Try to download the source for ffmpeg , compile and use it .. avconv is a fork of ffmpeg ( I think ). *Amit K Nepal Infrastructure Engineer (RHCE) omNovia Technologies Inc. Amit K Nepal * On 8/18/2012 4:24 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > this is scary. I ran the command and: > > ffmpeg ../Videos/oneoclockjump.flv OneOClockJump.mp3 > ffmpeg version 0.8.3-4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2012 > the Libav developers > built on Jun 12 2012 16:37:58 with gcc 4.6.3 > *** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED *** > This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in > a future release. Please use avconv instead. > File '../Videos/oneoclockjump.flv' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] > > so this leaves me with some questions. > 1- does avconv have the same syntax > 2- why is it elling me it wants to write to the file I'm converting from? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > > that is what I thought it told us to do!! I thought it odd that we > didnve to tell it what they output file type was except just on > the output file name. So then to covert it to like an MP4 it would > be ffmpeg -i filename.flv filename.mp4 ? In the same regard it > seems ffmpeg converts input.xxx to output.yyy . Is that right? > What if we have a media file with the encoding type striped off? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Amit Nepal > wrote: > > ffmpeg -i filename.flv filename.mp3 should do it. > > *Amit K Nepal > Infrastructure Engineer (RHCE) > omNovia Technologies Inc. > Amit K Nepal > * > On 8/18/2012 2:36 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> I know that I need to use ffmpeg to convert the files but I >> can't figure it out with the man page. ANy one willing to >> help to help? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > >