On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/11/9 Mallikarjun <[email protected]> > >> 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 > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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