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Took 4 prompts and ChatGPT-4o decided to use a different API, but it I made it make a thing that generates a 3 second webm to download. https://chatgpt.com/share/67531a38-4bfc-8009-bc58-9c823230bf...

Detractors will claim that it didn't complete the assignment because it didn't use the proscribed VideoEncoder API, but the end result, a simple HTML page that generates a 3 second long webm file, speaks for itself.

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The problem withe the MediaRecorder API is that it saves the current timestamp with the frames. So the video plays at the speed it is created. Therefore you can't use the MediaRecorder API for video processing. That's why I referenced the VideoEncoder API in the prompt.

what are you really trying to do?

Create videos in the browser which the user then can download and play on their device.

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