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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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Can't convert `.bin` file into `.iso` format with the command `bchunk`

I have .bin & .cue movie file ready for burning, and I'm trying to convert it into the .iso file format using bchunk. My problem is that it gives me .ugh file format instead of .iso as a result ...
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Convert youtube to mp3 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Downloading a youtube video How to download an MP3 track from a YouTube video Is there any app like the one from DVDvideosoft but for linux to download and convert ...
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How to generate a MOV-file from PNG images?

I have 400 PNG images, from which I want to generate a Quicktime movie (.mov). The filenames have the style: img1.png img2.png ... img10.png imp11.png ... img100.png img101.png ... I used to do ...
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When I start my camera in video call on Skype 4.1. incoming video is flashing blue?

I installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS trough Wubi on Win7. Later have installed Skype 4.1. When I make a video call I can hear and see the other person fine, but when I start my camera, the image of the ...
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Searching for HD DVB Editing software

Looking for a program like "TS Doctor" for editing hd dvb streams. Unfortunately TS Doctor doesn't run in Wine. Suggestions ?
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How to rip a DVD in codec H.265 [closed]

Is it possible to rip a DVD in the new H.265 Codec? I only found tools for AVC / H.264
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Which is best audio video converter on Linux?

Which is best audio or video converter on Linux?
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Miro - converting videos - audio issues

I just installed miro after reading about it on webup8. I immediately started trying to convert my 720p mkv video files into an mp4 format that my nexus7 wouldn't struggle to play. Unfortunately it ...
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Normalizing Video Volume using avconv

I have a collection of videos, in the .mkv and .mp4 (AAC+H.264) formats. The .mkv files are ok, but all the .mp4 files have such a low volume that I can hardly hear it on my phone, even when volume is ...
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How do I get GPAC v0.5.0 on 12.04 where v0.4.6 is in the repositories?

I am currently working on a web application which requires streaming video, I am using an EC2 Instance on AWS with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS running on it. As I need to transcode video i am wishing to install ...
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What are some good alternatives to PS3 Media Server?

I've typically ran PS3 Media Server for a few years now to serve and transcode Video to multiple devices. It's great at transcoding videos for each device specifically. In my experience, PS3 Media ...
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How to convert DVD to WMV (or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker)?

I need to convert DVD to WMV file or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker (video is going to be edited on windows machine). What software should I use?
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2-pass encoding with avconv

I don't understand why the video quality with multi-pass encoding is worst than one pass? When I do this, it is correct: avconv -i video.mpg -s 640x360 -threads auto -vcodec libxvid -b 800k -r 24 -g ...
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Ripping DVD movie to near lossless video and audio quality

In the past I've been backing up my DVDs films as an .iso image to ensure that I have the best possible quality and that I could at a later date encode a movie/show to any format I want. However, as ...
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How to convert unconvertable & unviewable .ts files? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I convert .ts files into something useful? How to convert .ts files that can not be converted with usual WinFF, Avidemux etc programs? The .ts files in question ...
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Re-encode video files

I have lots of video files and am running out of storage space fast. Without affecting the quality too much, what is an easy quick way to re-encode these files to smaller files? The original files ...
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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 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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convert video file to .ogg

I've been having trouble with this because I'm new to Linux: I would like to convert different video formats to ogv. I found some terminal commands like this: ffmpeg -i input.avi -acodec libvorbis ...
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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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Video converter for 3GP video?

Are there any converters around that allow conversion of FLV/AVI/MP4 videos to mobile 3GP format? Preferably GUI based, but I haven't managed to find one yet.
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Is there an application that will render the popular web video formats?

I am trying to convert video to the formats commonly used for HTML5 embedding — that is, MP4 (H264 + AAC), OGV (Theora + Vorbis) and WebM (VP8 + Vorbis). I would like to use a GUI application to do ...
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How do I covert videos for a Nokia mobile using Arista transcoder?

I am new in ubuntu and need some help. I have 11.04 installed How do I covert videos for a Nokia mobile using Arista transcoder? Specifically, I need my videos to be compatible with my Nokia 5xxx
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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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Covert rmvb file to play on my media player (WD TV)

I have downloaded a Seinfeld series and it is in the rmvb format. When I copy to my external and try to play on the WD TV it does not recognise it. I think I need to convert it to another format?
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Reduce avi size without losing too much quality

I have a few GBs in .avi videos and I want to convert them to some other format to reduce their size but I don't want to lose a lot of quality, there's text and other graphics in the video than need ...
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Ubuntu Application for Audio to text? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Alternative to Dragon Naturally Speaking? Does anyone here know about a program that can decode Audio to a text file? I was unable to locate anything through the ...
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Record from VHS tapes

I recently got a USB TV Tuner card. I want to digitize old family VHS tapes. However the TV Tuner card driver doesn't do audio, only video. I have plugged a 3½mm jack from the video machine my laptop. ...
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Embed .avi video from file in Powerpoint 2010 (under Wine)

I've been using Office 2010 with Ubuntu 12.04. I would like to embed an video (.avi format) into a .pptx file in Powerpoint. It was originally a .mov file, so I used avconv to convert the .mov file ...
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What DVD authoring software can I use on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. I'm looking for a DVD maker program for Ubuntu like the DVD maker program for Windows. I need to put some videos on DVD (and in DVD format, not just as files) so I can ...
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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 to achieve better quality in creating video from .jpg files with avconv?

I'm trying to make video from many jpg files exported by paraView. I have already found out that 'avconv' can do that but the output quality is just not so good even with -s hd1080 option written in. ...
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Convert Videos In Ubuntu 11.04

I want to convert videos to 3GP format?So is there any good tool available to convert this?I am using Ubuntu 11.04.
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Video Conversion Tool for ubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: best video converter Is there is there any video conversion tool in ubuntu? which supports all format of video file.