webvids

Terminal app to create optimized videos for the web.

Installation

Please install / update ffmpeg first as the program requires it.

Run the command below or download the correct binary for your system on the releases page.

One liner

curl -sL "https://github.com/henrygd/webvids/releases/latest/download/webvids_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/' | sed 's/i386/386/' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" | tar -xz -O webvids | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/webvids >/dev/null && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/webvids && ls /usr/local/bin/webvids

Manual

# Download the latest release archive
curl -L -o webvids.tar.gz "https://github.com/henrygd/webvids/releases/latest/download/webvids_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/' | sed 's/i386/386/' | sed 's/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz"

# Extract the binary from the archive
tar -xzf webvids.tar.gz webvids

# Make the binary executable
chmod +x webvids

# Move the binary to /usr/local/bin
sudo mv webvids /usr/local/bin/

Usage

Run the webvids command. You may specify an input file or use the built-in file picker.

webvids input.mp4

The video(s) will be written to a folder named optimized in the current directory.

Use both videos in HTML with source tags:

<video controls>
	<source type="video/webm" src="output.webm" />
	<source type="video/mp4" src="output.mp4" />
</video>

Command line options

webvids can run without interaction by passing in a file and form options:

webvids --crf 26 --preview=false --strip-audio input.mp4

The following options are available:

Flag	Description
--crf	Constant rate factor
-h, --help	Show help
--preview	Converts only the first 3 seconds
--skip-av1	Skip AV1 conversion
--skip-x265	Skip x265 conversion
-s, --speed	Priority of conversion speed over quality (0-5)
--strip-audio	Remove audio track from output
-u, --update	Update to the latest version
-v, --version	Print version and exit

Uninstall

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/webvids

Todo

• check that libsvtav1 codec is available
• allow multiple files to be passed in
• add flag for optimized settings for animated videos