Questions relating to the mp4 multimedia file format
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How can I quickly convert a GIF file to a video?
I have a small animation formatted as a GIF image file which I would like to convert to a video. Is that possible?
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How to convert+resize+deinterlace MKV (H.264+MP3) to MP4 (H.264+AAC) with avconv - while keeping subtitles?
I'd like to convert MKV to MP4 by considering the following on Precise (64bit):
deinterlace
denoise
resize (only want specify width and aspect ratio, height is variable between files)
make use of ...
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ubuntu 12.10 - How to open avi and any mp3 and mp4 files
I have question about open "AVI , MP3 and MP4 files" in the software ubuntu 12.10 (New) . P.S. My Desktop not yet have internet.
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How to repair videos?
Videos' size became 0byte. I don't know what happened. But some of the videos work, those recently played became 0byte.
On Totem says: Stream contains no data.
And on other player they don't play ...
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How to fast convert mp4 to webm using ffmpeg?
Sorry to disturb you but I'm in a kind of a trouble.
I have to convert 76 mp4 files to webm for the purpose of a website that uses HTML5 videos. I'm talking about 10 Gb of mp4 files...
I know I can ...
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Any application with graphical user interface to convert video files from mp4 to avi?
I m using ubuntu and I have some mp4 video files and I want to convert them to avi video file and I m looking for an application to do it. I want an application with graphical user interface.
Any ...
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mp4 to mp3 conversion
I have worked on multiple tools that convert a "mp4" file to "mp3" format, but what I am really interested in, is there a way I can convert multiple mp4 files to mp3 format in a single go.
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How to convert a video from mp4/flv to mpeg/mpg
I download videos in mp4 or flv format but I need to convert them to mpeg 1/2/3 so that I can watch them on my special gadget.
I think I need a program.
any suggestion
thanks
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How can I convert .mp4 and .m4a files to .mp3 files automatically, keeping the cover art?
I have some .mp4 and .m4a audio files that I want to convert to .mp3 files. I want the resulting .mp3 files to include the cover art included in the source files, without fiddling with EasyTAG ...
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wine problem with install [duplicate]
When I press install, I get this message
Package dependencies cannot be resolved
This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore ...
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VLC player wont play AVI or MP4 on Lenovo S10e
I'm brand new to Ubuntu (and linux all together). I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Lenovo S10e, and I'm trying to play movies that I loaded from my external HD onto the netbook. I've tried 4 ...
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Trying to convert MKV to MP4 with avconv, failing
I am trying to convert an MKV file to MP4 to be compatible with my PS3. I am using:
avconv -i file.mkv -c copy file.mp4
It fails and I get the following error:
[mp4 @ 0x8a17c00] pts < dts in ...
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watching share video
I have been trying to share a video via Ubuntu One but notice a very slow download speed and I have not been able to find out how long the video will take to download either.
Additionally, I find ...
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Batch extract audio with avconv
I have about 70 mp4 files, and I want to extract the audio files directly without transcoding further. All the mp4 files have aac audio files.
I understand I can use the following command to extract ...
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How to demux an mp4 file [duplicate]
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How can I extract audio track from video file?
I have an mp4 file, and I want to separate the video and audio to separate files. I know the audio file in the mp4 file ...
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Record my desktop in mp4 format
How do I record my desktop interaction (video) and audio directly in MP4 format?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
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How to check how long a video (mp4) is using the shell?
I need to ftp upload all the mp4 files in a directory with length > 4 minutes using the shell. I can't find any script to check how long a video is. Does anybody have any idea how to do that?
Thank ...
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VLC lagging while running HD videos
My vlc player keeps lagging while i play hd videos. To be more especific, it has been lagging in mp4 files with 720p and 1080p.
It keeps stopping like 10 seconds to 10 seconds. The stopping time is ...
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error while trying to play .mp4 file
after agree to download and install extra multimedia plugins,
it says package dependency can not be resolved, with below error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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Can't play mp4 files in Edubuntu 12.04
I have installed new Edubuntu 12.04 and unfortunately my mp4 files are not running.
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Which players are known to be able or not to be able to play MP4 video in Ubuntu 12.04 on Toshiba AC100 (ARM) [closed]
The answer to this question should help one to choose the player to run in Ubuntu 12.04 on Toshiba AC100 (ARM) if one wants to play an MP4 video, like the follwing video:
~ $ mediainfo The\ Last\ ...
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Unable to play .mp4 files (videos)
I am running Ubuntu 12.04, and have installed all restricted packages and 354 MB of available updates. However, I still am not able to play video's.
Is it because of low Memory (RAM)?
My Computer ...
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What tools can I use to a text overlay to a video?
I have an MP4 that I uploaded from my Android to my Ubuntu workstation for editing. What tools can I use on Ubuntu to fade in and out professional-looking text?
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How do I convert an MP4 to an MP3?
I have some songs which are in mp4 format and I want to convert them into mp3 format.
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux. So please explain the step by step process or give any software which can do the above ...
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Movies lag in full screen, although flash works fine
I have an Alienware m11x R2 computer running Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) with Nvidia drivers and Bumblebee for Optimus technology.
The problem that I have is that if I play a video in full screen it lags, ...
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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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Some videos have no thumbnail?
I just downloaded a video series and opened the videos folder to find that some of the videos have thumbnails and some do not. How can I force the others to generate thumbnails?
I have tried playing ...
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How do I reduce the screen and file size of a recorded video, plus convert to FLV?
I have used gtk-recordMyDesktop to make a video as an OGV file using the default settings. I need to do 3 things:
How can I reduce the screen resolution (height and width) so that it can fit into a ...
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How do i enable hinting for streaming in mp4 files?
I have used MP4Box in the past to enable hinting on mp4 files in the past but it looks like its no longer in the repositories. Is there anything else that can be used or do i need to compile from ...
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Movie Player won't play MP4, gxine does
I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.04. I have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras and ubuntu-restricted-addons, gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, libdvdread4, libdvdcss2, run the .sh script, and I don't remember ...
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How to convert an mpeg2 to a streamable or fragmented mp4?
I am trying to convert mythtv recorded mpg (mpeg2) files into streamable mp4 files. Converting to an mp4 is simple, however, the entire file must be converted first before it is usable. Even using ...
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mp4 video playback is horrible
How can I get mp4 video to playback normal. They skip and look horrible. I was able to get them to playback on Fedora using a different setting with smplayer but nothing seems to work with Ubuntu.
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split video from mkv, avi, mp4
I've a mkv video file and want to split some important scenes. Is there any tool in ubuntu to split them. I'm looking for GUI tool. any help is appreciated.
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Problems playing MP4 and MP3 files in 12.04 64bit
I'm experiencing the same problems on 2 machines with 12.04 (with beta2 AND yesterday final release); MP4 files don't play in default movie player and mp3 quality and timing seem poor. Installing ...
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Need to convert a video file from mp4 to xvid
I checked out the questions with similar titles and didn't find anything that I thought would help. I am attempting to convert a video into an avi, preferably xvid. The video file's Video and Audio ...
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How do I get the required mp3 and mp4 codecs without an internet connection? [duplicate]
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How can I install 'restricted-extras' offline?
I use Ubuntu 11.10 without the Internet and I want to play the mp3 songs and mp4 movies. How can I do this?
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Why doesn't my mp3/mp4 player work on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
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How do I get a Dane-Elec mp3/mp4 player working?
My MP3/MP4 does not plug-in and play and therefore I can not transfer any file to the MP3/MP4 dane-elec music my touch ...
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How do I get a Dane-Elec mp3/mp4 player working?
My MP3/MP4 does not plug-in and play and therefore I can not transfer any file to the MP3/MP4 dane-elec music my touch or only dane-elec with 8 gb in memory and perhapses model zt1 with radio,..and ...
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Converting mp4 to mp3
I have a video I need to convert to mp3 (from the command line - not GUI)
video.mp4
I tried:
ffmpeg -i -b 192 video.mp4 video.mp3
with no success. I get the following error:
WARNING: ...
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use ffmpeg to transform mp4 to same high-quality avi file?
I would like to use ffmpeg to transform an mp4 video file into avi but with the same quality, even if it takes up more space. If I simply do:
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 file.mp4.avi
The resulting avi file ...
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Convert MTS to MPEG [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Converting panasonic .MTS video into high quality mpeg videos?
I have a Sony handycam which records HD videos in AVCHD resulting in .MTS file names. The video doesnt ...
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Is there a program to manage movies and TV shows that supports mp4 tags?
I'm looking for a media manager that will display and play movies and TV shows and will read data included in mp4 and m4v files.
So far I've looked at XBMC, Moovida and Boxee and all of these seem to ...
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MP4 Converting Problem
I have Sony Walkman and i had convert flv video to mp4 but Sony walkman still cannot read it and give an error 'Cannot play file format cannot supported'..
I also had tired to convert it by ffmpeg ...
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What options exist for viewing mp4 tags in list view?
I have several mp4 videos. When using Windows7 Explorer I can create a details view (or list view) of the mp4 tag information on these videos, which makes it easy to organize them by genre, title, ...
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SMPlayer not playing MP4 format
I am trying to run some MP4 videos on SMplayer , but the player is only playing the audio, and no video is visible. The same file I open in VLC player is showing video + audio. I like SMPlayer, as its ...
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How to convert .avi video to .mp4(for Motorola Milestone, Android 2.3.4) with Avidemux
I open .avi video with Avidemux and I set Video format to MPEG-4 AVC(under Configure, Bitrate tab I choose "Single Pass - Bitrate (Average)" and Target bitrate to 256 kb/s, under Filters I choose ...
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How can I play mp4 files from a USB live iso?
How can I play mp4 files from a USB live iso of Ubuntu 11.04?
I can mount my external hard drive, but totem wouldn't allow me to play my mp4 files. Trying to find the ubuntu restricted packages with ...
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How to convert rmvb to mp4? (or, why ffmpeg doesn't work?)
I'm trying to use this script to convert an rmvb video to mp4, but I'm having problems with the ffmpeg.
In apt-get there's only ffmpeg0 and ffmpeg-dev, I installed both, but the script doesn't work, ...
