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With this rise, came incredible tools like FFmpeg and video file formats like\u003Cbr \u002F>\nMP4, that has become the de facto video format on the web.  FFmpeg is a powerful open source\u003Cbr \u002F>\nvideo conversion, compression and streaming tool used by top services like YouTube and\u003Cbr \u002F>\nFacebook. Because of the current zeitgeist, it is important to use video on your site to\u003Cbr \u002F>\ninteract with you visitors in ways that they can relate to and understand.  Communicating\u003Cbr \u002F>\nin a standard way using the MP4 video format and making sure those videos are small in size\u003Cbr \u002F>\nbut good in quality is therefore absolutely imperative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression combines WordPress with FFmpeg to easily convert\u003Cbr \u002F>\nfiles from the popular FLV and MOV file formats to the even more popular MP4 file format.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nExisting MP4 files can be radically compressed without any perceptible loss in video quality.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nIn short, Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression is what any WordPress aficionado needs\u003Cbr \u002F>\nif they want to use FFmpeg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This plugin ONLY works with FFmpeg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cspan class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\">\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fsy-1kkjeJ8E?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Ch3>Arbitrary section\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Ch3>A brief Markdown Example\u003C\u002Fh3>\n","Easily convert video to MP4 and compress existing MP4 files to smaller sizes for WordPress media or to save locally for a variety of other uses.",70,5613,100,1,"2015-09-07T18:27:00.000Z","4.1.42","3.6","",[29,30,31,32,33],"compression","conversion","ffmpeg","mp4","video","http:\u002F\u002Fopenbeacon.biz\u002F?p=298","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fopen-beacon-mp4-conversion-and-compression.zip",85,0,null,"2026-03-15T15:16:48.613Z",{"slug":41,"name":42,"version":17,"author":5,"author_profile":6,"description":43,"short_description":44,"active_installs":45,"downloaded":46,"rating":22,"num_ratings":23,"last_updated":47,"tested_up_to":48,"requires_at_least":49,"requires_php":50,"tags":51,"homepage":54,"download_link":55,"security_score":36,"vuln_count":37,"unpatched_count":37,"last_vuln_date":38,"fetched_at":39},"spreebie-transcoder","Spreebie Transcoder – Resize, Compress and Store Video","\u003Cp>The  role of video as the premier mode of communication and information transmission in the year 2019 has now become uncontested. Video informs all aspects of our lives, from how we communicate with our loved ones to how radio stations stream content to their ‘listeners’. The monumental task for content providers today is to provide video in a manner in which it is accessible to everyone – not providing video is totally out of the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cspan class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\">\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FGek1h29pyNU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cp>A large part of this is of course driven by the all internet-based media distribution platforms that have sprouted up since 2005. Video has become so instrumental and so effective that it has even triggered the biggest learning cycle in human history. So, the important test for content providers is fundamentally related to access – global access. Pertaining to internet infrastructure, different places in the world are at different stages of development – all those people have to have access to the same content. Providing video at resolutions that deal with these scenarios can be what separates a content providers from their competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The MP4 video format and FFmpeg have matured tremendously over the past 15 years. MP4 has become the de facto video format on the web and FFmpeg is the goto transcoding tool for some of the biggest video distribution platforms in the world. Just because of the lay of the land in 2019, it is important to use video on your site to interact with your visitors in ways that they can relate to and understand. Communicating in a standard way using the MP4 video format and making sure those videos can be provided in sizes and rates that respond to individual users’ needs and circumstances is imperative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WordPress is now running on 30% of all websites – in a way, it has become a kind of web operating system. This means that it has become unavoidable and thinking about creating new products and dedicated implementations of existing products for WordPress is imperative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combination of better video transcoding technology, standard (popular) video containers, cloud storage services and a web dominated by a very powerful WordPress was fertile soil to create Spreebie Transcoder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Features\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Resizing\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Spreebie Transcoder resizes video to lesser resolutions. For example, a 360p video will get 240p and 144p copies.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Compression\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Spreebie Transcoder has adjustable settings to determine the quality of video and the speed at which transcoding happens. This results in compression to varying degrees depending on what settings have been chosen.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Google Cloud Storage\u003C\u002Fstrong> – If you choose to, transcoded video can be stored on Google Cloud Storage as a backup.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Folders\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Spreebie Transcoder supports WP Real Media Library that brings folder functionality to WordPress media.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Support and Manual\u003C\u002Fstrong> – Spreebie Transcoder provides a support tab through which users can request support from Spreebie representatives. A comprehensive manual is also provided to help users with most of the questions they may have.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Cp>This plugin requires FFmpeg to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THIRD PARTY PRODUCT AND SERVICE NOTE: When storing already transcoded video on the cloud with this plugin, a third party service called Google Cloud Storage (https:\u002F\u002Fcloud.google.com\u002Fstorage\u002F) is used for storage. A number of open-source PHP libraries from various sources are packaged within Spreebie Transcoder in the folder “vendor” in order to facilitate Google Cloud Storage functionality. Google Cloud Storage in this plugin ONLY works for cloud storage – the rest of the plugin can function without it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another third party product which is not included with this plugin but is its centre is FFmpeg is (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ffmpeg.org\u002F) – this is used to perform all the video analysis and transcoding. Without FFmpeg, this plugin cannot function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last third party product that can be used in tandem with this plugin but is not included with it is WP Real Media Library (https:\u002F\u002Fmatthias-web.com\u002Fwordpress\u002Freal-media-library\u002F). This can be used to organise your transcoded media into folders. Spreebie Transcoder does not need WP Real Media Library to function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","SPREEBIE TRANSCODER is a WordPress plugin that resizes, compresses and stores MP4 video via FFmpeg and Google Cloud Storage.",40,2879,"2019-03-26T12:41:00.000Z","5.1.22","4.1","5.5",[29,31,52,53,33],"google-cloud-storage","resizing","http:\u002F\u002Fopenbeacon.biz\u002Fspreebie-transcoder-video-transcoding-for-wordpress-with-ffmpeg\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fspreebie-transcoder.zip",{"slug":57,"name":58,"version":17,"author":5,"author_profile":6,"description":59,"short_description":60,"active_installs":61,"downloaded":62,"rating":37,"num_ratings":37,"last_updated":27,"tested_up_to":63,"requires_at_least":49,"requires_php":27,"tags":64,"homepage":70,"download_link":71,"security_score":22,"vuln_count":37,"unpatched_count":37,"last_vuln_date":38,"fetched_at":72},"spreebie-barter","Spreebie Barter – Ethereum Payments and Donations","\u003Cp>Online payments have been one of the major applications of the web since the rise of usage of the internet by the general public in the early 1990s – earlier implementations were naturally a lot cruder. Later on, superior payment systems like PayPal and Stripe came along and offered developers ways to facilitate payments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another huge wave followed after that – cryptocurrency. Many people had been trying to create popular digital currencies for years – most notably was Nick Szabo with his early efforts in the 1990s. In 2009, blockchain-based currencies were create and later Ethereum, which comes out of the box with smart contracts, was created. Not only is the Ethereum platform advanced, it is also versatile in that it comes with Web3 that can be injected into a web application’s instance to facilitate Ethereum transactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Javascript has become a mature language that is capable of doing things that had long been ascribed to compiled programming languages – this maturity has given leeway to create better products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WordPress is now running on 30% of all websites – in a way, it has become a kind of web operating system. This means that it has become unavoidable and thinking about creating new products and dedicated implementations of existing products for WordPress is imperative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combination of better payments technology, cryptocurrencies, mature Javascript and a web dominated by a very powerful WordPress was fertile soil to create Spreebie Bartner – a completely new paradigm in online payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This plugin requires Metamask to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THIRD PARTY SERVICE NOTE: When making donations to the author of this plugin, a third party service called Firebase (https:\u002F\u002Ffirebase.google.com\u002F) is used to store donator names and emails. A donator can choose to donate anonymously so that their name and email are not stored. This third party service on this plugin ONLY works with donations to the author – the rest of the plugin functions without it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another third party service used is CoinMarketCap (https:\u002F\u002Fapi.coinmarketcap.com) – this is used to get Ethereum price information for different currencies. There is no storage that happens with this service.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","The SPREEBIE BARTER plugin is a widget that enables easy and fast Ethereum payments on any WordPress website via Metamask.",10,1232,"4.9.29",[65,66,67,68,69],"crypto","donations","ethereum","metamask","payments","http:\u002F\u002Fopenbeacon.biz\u002F?p=668","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fspreebie-barter.zip","2026-03-15T10:48:56.248Z"]