Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Converting flv to what?
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:06:15
Message-Id: 1310810692.185637.1.camel@localhost.localdomain
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Converting flv to what? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Saturday, July 16 at 07:12 (+0200), meino.cramer@×××.de said:
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > As a Blender-fan over the time my harddisk has been filled (by me ;) )
6 > with lots of video-tutorials in the flv (flash video)-format.
7 >
8 > Now I need some space to store more *.blend files ...
9 >
10 > So I think I need to convert the flvs into another format...
11 >
12 > What is the most recommended format to preserve as much as possible
13 > of the original video and audio quality *and* to save space beyond
14 > the "some kilobytes" area?
15 >
16 > What is the best tool for that job: mplayer or ffmpeg or...?
17 >
18 > What parameters should I use ?
19
20 I would just keep the original, but that's just me. Converting them
21 you're going to lose quality to some degree or another. Just burn them
22 to an optical disk or something.
23
24 Barring that I use ffmpeg, but it's really just a matter of whatever
25 you're more comfortable with.
26
27 -a