4.4 Tools for Video Conversion 79Figure 4.3 Dialog for converting videos in VLC
If you want to set quality and size of the video more precisely, you can open an-
other dialog via Tools.
If you examine VLC more closely, you will discover further interesting functions.
For example, you have the option of capturing the screen as a video (screencast)
so you can record your current work or the option of streaming videos to the Net
via different protocols. Of course, FFmpeg can do that, too, but VLC even has a
GUI on top of that. You can download VLC at http://www.videolan.org for all
common platforms.
4.4.3 Firefogg
If you are not completely comfortable using the command line and you do not
want to install VLC, you can use the Firefox extension Firefogg. After installation,
you can go to http://firefogg.org/make to easily select a video on your computer
and convert it to the Ogg or WebM video format. Firefogg.org only offers the GUI
buttons in this case; the conversion takes place on the local computer. An adapt-
ed version of FFmpeg, downloaded during the Firefogg installation, is working in
the background.
In the menu item Preset you will find defaults for Ogg and WebM video in high
and low quality (see Figure 4.4). You can also conveniently set metadata, such as
title, author, recording date, and copyright, via the user interface.