Exporting to .ogv

From Wikipedia:

"The HTML5 draft specification adds

video

audio

Just output as H.264, it'll work just fine with HTML 5. I do it all the time. Also check into Hype for the Mac, really nice little HTML 5 editor.

docharris wrote:

h.264 does not work in Firefox unless using flash container and I am trying to avoid this.

It's MP4 that is not officially cupported on Firefox. Wonder when they'll get into the 21st Century?

If you must supply video to Firefox-exclusive users, you'll need to read up on the developers' sections fo the main Firefox publisher's site. There seem to be some workarounds and simple hacks but these are programming decisons and not related to Final Cut's output options. You can supply almost any video codec except MP4 to your Firefox-specific clients.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/855497?s=html5&as=s

Don't forget Chrome. H.264 isn't supported in Chrome unless it is through a Flash container.

Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for the codec will be removed and our resources directed towards completely open codec technologies.

http://blog.chromium.org/2011/01/html-video-codec-support-in-chrome.html

So through Flash everything is supported except iOS devices. H.264 through HTML5 is a no go on Chrome and Firefox unless you're on Windows with a Microsoft plugin installed. Choices are support Flash and have H.264 HTML5 for iOS devices or you support H.264 HTML5 and have Flash for Firefox and Chrome users.

If you want your content to get to people the best thing to do is use Flash. If you do H.264 in HTML5 you block out 25% of the web on Firefox and another 18% on Chrome - or two out of five desktop users. If you use Flash you block out iOS - about 2% of browser market share.

At this point HTML5 video is idealism.

@BenB - Firefox and Opera currently do not support H265 because it is patent encumbered, and therefore not free. The content owner has to buy a licence if they exceed a certain number of page views. The web has always been free and open, H265 steps away from this.

@David Bogie - Ditto as above. Not supporting H265 was a deliberate decision. You need to support Firefox well, it's a good fraction of the web. Firefox users are demanding and will expect an A+ experience.

@soundman1024 - HTML5 video is pretty well established, you just need to encode 2 versions, H265 and Ogg Vorbis. Provide both sources within the video element, then provide a flash fallback for older browsers. You will then have full browser support on all devices old and new. You don't want to be shipping the flash fallback to Firefox users though.

@docharris - In answer to the original question, there is currently no way to make good ogg files from FCPX. However, there is a Firefox plugin called firefogg which will do the job quickly and capably.

Having paid for Compressor I'm annoyed by this, but that's the current state of things.

What's H265?

This is the Final Cut Studio forum, not FCPX