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WinFF is a GUI for the command line video converter, FFmpeg. It will convert most any video file that FFmpeg will convert.

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Winff missing root element

Ubuntu 18.04 So, everything was working fine till today. I was converting files from mp4 to DNxHD for use in DaVinci resolve. My machine started acting up and the conversions slowed way down, so I ...
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WinFF problem with AVI

I have an old DVD player that works best with AVI format. Now I have strange problem with WinFF. It works most of the time fine. But quite often conversions work fine on my computer, but in my DVD ...
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How to install WinFF

I'm having problems installing WinFF. I can't use the Software center, searching for WinFF gives me 'No Application Found'. So I installed it manually: sudo apt-get sudo apt-get install winff That ...
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WinFF: How to produce 'free' ogv files under Xenial?

FFmpeg produces great ogv files under Xenial: Free codecs: How to use FFmpeg to convert my mp4s to ogv under Xenial? But I would like to use the gui WinFF to produce these files, and WinFF has no ...
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WinFF: Preset to convert to H.265/HEVC under Xenial Xerus?

How do I use WinFF to produce files in the video format H.265/HEVC under Xenial Xerus? I would like to have a WinFF preset to make this an easy, one-click procedure...
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Can't convert files using winff: Error opening filters!

I give an mkv format movie for conversion but it shows like these : [buffer @ 0x118fa40] Invalid pixel format string '-1' ; Error opening filters! What should I do?
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WinFF (FFMPEG): Unknown encoder 'libvo_aacenc'

When I try to convert a video - specifically, a Video Object (".vob") file - to MPEG-4, WinFF which I assume is a frontend for ffmpeg and avconv, but it tells me: `Unknown encoder 'libvo_aacenc'` ...
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How to convert multiple files with Winff?

When I select one file to convert from ".mpg" format to ".mp4" format in Winff, it converts nice! but when I try to convert many ".mpg" files, I see only one file in output folder! and guess Winff ...
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Winff exits with "Unrecognized option" error

I installed ffmpeg completely from this Guide. I installed Winff in Ubuntu but when I want to try convert I face to this error: ffmpeg version git-2013-11-15-995f450 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the ...
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avconf or winff

My simple question is: What should I do with the hint: * THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED * This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in a future release. Please use avconv ...
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Convert .mov files to Home Theater compatible MP4

I have bunch of mov files and I want to play them on my Sony DVD Home Theater (Xvid/HDMI capable) but I cannot. I have tried different configuration in WinFF (ffmpeg frontend) but does not work. The ...
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