KynikossDragonn said:
@garfieldfromgarfield:
Use FFmpeg and you don't have to pay anything or register to dubious websites:

$ ffmpeg -hide_banner -i ./somevideo.mp4 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 0 -crf 30 -pass 1 -an -f null /dev/null && \
ffmpeg -hide_banner -i ./somevideo.mp4 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 0 -crf 30 -pass 2 -c:a libopus -b:a 128k -vbr on -compression_level 10 ./someothervideo.webm

do i have to have a coding program installed or does my computer already come with one? i tried entering a line of code but it didn't do anything. i'm sure my syntax was completely incorrect but i can't figure out how to fix it. all the tutorials i've looked at are for people who already have a basic understanding of the program.

garfieldfromgarfield said:
do i have to have a coding program installed or does my computer

Yeah you have to have FFmpeg installed, I don't know how you'd go about doing that on MacOS but it's very simple under Windows (there's self-contained static windows builds) and every Linux distribution packages it also so it's simple to install in Linux as well.

Apple wall garden's their OS so hard these days I'm not sure if it's even possible to get a FFmpeg dmg package for it.