Trying to convert .flv to .mp4

[FakeOutdoorsman]

I ran the command didnt see anything with a capital E, this is what i got

The [code] tag will make the console outputs much more readable.

[dre3]

whoops, that should be

ffmpeg -codecs | grep aac

This is what i got after: ajohn@johnson-laptop:~$ ffmpeg -codecs | grep aac ffmpeg version git-2012-03-29-282ec72 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers built on Mar 29 2012 10:16:20 with gcc 4.4.3 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-x11grab libavutil 51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100 libavcodec 54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100 libavformat 54. 3.100 / 54. 3.100 libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100 libavfilter 2. 66.101 / 2. 66.101 libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100 libswresample 0. 10.100 / 0. 10.100 libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100 DEA D aac Advanced Audio Coding D A D aac_latm AAC LATM (Advanced Audio Codec LATM syntax) EA libfaac libfaac AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) I see the one that starts with the capitol E so do I type it as "EA libfaac" or just "libfacc" in the part codec goes here?

[HiImTye]

use the command Andrew.46 gave, avoiding any with 'X' (it appears that they no longer list decode or encode)

[dre3]

use the command Andrew.46 gave, avoiding any with 'X' (it appears that they no longer list decode or encode)

So how do I write it: ffmpeg -encoders 2>/dev/null | grep aac or ffmpeg -libfaac 2>/dev/null | grep aac At a lost on what/how to type in terminal.

[HiImTye]

ffmpeg -encoders 2>/dev/null | grep aac

[andrew.46]

This is starting to remind me of an old Danny Kaye movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ9f2rnjB84

[dre3]

Hello to everyone who helped, just couldn't get it going, long time ubuntu user but still not a linux expert with codes, compiling files etc. So I'm not sure if I should mark this thread solve but i will move on and just convert my .flv vidoes on my Win machine, thanks everyone.

[HiImTye]

you should give Avidemux a try, if you want a point and click type converter. it's not as fast or versatile as ffmpeg, but it's simple and will get the job done

[3rdalbum]

Hello to everyone who helped, just couldn't get it going, long time ubuntu user but still not a linux expert with codes, compiling files etc. So I'm not sure if I should mark this thread solve but i will move on and just convert my .flv vidoes on my Win machine, thanks everyone.

WinFF
Avidemux
Handbrake
Video editors (such as Kdenlive and Openshot)

All those give comparatively easy ways of converting videos. Most even use FFMPEG as the backend but hide it behind a friendly graphical interface.