Three ways to convert videos to HTML5

As a brand new way to embed video in a webpage, HTML5 is the future of online video. You see, with HTML5, there is no need to install any plug-in (e.g. an embedded Flash player) to play a video, just because HTML5 video player, the best replacement to Flash player, means built-in video streaming support.

Currently you can watch HTML5 videos everywhere. For example, YouTube, the most popular video-sharing platform, has offered an opt-in trial of HTML5 video, and now you can even watch every video on YouTube with HTML5 player. For you, it is also possible to share your videos in the HTML5 video format, even to embed a native video into your blog without any annoying plug-in. Of course, before embedding or sharing a video, you need to convert your video to HTML5 formats, such as WebM, H.264 or Ogg Theora.

The conversion between these may be a little tricky, but with the 3 tools mentioned below,quality HTML5 videos can be created in several minutes.

Miro Video Converter
Miro Video Converter allows you to convert almost any video to MP4, WebM or Ogg Theora. Once having downloaded it and completed the installation process, you can make the best of it to convert AVI, MOV, FLV, MKV, and other common video formats to MP4, WebM or Ogg. Miro Video Converter enables you to convert videos in batch.

As a free and open-source tool, it is compatible with Windows, Mac, and other mobile devices, including Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Note II, HTC One X, iPod Touch, iPhone 5, Kindle Fire, etc.

Easy HTML5 Video
Easy HTML5 Video can help you convert videos to HTML5 video in only 3 steps.

The conversion process with Easy HTML5 Video is very simple: Drag-n-drop any video file to its blank window, then specify settings for your HTML5 video, and click on the Start button at last to start the conversion.

By the way, Easy Html5 Video is free for non-commercial use so feel free to download it now.

HandBrake
HandBrake is a video converter program for encoding H.264 video. Compared to Micro Video Converter or Easy HTML5 Video, I have to say the interface of HandBrake is a little more complicated, but it offers the easiest way to encode H.264 video. Once you have gotten MP4 (which is encoded in H.264) video files, the next job you need to do is create Ogg and WebM versions with Micro Video Converter or Easy HTML5 Video.

It is fully compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux.

Conclusion
There are many programs that claim to convert various formats of video into other video formats. The 3 above are just I want to shared with you and I hope they can help you get interested in HTML5 video.

Do you know about any other tool that can convert video to HTML5 supported Ogg, WebM or MP4 formats?

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