Converting .ogg to .wmv or .mp4, .mpeg

[komputes]

Ray Parrish wrote:
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>>> Erich Jansen wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 13:17 -0700, Ray Parrish wrote:
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>>>>> Hello,
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>>>>> I have several conversion programs already, but none of them will let me 
>>>>> convert to windows style video files for upload to YouTube. YouTube will 
>>>>> not take .ogg, and the .avi format I have been converting my .oggs to 
>>>>> loses detail and looks fuzzy and out of focus when used.
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>>>>> Does anyone know what programs and plugisns I need to convert .ogg to 
>>>>> .wmv, .mp4, or. .mpeg?
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>>>>> Thanks, Ray Parrish
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>>>> sudo apt-get install avidemux
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>>> I already have that, and it refuses to open .ogg files, claiming that 
>>> they cannot be opened. Any other ideas?
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>>> Later, Ray Parrish
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>> Currently avidemux does not support ogv files. I use ffmpeg from the
>> command line. You need to make sure you have the ffmpeg package installed:
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>> $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
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>> Then to do the conversion:
>> $ ffmpeg -i input.ogv -b 5000k output.avi
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>> If you want a graphical utility to do the same I think winff should be
>> able to do it (I don't use it, I just know of it).
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>> Hope that helps,
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>> -komputes
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> OK, your command there shows converting to .avi format, but is it also 
> possible to convert to .wmv or .mpg format as well with ffmpeg?
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> Later, Ray Parrish
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Yes it converts it to mpeg already, avi is just the container (if I'm
not mistaking). ffmpeg cannot write wmv files as far as I know. If you
would like to specify the target format use the following option in your
command (taken from ffmpeg's man page):

       -target type
           Specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "dv50",
"pal-vcd", "ntsc-svcd", ... ). All the format options (bitrate, codecs,
buffer sizes)
           are then set automatically. You can just type:

                   ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -target vcd /tmp/vcd.mpg


-komputes