- Open mp4 in QuickTime
- Export at desired quality (output will be .mov)
- File > Export As > 480p
- To convert .mov to mp4 via terminal
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ffmpeg -i example.mov -vcodec h264 example.mp4
- Visually open the export and view it at a large size, checking for sufficient quality
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- To convert .mp4 to .m3u8
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ffmpeg -i source.mp4 -g 60 -hls_time 2 -hls_list_size 0 -hls_segment_size 500000 destination.m3u8
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