Are you on dialup ? I didn't say pick one, I'm sure the lowest quality will work, but you want to know what your system can handle, so keep downloading the next quality up until you get stuttering. Or try the middle and go up if it works or down if it doesn't. Then you can work on what you need to convert it. On Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 1:52 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > dude.... those videos will take 4 hours apiece to download > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 12:49 PM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> You need to figure out what your system can play without it stuttering, >> I would suggest you go here >> https://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/ >> and download each of the versions of the movie and play each one. If it >> stutters, then rule out the settings for that format. >> When you find a suitable format. Duplicate those settings in your >> conversion for your video. >> Open the video in VLC and type Ctrl-i then click the codec tab, this >> will tell you the codec info. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 5:35 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> Well, the default if removing -sameq produces something with a little >>> better result but it is still to resource intensive for my puter. Is .mov a >>> little more basic? (I can't figure out the man page) >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 7:04 PM Michael wrote: >>> >>>> I recorded a instruction session with someone today and my computer >>>> can't handle the video output. The sound is OK but the video plays in >>>> spurts and then it is just frozen. I looked up how to convert the .flv file >>>> to an .mp4 (ffmpeg -i filename.flv -sameq -ar 22050 filename.mp4) but >>>> would taking out the -sameq produce a lower quality video which might play >>>> on my weak machine? Should I put another option in? How would I create a >>>> lower quality video if just removing the -sameq option doesn't play? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss