg on Mac devices with hardware encoder called VideoToolbox to convert your videos:
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  brew install ffmpeg
  brew install ffmpeg
== Converting video with chromakey (green screen) to WebM with alpha ==
To convert any video with chromakey (e.g MP4 which does not support alpha) to semi-transparent WebM:
ffmpeg -i movie-mp4.mp4 -vf "chromakey=0x2a9a2e:0.01:0.2" movie-webm.webm
Where '''0x2a9a2e''' is the HEX-color of the green (use color picker to find it), '''0.01''' — similarity factor, '''0.2''' — blend factor. See [https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#chromakey here] for more info.

Latest revision as of 08:39, 1 September 2022

Supported formats

WebM and HEVC/MOV formats are the only video formats that can be used on the web to display textures with alpha transparency.

WebM is supported in Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Samsung/Opera/Brave while HEVC/MOV should be used on Safari (both desktop and mobile).

Selecting appropriate format

Use can use the following Puzzles snippet to select the video:

Select webm hevc.jpg

Converting WebM to HEVC (macOS)

At the time of the writing, transparent videos are not supported in the stock libx265 encoder. Still you can use ffmpeg on Mac devices with hardware encoder called VideoToolbox to convert your videos:

ffmpeg -c:v libvpx-vp9 -i movie-webm.webm -c:v hevc_videotoolbox -alpha_quality 0.75 -vtag hvc1 movie-hevc.mov

You can install FFmpeg with Homebrew:

brew install ffmpeg

Converting video with chromakey (green screen) to WebM with alpha

To convert any video with chromakey (e.g MP4 which does not support alpha) to semi-transparent WebM:

ffmpeg -i movie-mp4.mp4 -vf "chromakey=0x2a9a2e:0.01:0.2" movie-webm.webm

Where 0x2a9a2e is the HEX-color of the green (use color picker to find it), 0.01 — similarity factor, 0.2 — blend factor. See here for more info.