linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] how to learn to convert a video

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] how to learn to convert a video

good afternoon

Am 23.12.2015 um 16:47 schrieb Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies]:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 03:41:14PM +0100, 'highskywhy@yahoo.de'
> highskywhy@yahoo.de [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thank You for answer.
> >
> > The problem is
> > I own vlv winffm ffmpeg
> > but I cannot use it.

vlc was the right word.
Im sorry.
winffm is a gui for ffmpg.

> >
> >
> > Is there a workshop in the www for learning that
> > for example what is a container?+
>
> A container is something like avi or mkv that holds the video and audio
> streams, but I don't think that is your issue.
*
But wiki is writing
there are also videos without a container.
You see its confusing me.

>
> I'm not familiar with winffm or vlv. If you want us to help, then you have
> to give more information (and be careful of typing--did you mean vlc?)
yes
vlc.

>
> What do you mean you can't use it.

Terminalsoftware like ffmmpg you cant do try and error
but using a gui software like gimp you can to try and error.

>
> What file are you trying to convert?

We produce with our digicam videos.
So we want to convert them,

because to change from mp4 to wmw old.

Is it right there is a wmv old and an wmv new?

but there are many avis?

If you put it on the web somewhere
> where one of us could download it, we may be able to convert it for you,
> (though I don't have a Windows 95 machine around to test it with.)

I think about it
thank You
because a video file needs a lot of space.

How can I controll if there is a video file about sound bit rate size
of pictures and so on.

>
> What happens if you have a video called myvideo.mp4 and run
>
> ffmpeg -i myvideo.mp4 myvideo.avi

I ll try it.
This is the mail computer
the video files are on an offline computer.
I ll check it and then I ll mail it.
Thank You.

>
> Does it create myvideo.avi?

I ll tell.

>
> What do you get if you run
>
> ffprobe myvideo.mp4 (Look for the 0:0 and 0:1 to see what type of codec
> they're using.) Something like

I ll try also.

>
> Stream #0:0(und): Video: hevc (Main) (hev1 / 0x31766568), yuv420p(tv),
> 720x404, 136 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)
>
> (For the video. That one is hevc, libx265 which some distributions,
> including LinuxMint, won't play)
>
> (Also look for Stream 0:1)
>
> If you have a video that DOES work on Windows95 copy it to your Linux
> machine and run that ffprobe command on it and see the names it gives for
> 0:0 and 0:1.
>
> A sample video would be very useful. If you could put it online somewhere
> that we could look at it, we might be able to give more help.
>

And i have to print this email
before doing.

Thank You Sophie