linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] how to learn to convert a video HELP from Scott inside Videofiles

Friday, January 8, 2016

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] how to learn to convert a video HELP from Scott inside Videofiles

I ll add the old mail for better understanding at the end:

http://gigaload.tv/64af305ed655e060505fa8d40e9163e5

This is a filehoster

download the zip is 2 mb.
one video is the origin
the second video in wmv is the aim.

how can I convert origin to aim in linux with ffmpeg.

regards

sophie

old mail:

Am 07.01.2016 um 19:03 schrieb highskywhy@yahoo.de:
> good afternoon
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> 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.
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> vlc was the right word.
> Im sorry.
> winffm is a gui for ffmpg.
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>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
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>
>>
>> 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.
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>>
>> What do you mean you can't use it.
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> Terminalsoftware like ffmmpg you cant do try and error
> but using a gui software like gimp you can to try and error.
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>> What file are you trying to convert?
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> We produce with our digicam videos.
> So we want to convert them,
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> because to change from mp4 to wmw old.
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> Is it right there is a wmv old and an wmv new?
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>
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> but there are many avis?
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> 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.
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>> What happens if you have a video called myvideo.mp4 and run
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>> ffmpeg -i myvideo.mp4 myvideo.avi
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> 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.
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>> Does it create myvideo.avi?
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> I ll tell.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
>>
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> And i have to print this email
> before doing.
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> Thank You Sophie
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