November 18th, 2011 | No Comments
Having trouble viewing posts from a new custom post type? Are you only seeing “Nothing found” or your 404 page?
Try re-saving your Permalinks structure.
This has come up a few times when I’ve used a custom structure for my permalinks (/%postname%). For whatever reason, re-saving your permalinks settings allows posts from all post types to show up at their proper urls.
Need help setting up custom post types? This article from Smashing Magazine will get you started: How To Build A Media Site On WordPress
November 16th, 2011 | No Comments
October 21st, 2011 | No Comments
While prepping a bunch of videos for HTML5, I found that my go-to video conversion software didn’t offer OGG support, which is essential for cross browser playability. After searching the googs and trying a bunch of different options I found (using John Gruber’s article as a solid recommendation) ffmpeg2theora.
It’s great. Not only does it work on Mac/PC/Linux, it’s really easy to use. I was able to crank out some great looking OGG videos in no time, even with my limited exposure to command-line computing.
Here’s a quick and simplified overview of how to get started with ffmpeg2theora on a mac, from a non-expert. OK, let’s go!
Getting started with ffmpeg2theora
- Download and install a copy of ffmpeg2theora.
- To simplify things we’re going to keep all of our files on the desktop. So move a copy of the (mp4) video you want to convert onto your desktop.
- Open up the application Terminal.
- In the Terminal window type cd desktop and press return. This changes the directory of the Terminal window to the desktop.
- To convert yourVideo.mp4, type ffmpeg2theora yourVideo.mp4 and press return. A new file called “yourVideo.ogv” will appear on your desktop. This is the default and simplest way to convert your files.
- Open a new terminal window and type ffmpeg2theora and press return. This will display a readout of ffmpeg2theora’s options for converting your videos.
- Use that option panel and try different settings until you’re satisfied with quality and file size. For example, type ffmpeg2theora yourVideo.mp4 -v 8 -V 600 -o newVideo.ogv and press return. This will increase the video quality from the default of 6 to 8, set the bitrate at 600kbps, and will name the resulting file “newVideo.ogv”
Now go ahead and change a few more of the options until your video is the size and quality you like. And since we’re working in Terminal, you can open up multiple windows and convert multiple videos at the same time.
