video conversion

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi, Ali!

On 14/02/2011 09:26, Ali Hassan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need a tool to convert videos I download from youtube, like flv
> clips, to be playable on my mobile phone.
> My mobile is Samsung Player One. I have a very nice utility that does
> that in windows, But I am most of the time using Ubuntu 10.04.
> Please do not tell me "youtube-dl" it does not work.
> I have been searching the web for a month now, and all tools they
> suggest, they install good, but at conversion time they give you an
> error message.
>
> Thanks,
> ali
>
>


On Firefox, I use : http://www.downloadhelper.net/ to download the file.
In many cases, you can download the flv but also the mp4 which should
play on your phone easily.

For conversion, mkvtoolnix-gui ... works nicely...

Gilles