Questions tagged [convert]
related to the conversion from one [file-] format to another
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How can I convert an .img file to .iso?
I have a file.img file that I want to convert to file.iso.
The tool ccd2iso does not seem to work for this task:
Unrecognized sector mode (0) at sector 0!
I ensured that the img file is not ...
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LibreOffice: convert Calc spreasheet to pdf without filename and page number
I would like to convert a few Calc spreadsheets to PDF format without having in the output the name of the document and the number of each page. I've looked at the options provided by the GUI "...
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Converting EPUB to PDF using Pandoc
I want to convert my test.epub to PDF format using Pandoc. I tried (given here)
pandoc -f epub -t test.epub -o outfile.pdf
which throws the following error:
cannot produce pdf output from pdf
I ...
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Converting an encrypted .ps file to a .pdf file
I want to convert my .ps file (which was created from an encrypted .pdf file) back to a .pdf format.
Using ps2pdf in ghostscript gives me the following message on my command prompt:
This PostScript ...
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Convert multiple files in one command
My folder looks like this:
➜ ls -l
total 437932
-rwxrwxrwx 1 wheel 16254039 Jun 1 20:45 DSC_0210.NEF
-rwxrwxrwx 1 wheel 83532064 Jun 1 21:16 DSC_0210.png
-rwxrwxrwx 1 wheel 16672363 Jun 1 20:45 ...
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How can I remove DRM from an audible audiobook (aax)?
I hope I do not ask anything that is illegal. I have purchased an audiobook and audible offers to download the corresponding file, which is an aax file. As far as I understood one can somehow extract ...
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How to easily convert an MKV video to an MP4
I would like to easily be able to convert a MKV video to MP4 video in Ubuntu. Is there any way I can easily do this at all?
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How to convert MKV to MP4 using ffmpeg keeping all video, audio tracks and subtitles?
I have been trying to convert mkv to mp4 using
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.mp4
The input.mkv has two different audio track and one subtitle .
But the problem I am getting is ...
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How to convert image to CMYK in GIMP?
I am supposed to send some artwork to the printers tomorrow and their guidelines requires it to be CMYK.
I have installed the plugin Separate+ from the 'gimp-plugin-registy' package. I have also ...
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Improve typeface on convert
The typeface is heavily consumed using convert. Is there any way to improve this?
Spec.
convert mydoc.pdf mydoc.jpg
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Convert lossless m4a to flac
I tried to convert a file with pacpl, but I get the well-known "256" error.
With the -v flag, the FAQ of pacpl tells me:
"The file you are trying to convert is a lossless .m4a file. The
format ...
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How to convert multiple eml files into one mbox file?
Similar questions were asked 5 years ago and before, which answers are now obsolete. Also, I do not wish to use an online service.
I wish to convert thousands of eml files into one mbox file.
Would ...
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Convert mkv to mp4 with ffmpeg
When I try converting mkv to mp4 using ffmpeg, the following error occurs:
version 0.8.3-4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the Libav developers built on Jun 12 2012 16:52:09 with ...
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How can I convert a folder with a lot of .bin files to their respective .iso on Ubuntu 22.04?
I have a folder with +100 .bin (and only .bin) files which I want to convert to their respective .iso (a.bin -> a.iso, b.bin -> b.iso), and so on. I only found on the net examples on how to ...
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How to convert PDF to image?
I have requirement of converting PDF pages to images. There is a background image with some text in my file, and when I save it as an image only the background image gets saved.
Is there any software ...
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Loop through file extension Annotate add EXIF Rename and Copy
This script, reads user input from an entry like filename.jpg
it creates a directory inside the current directory. Then renames the file and adds the files EXIF data it then copies the original file ...
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How can I convert IDX/SUB DVD subtitles into a text SRT subtitle file?
I have a pair of .idx/.sub subtitle files with multiple languages and I need to convert them to single-language .srt files because neither Totem nor Gnome Mplayer can show that type of subtitles.
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mp4 videos has somehow changed to jpg format
I was thinking that I have lost some of my mp4 videos. Now I have found them as a large size jpg files. I don't know how that happened bud would like to be able to play them again.
Just renaming them ...
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How can I convert this epub file to pdf?
I have tried Calibre to convert an epub file to pdf, following https://askubuntu.com/a/299752/
ebook-convert /tmp/1.epub 1.pdf
but it fails with many errors.
$ ebook-convert --version
..ebook-convert-...
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Convert chm to pdf or MS word or open office word processor?
Is it possible to convert chm files to pdf or word in GUI fashion?
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convert: combine multiple imges to pdf but convert them first to jpg
I have a list of image files which I want to combine into a pdf.
The ImageMagick for that is convert myImgFiles*.png -resize 1000 myOutput.pdf and works perfectly.
But now I first want to convert the ...
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FFMpeg convert only Audio and keep Video Setting with Subtitles, Metadata
I've been dealing with video conversion for a while now. I would like that the video is taken over 1zu1. Only the audio should be changed from DTS to AAC.
Unfortunately, the command does not accept ...
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How to convert mp4 to mkv?
I have a mp4 video which is 18.5GB, it doesn't has any appreciable quality, and it runs for 2hours and 40 minutes.
recently I came across a movie which was saved in mkv format and was of the same ...
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How can I batch convert some .jpgs to .pngs
I would like to convert some .jpgs to a 640x480 size.
I looked through my Ubuntu_Tips.odt file and found this.
Convert png to a 640x480 png.
convert Screenshot_1360x768.png -resize 640x480! ...
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Any app on Ubuntu to open and/or convert HEIF pictures (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format)?
A certain cellphone maker has changed the default format of taking pictures to HEIF (.HEIC, High Efficiency Image File Format), without asking the users (although there is still the option to use jpeg/...
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Converting tar.gz, etc. to deb
I was wondering if it is safe and/or advisable to convert "zipped" files to "deb"? Same zipped files require extensive terminal usage just to attempt to install and mistakes can be easily made. I ...
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What programs convert German audio to text (Ubuntu 18.04)?
Is there any tool in Ubuntu 18.04 I can use to convert German audio to text? I searched a lot but all applications use English.
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Convert .dng to .png is not working in Ubuntu 16.04
I want to convert .dng file extension to .png/.jpg format. Here is my command line:
convert /var/www/html/img/10fassettsquare.dng /var/www/html/img/14.png
I am trying to convert but it shows an ...
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How to convert a m4a sound file to mp3?
I tried to convert an .m4a file to an .mp3 file using ffmpeg with the following command:
$ ffmpeg -i music.m4a music.mp3
Unfortunately, I got a zero byte-sized file returned as output. The output of ...
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Is there a way to batch export SVGs to PNGs?
I have these SVGS and I'd like to export them to PNG images, I could export them with Inkscape but that would mean open each file and export that file to PNG which is not efficient (I have hundreds of ...
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Convert mp4 to iso
I want to convert an mp4 file from YouTube,to an iso file, so I can burn the file to a dvd. I have searched, but cannot find any software that works with Ubuntu.
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how to export db sql database to microsoft access database mdb?
i need to export a database in "db" format to access database "mdb" in Ubuntu
db browser for sql lite don't have the option to export to mdb - it just have the option to export to ...
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Which apps support to open and convert JPEG XL (.jxl) pictures?
JPEG XL (.jxl) is the next-generation, general-purpose image compression codec by the JPEG committee (more info you can find on jpegxl.info). Which apps/programs can open and convert it?
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How to modify multiple images in terminal?
I need to invert multiple .png images from black to white using command line.
I have found that I might use gimp plugin "plug-in-vinvert" but I can not figure out how to use it. I have tried ...
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Convert MKV to audio only in Linux
I am trying to convert a video (recorded with OBS) from MKV to audio only (e.g. MP3 or OGG)
in k(Ubuntu).
I tried this command first :
ffmpeg -i myVideo.mkv -acodec libvorbis output.ogg
the result ...
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convert image to gif fails with error
I have 506 jpg images I want to make into a gif. but convert fails with the error:
convert-im6.q16: cache resources exhausted 2022-12-19-152850_210.jpg' @ error/cache.c/OpenPixelCache/4083`
is there ...
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How can I use the convert program of ImageMagick and also keep the quality?
I have a lot of .ps images and I need them in .png, so I found that the convert program could help me, however, every time I did the conversion like this: convert foo.ps foo.png the quality of the ...
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how can I add an alpha channel layer behind every photo in a folder?
I have several hundred photos I need to edit. Im using gimp, selecting add alpha channel layer, then selecting the segments to remove. its going to be a long process...and I was hoping I could ...
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CLI convert pptx to pdf WITHOUT libreoffice
I would like to convert sone pptx files to pdf, via the terminal. I know I can use
libreoffice --headless --invisible --convert-to pdf *.ppt
However, that requires me to install the whole ~400MB ...
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How do you convert WMV to MP4? [duplicate]
I have some small WMV files which I want to convert to MP4. How do you convert these without too many troubles?
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How to convert a video with ffmpeg into the DNxHD / DNxHR format?
I am following a tutorial on how to work with cinelerra-cv,
in the very beginning it was said, that the very first step
in working with cinelerra, is to convert whatever video clip
one has into the ...
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Batch-convert pictures in command line
I would like to convert a large number of pictures in Konsole. I need pictures resized in order to make a video.
I can do it for one picture; I am satisfied with this command:
convert video000001....
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How to use Ffmpeg to convert wma to mp3 recursively, importing from txt file?
I tried different options from forums, but most of them are out of date (ffmpeg tells me about it, like with -sameq option). Im trying to understand the docs, but I can't.
I want to know how to ...
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imagemagick - convert not allowed [duplicate]
I have multiple *.jpeg pictures I like to merge into a single *.pdf file like so:
convert Blatt1.jpg Blatt2.jpg Blatt3.jpg Blatt4.jpg out.pdf
I am prompted with the following exception:
convert: ...
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Convert backup bookmarks (html file) to a folder that contains "URL files" for every bookmark
For a simple example:
I have a html file for Google Chrome backup bookmarks: bookmarks.html
bookmark.html is a backup that have no folders, only have bookmarks.
I want to convert bookmarks.html to ...
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Convert mp3 to ogg?
I want to convert my entire music library to ogg format from mp3. while keeping the folder/file format I have under music and keep the tags that are on them.
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Ffmpeg: can TS video be converted directly to MP4 video without re-coding?
I see here (How to convert .ts file into a mainstream format losslessly?) that MKV is recommended for that purpose (ffmpeg -i input -map 0 -c copy output.mkv), but not MP4, which is said to involve re-...
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Convert .pptx or .ppt files to mp4 on Ubuntu
I have few slides sent by my professor. In those slides, each slide is embeded with an audio file. I want to view them as a video file.
In Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows, there is an option ...
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Bulk converting images from one format to another?
I want to convert a batch of images, nearly 100, from jpg to png format. How can I do this without renaming them, but instead actually converting the format?
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Convert mp3 to Ogg Vorbis with SoundConverter
Is there a way to set SoundConverter to 320kbps? I want to convert mp3 320kbps files to Ogg Vorbis 320 kbps. I see it is possible in SoundConverter to have it in 256 and 500 kbps but not in 320kbps.