I get it, the .flv file is already small so don't convert it to mp4. What do you recommend? I already tried to not convert it but the terminal complained about the raw video option not being able to play with that file format. Hmmmmm..... I suppose mov would work. No? On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:37 PM Snyder, Alexander J < alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote: > No. The "mp" in "mp4" stands for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), > which implies MPEG compression (*MPEG-4 Part 14*, specifically). > > Compression here is the opposite of what you're trying to achieve. > > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S22+ > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 15:06 Michael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt bgr24 output.avi >> >> should be the one. but would >> >> ffmpeg -i input.flv -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt bgr24 output.mp4 >> >> give me a conversion from flv (the original format) to mp4 with just a stream of pictures like we want? >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 4:47 PM Michael wrote: >> >>> would this work? >>> https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-decompress-a-video-file-in-FFmpeg >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 4:40 PM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> OK, the file you are trying to convert is already as small as it is >>>> going to get. This from fileinfo.com: Before 2007, OGG files were >>>> used to store various types of media, but since then the Xiph.Org >>>> Foundation recommends that OGG files store only audio data. Now, you will >>>> most likely encounter only OGG files that store audio data compressed with >>>> Vorbis compression. >>>> >>>> Since the file is already compressed the reason for your stuttering is >>>> that the player is trying to uncompress while playing and appears not to be >>>> powerful enough to do it smoothly. I think what you should be doing is >>>> uncompressing the file into its full uncompressed file size, then the video >>>> player doesn't have to do the work any more. The actual uncompress work >>>> would be done by ffmpeg which will probably take a long time. Changing the >>>> scale might help, but trying to reconvert it to another format is just >>>> going to make it bigger every time and probably still stutter. >>>> >>>> Since I've never tried to uncompress a video file, I don't know what >>>> the settings would be. You have to do some googling to find that ffmpeg >>>> uncompress video >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:56 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < >>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Okay.... these are the questions I will have concerning converting my >>>>> flv to ogg while scaling the resolution. >>>>> Is it as simple as stating: >>>>> ffmpeg .flv -vf scale=-1:720 .ogg >>>>> ? >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~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~(-: >>> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~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 > > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: