FLV to MP4 (videos from you tube)

[mal_conductor]

Is there a program to convert FLV to MP4?

Also, is it possible to convert FLV to MP3, what application would convert FLV to MP3?

Thank you all

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[SuperSonic4]

Is there a program to convert FLV to MP4?

ffmpeg

ffmpeg -i input.flv -vcodec libx264 -sameq -acodec copy output.mp4

Also, is it possible to convert FLV to MP3, what application would convert FLV to MP3?

ffmpeg

ffmpeg -i input.flv -vn -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 128k output.mp3

You may need to follow FakeOutdoorsMan's guide to get restricted codecs in there and remember that you cannot make a better file via transcoding
Also the man page has good info on options

[nothingspecial]

The instructions are here

It all looks very complicated but it`s just copy and paste.

[CaptainMark]

if using firefox you could use this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10137 to download in mp4

[jmore9]

Use winff its in the repos

[nothingspecial]

But you`ll still need to compile ffmpeg to get it to make mp4s

[CaptainMark]

But you`ll still need to compile ffmpeg to get it to make mp4s

it runs mp4s with ubuntu-restricted-extras and libavcodec-extra-52 installed no problem, dont need to compile

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Is there a program to convert FLV to MP4?

Also, is it possible to convert FLV to MP3, what application would convert FLV to MP3?

Thank you all

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FLV is a container format that can contain some of the same video types as MP4, which is also a container format. So, you may be able to simply copy the video from the FLV to the MP4. Show the output of:

ffmpeg -i the_name_of_your_flv_file_that_you_want_to_convert.flv

This will give some info that can be used to come up with an appropriate FFmpeg command.

ffmpeg

ffmpeg -i input.flv -vcodec libx264 -sameq -acodec copy output.mp4

The -sameq option should generally be avoided when encoding with libx264. Also, newer FFmpeg require use of encoding presets when using libx264:

ffmpeg -i input.flv -vcodec libx264 -vpre hq -crf 22 -threads 0 -acodec copy output.mp4

it runs mp4s with ubuntu-restricted-extras and libavcodec-extra-52 installed no problem, dont need to compile

Not necessarily. In Karmic, ubuntu-restricted-extras unfortunately installs the "stripped" libavcodec for some odd reason. Not very intuitive if you ask me. Also, Karmic's libavcodec-extra-52 does not include libfaac, an AAC audio encoder, which is a popular audio format for MP4. Medibuntu is in the process of releasing a somewhat dated version of libavcodec that will address this issue.

Or you can compile a recent FFmpeg yourself as mentioned by nothingspecial if you don't want to wait a week or so for Medibuntu.

[rainjam]

I use keepvid.com, seems the easiest way to do it! You can download the video at original quality too, so if it was uploaded at 1280x720 that's what you'll get.

[mc4man]

in Karmic, ubuntu-restricted-extras unfortunately installs the "stripped" libavcodec for some odd reason

Well there seems to be no movement to changing that, and atm expect the same in lucid.

Even when correctly configured, the recommendation to install u-r-e is certainly overused and somewhat ill advised. ( the installation of the ms....fonts can fail for many people and cause further hassles.

Maybe further comments can spur either action or reason why not needed.

karmic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...as/+bug/462366

lucid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...as/+bug/494745

(( find the whole matter very curious, at the same time as repoting karmic bug also made 3 suggestions to improve vlc. Was expecting no real action on vlc, and this to be corrected. Instead 2 of the three vlc's were implemented for lucid, and this goes nowhere..?