Howto convert Mpeg or Mp4 to FLV Video file format

Introduction

This is a very simple console conversion method I came across, in order to create this format it does depend to a large extent on the source file being converted from. In other words if you have a crap source file your resultant file will or may look worse, so always choose the best quality and best resolution file you can lay your hands on before converting.

Method

FLV file converter in Linux

Using "mencoder" to create "flv" from "3gp" video format files

Many website nowdays are using swf and flv file formats to play videos hosted on there site or sites, it's advantage is clear in that the file itself is often in comparison to regular video format files smaller and easier ti upload so the the site is able to hold and run more video content with much less bandwidth than would normally be required.

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Howto convert an Mpg video format file to Wmv

Below is a snippet we obtained from a forum which may work to convert an Wmv video format file to an Mpg video format file. In order that you can convert one video file format to another you will need some packages installed and you will need some codecs. Having tried this example below on a wmv file to covert to an mpg file which although it worked the quality wasn't maintained that well.

#> mencoder movie.wmv -o movie.mpg -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -of mpeg

Howto convert an Mpg video format file to Wmv

Below is a snippet we obtained from a forum which may work to convert an Mpg video format file to a Windows Media Video file. In order that you can convert one video file format to another you will need some packages installed and you will need some codecs.

#> mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1000:vhq -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=98 -o videofile.mpg videofile.wmv

Howto Merge two or more Mpg or Avi Video's Together

Below are examples of command line tools that concatenate or append Video formats together, the merging is accomplished using the command called cat. This common unix tool is extremely versatile with many uses not related to the function we intend for it. The easiest way to demonstrate a use for cat is a practical application of it's use.

#> cat movie2.mpg > movie1.mpg

How to convert YouTube videos to DivX or XviD

We wanted to be able to play flv's on a standalone player, however as you can not stream the video backwards or forwards when playing through a site's Flash videos or with a standalone player, it was though preferable to convert the flv's videos into formats that would allow a greater degree of file manipulation.