Ubuntu Multimedia :: How To Convert .mkv Files To Different Resolutions
Sep 1, 2010
I have a collection of *.mkv files which are 720 HD resolution (1920x720). I'd like to watch them on my netbook, but it can't handle HD content. The videos play fine on any decently-powerful desktop, under either Windows XP/7 or Ubuntu, but they are simply too much for the Atom CPU of the netbook.Is there a way to downconvert the .mkv files to something the netbook can handle? It doesn't have any problem with standard DVD content, which is of course lower resolution. Cutting HD content down to the netbook's native resolution(1024x600) would probably be sufficient.
A free software package available in the repositories would be great, but I have no problem manually installing something if necessary. I have not done any work with converting videos to different formats, so I don't know what's out there for Ubuntu.
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Jan 30, 2011
I have installed this program ok but I am new to command lines in terminal.
I want to convert some wav files to wma files. I have the wav files currently in a folder called Test to make it easy. So I have entered the following command line:
ajpearson@ajpearson-laptop:~/Desktop/pacpl-4.0.5$ pacpl --to wma home/ajpearson/Desktop/Test and the error message I get is:
error: the following is not a file or directory: home/ajpearson/Desktop/Test
It does not matter what directory I use I get the same error. I am sure the answer is obvious - but not t me.
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Sep 21, 2010
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Jun 7, 2010
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Sep 19, 2010
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Dec 24, 2010
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May 8, 2011
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Jun 4, 2011
My sister has a Nintendo DSi that can only play music files if converted to aac format. I could do it on my desktop that runs Windows XP, but unfortunately my tower doesn't have an SD slot to do so. The laptop I'm using does have a slot and is running Ubuntu. The thing is, is there any way I can convert mp3 files to aac so they can play on my sister's DSi?
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Apr 9, 2010
what package can I install to convert AVI files to DVD format??
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Aug 11, 2010
I'm running ClipBucket on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server x64.Conversion of AVI to FLV works just fine, however when I try to upload an MPG file, it fails. Apparently I should recompile ffmpeg to allow for MPG > FLV conversions.
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Sep 7, 2010
I want to be able to convert SWF files to AVI or MP4.FFMPEG will not do it so don't even mention it.WinFF won't work either.
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Mar 8, 2011
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Apr 16, 2011
So I have a php script that is setup to stream flash video (.flv) and I absolutely love having it. The problem is that any files I want to stream have to be in .flv format for it to work properly as .avi and others obviously don't stream well. Up until now, I've used FFMpeg to change the format from .avi to .flv, however the process takes a lot of time if you have a lot of videos, added to that you have to do one file at a time definitely makes it a pain.Does anyone know of a bash script that can take all the files (i.e. avi, .wmv, .mkv, .mpeg4) in one folder and automatically convert it to .flv? Then possibly delete the old files? Low resolution is fine, so long as it at least viewable. Does anyone have a script or know of a program that can do this (I run Ubuntu 10.04). I think FFMpeg has the best chance of doing this, but I don't know the syntax to actually do so.
I've searched the internet, and while I have found a few scripts, they didn't work for me (still looking into two scripts I found.I am currently messing with them to see if I can get them to work).It would be immensely helpful if someone knew of a way to do this.I also forget to mention that I have used Winff, but I was looking more for a bash script to do this so that I can set a cron job to convert them every hour or so.
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May 20, 2010
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Jan 23, 2011
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May 14, 2010
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May 8, 2010
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Nov 23, 2010
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Dec 6, 2009
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[Code]....
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