How to Play a .webm movie in QuickTime Player, iMovie, or Final Cut Pro?

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I’m feeling like a Goober.

I used Downie to download a new video stored on our YouTube channel from our marketing department. It was downloaded as a .webm file, consequently, I can only play it in the browser. I have QuickTime Player, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro, but I can’t figure out how to convert the file to play it outside the browser. Any help will be appreciated!

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You should be able to use VLC to convert the video to MP4:

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Downie has postprocessing capabilities to convert to a different format. You’ll have to modify your preferences and re-download the file.

Otherwise if you’re comfortable using the command line and want to convert without re-downloading, it’s easy to use ffmpeg directly to do the conversion… ffmpeg -i input.webm output.mp4

You may need to install ffmpeg first (easiest via homebrew). Downie uses ffmpeg under the hood.

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I did not realize I could change the preferences. That worked, thanks!

I’m also going to check out the other suggestions for future use.

Thanks!!

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I’ve downloaded, thanks!

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I stay as far away from the command line as possible! I know my limits! :rofl:

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Downie’s developer also makes:

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