[ale] Conversion of WMV files to MP4(H.264), OGG, & Webm

[Jay Lozier]

On 12/17/2011 01:21 PM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I use Handbrake to transcode VCR rips from MPEG2 to .mp4.  Once I found
> the magic invocation, I can go from Handbrake to Apple iMovie to iDVD
> and get great results.
>
> On 12/17/11 12:43 PM, JD wrote:
>> * ffmpeg
>> * mencoder
>> * handbrake
>>
>> I think all of these are based on ffmpeg's libraries.
>>
>> LTS Ubuntu doesn't support webm without using a PPA, I'm on 10.04 still. I'd be
>> surprised if the most recent Ubuntu / Mint didn't include newer versions that
>> support everything you need. Can't speak for SUSE or Fedoria at all.
>>
>> Obviously, some WMV encodings are not supported by ffmpeg and won't work at all,
>> but older ones usually are in my experience.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/17/2011 08:53 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>> Ffmpeg is your friend!
>>>
>>> On Dec 17, 2011 12:41 AM, "Jay Lozier"<jslozier at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:jslozier at gmail.com>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>       Hi
>>>
>>>       I am looking for FOSS software to convert some M$ wmv files to
>>>       mp4/H.264, ogg, and webm formats for use a website I am working on using
>>>       HTML5.
>>>
>>>       I have access to many wmv files created by others for conversion.
>>>
>>>       CLI or GUI is acceptable, I will be doing the conversions.
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Thanks, what I needed.
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