Questions tagged [avconv]
Video and audio converter, can also capture live from an audio/video source.
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avconv Unknown encoder 'libx264' i try all solution but not working
I have this problem with avconv:
Unknown encoder 'libx264'
For adding subtitle I use:
avconv -i video.mp4 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -c:v libx264 -aspect 16:9 -q:v 1 -b:v 512k -strict -2 -c:a aac -ac 2 -...
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Error mounting /dev/sdc1 at ..... Wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error
I tried twice to write an .iso to a pendrive using BelenaEtcher.
Error mounting /dev/sdc1 at /media/andy/Rescuezilla:
Wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or ...
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Convert flac to lossless wma?
I have a bunch of flac files I have to convert to lossless .wma because a game I have requires I use it.
I was looking at avconv, and tried avconv -i song.flac output.wma, however I believe this made ...
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ffmpeg vs avconv - Specifically use of lavfi in avconv
I have been trying to create a sine wave with avconv. I have read online that avconv is very similar to ffmpeg and much of the syntax of one should be almost identical to be used in the other. ...
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How to cut up a video into uniform parts using a command line tool
I want to use a command line tool to cut up a video according to a specific interval, say 1 second. If I have a 60 second video, I expect it to be split up into 60 uniform parts. My only other ...
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How do you install avconv on Ubuntu 18.04?
I am trying to install avconv by running the following command, but the library doesn't exist anymore for Ubuntu 18.04.
sudo apt-get install avconv
It is told on other Ubuntu forums to replace the ...
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Download everything from a YouTube video using youtube-dl
I want to download everything (subtitles, cards, tags, annotations, thumbnails, etc. (and obviously the video w/ audio)) from a YouTube video (for example, this one).
I'm using youtube-dl and, with ...
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How can I make videos out of image sequences, skipping every n files?
I know how to make a video out of an image sequence using ffmpeg -i %0Xd.png or *.png etc. But what I'd like to do is somehow tell ffmpeg to skip every n files. E.g. if I have files numbered 0000, ...
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Play mp4 video file, by piping avconv to avplay on Ubuntu 14?
On Ubuntu 14.04, there is avconv/avplay instead of ffmpeg/ffplay; version is:
$ avconv -version
avconv version 11.3-6:11.3-1~trusty, Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the Libav developers
built on Apr 13 ...
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how to debug a corrupted video file with ffmpeg?
for example I downloaded some film, it is somehow encoded with some program, when I try to use ffmpeg to convert it, let's say from mkv to mp4, i get an error that:
[matroska,webm @ 0x1d06640] Read ...
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Re-enconde mkv to mp4
my mkv file was originally encoded using following encoder:
Lavf57.57.100
is it possible to reencode the same file without using it? Because I can't convert it to mp4, I get following error when I ...
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Reducing filesize of video in ubuntu?
How do I reduce the filesize of videos? For some reason, by phone takes giant videos. The worst of these is a 20 minute video that takes up an entire 13 GB. How can I shrink the filesizes of these? ...
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How do I set the FPS when using ffmpeg?
I'm trying to save my CCTV stream into segments of 300 seconds with a FPS of 7. Here's my command:
ffmpeg -r 7 -i rtsp://192.168.1.100/...stream=0.sdp -acodec aac -strict -2 -vcodec copy -f segment -...
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Join videos side by side
In what way can I join these four videos side by side (with 10px margin between the left and the right side. No margin between top and bottom)?
top_left.mp4
top_right.mp4
bottom_left.mp4
bottom_right....
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Symlink the ffmpeg command to avconv
I’m on Ubuntu 14.04 which has no ffmpeg. Instead, it uses avconv. However, an application I want to use relies on ffmpeg. So I tried the following:
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/avconv /usr/bin/ffmpeg
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combining mp4 files returns bad argument
I'm currently trying to combine converted mp4 files into 1 mp4 file but it's not going that great. To see my previous question, which includes some real struggle with filters and settings, see this ...
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Audio desynced from avconv commands
I'm currently trying to combine several videos from different devices into 1 video. The setup is as following:
User records 3 videos on a phone ( android or iOs )
The system sends these video's (mp4 ...
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Are ffmpeg56 and ffmpeg54 packages discontinued?
It seems that the following packages were not included in official yakkety repos, even if they were in xenial.
libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56
libavformat-ffmpeg56
libavutil-ffmpeg54
Are they unuseful / ...
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Installed latest version of libav from sources but the corresponding libavcodec shared library apparently is not detected
After I upgraded to Firefox 50, a new warning message started to be displayed for some of the videos (or animated gifs) that I tried to play or load. The actual text message is libavcodec may be ...
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How to add an image at the end of a video from the terminal
I am using Ubuntu 14.04. How can I add an image at the end of a video from the terminal? For example, I have a video called input.mp4, and I want to add an image called input.png showing my Facebook ...
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Converting to ogg via avconv - Unknown encoder 'libtheora' (ubuntu 16.04)
In Ubuntu 16.04 I am trying to convert a video using
"input.avi" -c:v libtheora -qscale:v 6 -c:a libvorbis -qscale:a 5 "out.ogv"
but I get this error:
Unknown encoder 'libtheora'
The were no ...
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How to create video from images with filename yyyy-MM-dd:HH:mm:ss
I have a lot of images (>11.000) and I want to create a video with avconv as timelaps. With ffmpeg i did the trick with:
ffmpeg -r 25 -i "/mnt/stora/dahopi/Pictures/Gartencam/%*.jpg" \
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How to stream a .ts without any re-encoding
I'm trying to just stream a ts file to test some software on my network. I've been running this command:
avconv -re -i originalfile.ts -f mpegts udp://127.0.0.1:10000
But I noticed that its re-...
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Slideshow of Image Folder whose files increase
I am trying to stream video from my webcam to a series of images, process these images through a bash script that uses convert (imagemagick) and then output them to a folder.
I have been successful ...
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Converting WEBM to MP3
I'm aware there are a couple of other questions here related to this, but the answers provided don't seem to work.
I'm trying to convert a webm to mp3 with avconv. Here's how I tried to do it:
$ ls
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converting multiple png to mp4, all frames are the first image
I am trying to convert multiple images (.png) into a video mp4.
I am using avconv, I already made it work before but I can't remember how ...
I am using ubuntu 14.04, I had the avconv 9.something, I ...
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How to convert webm video to mp4 when encountering errors for unsupported LBRR frames and decoding SILK/Opus
I have a low quality, but playable .webm video. It was recorded from a webrtc live stream that seems to have been on a bad connection. There are not many video frames and the audio cuts out for a ...
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Converting mp3 with avconv keeping folder structure
I Have a bunch (~31GB) of mp3 files encoded at 320kbps/cbr and I want to convert them all to mp3 320kbps/vbr keeping it's tags and folder structure but in another master path.
I Would like to use ...
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Convert video DVD for FullHD TV via NAS
I'd like to convert a video DVD into a video file that I can put on my NAS in order to watch it via PC or my TV (FullHD).
Of course, I'd like to preserve high quality and high compatibility, as new ...
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How can I remove segment from a video using avconv?
How can I remove one, or multiple segments from a webm video using avconv
(without reencoding)?
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Videos which are converted in Linux do not play in mobile browser
I used avconv and ffmpeg to convert video files, but these files after this process did not work on a mobile browser. They only work as well on VLC or any other browser of desktop (Linux or Windows).
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unable to download 480p format using youtube-dl
I'm trying to download 480p format youtube video using youtube-dl using
youtube-dl -f 135+141 --prefer-ffmpeg <url>
and i get the following error and it failed to mix audio and video
WARNING:...
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create a video file from series of png images
I know there a lot of similar questions, but for some reason even after reading them it does not work. I would like to create a video from a series of png-files.
The files are named like
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How to convert .ts file into a mainstream format losslessly?
I have a file that ends in .ts (e.g., here are the first 10 MB). I would like to convert it to a more main stream format (e.g., mp4, MPEG2-PS...), in a lossless way if possible (i.e., remuxing).
I ...
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How do I get rid of ffmpeg `WARNING: library configuration mismatch` message?
I have been using avconv without issue, however since upgrading to 15.10 and switching to ffmpeg, I have a library configuration mismatch warning in my script output.
This is my command to rip CDs ...
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Does avconv have an equivalent complex filter for ffmpeg's adelay?
I have a working ffmpeg command to combine an audio/video file with an audio file, and I am now trying to perform the same operation using avconv on Ubuntu 14.04. My ffmpeg command requires the use of ...
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Hauppauge 610 Analog Video Capture Script or Command
I have Xubuntu 14.04. The camcorder I am using is the Sony CCD-TRV16 NTSC 180x Digital Zoom. I am using the Hauppauge 610 USB-Live 2 Analog Video Digitizer and Video Capture Device to convert 8mm ...
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Installing libav 10 on Ubuntu 14.04
I need libav version 10 or higher. I'm running Ubuntu 14.0.3. I have versions 9.18-6 installed.
Looking at https://libav.org/download/ - I see some source files I could try to compile - but I'd ...
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Fade video and audio in and out using avconv
How do you fade video and audio in from and out to back avconv? I have found many posts on how to do this with ffmpeg but non with avconv. The length of the video will change between videos. Is it ...
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converting avi to streamable mp4
I just got my chromecast and I am trying to convert my uncastable avi videos to castable mp4 video format
I converted some avi videos to mp4 using the command:
avconv -i input_file.avi -c:v libx264 -...
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MKV seek broken after re-encoding
I have a few MKV files that need the title to be changed. My searching has led me to understand that re-encoding is the the easiest way to do so.
mediainfo on one of the files
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avconv: Saving MP4 Process Hangs
not entirely sure if I should post this on askubuntu or stackoverflow.
I'm setting up a website where users can upload videos and share them. I'm using avconv to reduce the video size and save it ...
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Video codec for making home videos smaller?
Complete video beginner here.
I have a bunch of old videos in multiple formats and codecs - like birthday videos, undergrad random captures etc.
There is a large number of files that amount to ~25GB ...
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Unable to convert to x264 mkv
I want to convert an mp4 file to mkv with the video format as x264 and audio as libmp3lame
Mediainfo for the file gives:
General
Complete name : file_in.mp4
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How do I play a video with audio from a separate file? (mux during playback)
My laptop runs Xubuntu 14.04 LTS. I'm composing a score for a silent film, and I'm trying to "Mickey Mouse" it (synchronize notes to the action). I can tweak the silent film's editing slightly to line ...
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avconv Creating Corrupt (0 KB) Video Files
EDIT: I have seen this question: avconv creates zero byte file while trying to downsample mp4 video Unfortunately, it's not the same problem.
I'm trying to use avconv in conjunction with a website on ...
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lossless jpg to video conversion
I am trying to create a time lapse video from a bunch of jpg files. When I use the files as they came out of my camera everything works fine.
Now I averaged however over multiple images to improve ...
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combine audio and photo using command line in Ubuntu
What is the best way that I can make a video from one photo and one audio file like Mp3
I’m using an Ubuntu headless server, so I need a command line version for this... I tried with avconv but I ...
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avconv converting videos in really bad quality
I have this linux command line app called avcon. It is used to converting files. For instance if I have a file called video.mp4 I can run avconv -i video.mp4 video.ogg and it will convert this video....
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Hue (tint, color) correction using avconv
I'm trying to make a demonstration of orange and blue color timing. I've been told I can do this in the YIQ domain by increasing the level of I and decreasing Q. So I want to take a video, rotate the ...
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