I’m going to archive some youtube videos, what’s the proper way to change it from mp4 to webm to etc etc or vice versa?

In the past when I couldn’t run a video file for whatever reason I would just rename the file, but I’m assuming there’s better ways to do it. And is there a specific order I have to go in? (e.g. with audio going from .mp3 to .flac doesn’t make sense.)

Thanks in advance.

  • Balder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I agree h264 is probably the most compatible nowadays and most efficient in storage/processing. h265 requires more processing both to convert and to play, which makes older hardware struggle in high resolutions besides is not present in all devices.