[ubuntu-in] FFMPEG Video to Mp4, Mp4 to video/audio problem

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <sanjaybhangar at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/11/9 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>
>
>> Dear friends,
>>   I have problem figuring out which library to install for ffmpeg to work
>> with mp4 files,
>> I can convert flv to avi, mp3 and all I wanted but not to/from mp4.
>> I was able to do this in previous versions, and did a fresh install
>> recently.
>>
>> By mp4, I am assuming you want to convert to the mp4 container with the
> h264 codec. The h264 codec doesn't come with the default ffmpeg issues since
> there are patent issues associated with it.
>
> but h264enc is available in the repository, and I am able to convert mp4 to
any and any to mp4


> One option is to compile ffmpeg yourself with all the libraries and codecs
> you need: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ffmpeg .
> You used to be able to also get a fully functional version off medibuntu -
> http://medibuntu.org , but it seems like they might have removed it from
> the medibuntu repositories now for some reason ...
>
> I haven't had to do a compile of ffmpeg in some time, so not sure if the
> link above works for Karmic . Let us know if you do try that route and I'll
> try and help with any errors. If you do plan on doing a lot of video
> encoding, I do suggest compiling your own ffmpeg. Otherwise, you can just
> use mencoder as suggested by others.
>
> Hth,
> Sanjay
>
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