Web Videos

Converts mp4 to a full (almost) pack of formats for web using NodeJS and FFmpeg

Features:

• You choose the formats you need:
  • video: mp4, webm, ogv
  • audio: mp3, aac
  • image: gif, high quality gif, poster image
• Set quality to each format individually
• Mute video by setting audio: 0 option
• Converting processes are queued, so there is no need to worry about CPU overload

Installation

npm install web-videos

API

WebVideos(file[, options])

file

Type: String
Path to the video file

options.bin

Type: String
Default: ffmpeg
Path to FFmpeg binary file

options.gifski

Type: String
Default: gifski
Path to Gifski binary file, if you need high quality gifs

options.output_dir

Type: String
Default: same as input file

options.temp_dir

Type: String
Default: same as input file
Folder for temp files, such as frame sequence for gif

options.formats

Type: Array
If not set, then using preset mp4 + webm + poster with 1000k video quality, 128k audio and poster is jpg with highest quality (1)

Video properties

• format <String>: mp4 | webm | ogv
• video <String>: 1000k by default
• audio <String>: 128k by default | 0 = muted

Audio properties

• format <String>: mp3 | aac
• audio <String>: 128k by default

Gif properties

• format <String>: gif | gifski
• quality <Number> Gifski: 1 - 100 (100 = highest)
• fps <Number>: 8 by default
• loop (Boolean):

Poster properties

• format <String>: poster
• quality <Number>: 1 - 31 (1 = highest)
• time <Number>: 1st second by default

Usage

const WebVideos = require('web-videos');
 
let video = './videos/MONICA BELLUCCI in the Matrix Sequels (HD Movie Scenes).mp4';
 
(async () => {
 
   let results = await WebVideos(video, {
      bin: './bin/ffmpeg.exe',
      gifski: './bin/gifski.exe',
      output_dir: './videos/converted',
      temp_dir: './videos/temp',
      formats: [
         { format: 'mp4', video: '2000k', audio: '128k' },
         { format: 'webm', video: '2000k' },
         { format: 'ogv', audio: 0 },
 
         { format: 'mp3', audio: '96k' },
         { format: 'aac', audio: '96k' },
         
         { format: 'gif', fps: 8, loop: true },
         { format: 'gifski', quality: 75, fps: 24, loop: false },
         { format: 'poster', time: 1, quality: 1 },
      ]
   });
   
   console.log(results);
   // => [
   //  'videos/converted/video.mp4',
   //  'videos/converted/video.webm',
   //  'videos/converted/video.ogv',
   //  'videos/converted/video.gif',
   //  'videos/converted/video_hq.gif',
   //  'videos/converted/video_poster.jpg',
   //  'videos/converted/video.mp3',
   //  'videos/converted/video.aac'
   // ]
 
})().catch(err => console.log(err));