7 August 2010

Tutorial about converting flv to mp3 format in Linux or Windows, using ffmpeg.

Get ffmpeg:

If you are using windows then you have to get it from here. It's a bit harder than in Linux. Linux users can get it from repos, by using yum, apt-get or package manager. Example:
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  1. sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
Programming Language: Bash
Convert flv to mp3
Flv files contain audio with mp3 encoding, so we just need to get the file. Then we need to make the audio file.
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  1. cd folder/of/flv/files
  2. ffmpeg -i input_file_name.flv -acodec copy output_file_name.mp3
Programming Language: Bash
You can also use ffmpeg to convert audio to other formats, but then you need right libs. Example:
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  1. user@unknown:~$ cd Videos/
  2. user@unknown:~/Videos$ ffmpeg -i FlashXXZuL8ki -acodec copy flash.mp3
  3. FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  4.   configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
  5.   libavutil     49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
  6.   libavcodec    52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
  7.   libavformat   52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
  8.   libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  9.   libavfilter    0. 4. 0 /  0. 4. 0
  10.   libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1
  11.   libpostproc   51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
  12.   built on Mar  4 2010 12:35:30, gcc: 4.4.3
  13.  
  14. Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (48000/1001) -> 23.98 (24000/1001)
  15. Input #0, flv, from 'FlashXXZuL8ki':
  16.   Duration: 00:43:53.74, start: 0.105000, bitrate: N/A
  17.     Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 416x224 [PAR 21:22 DAR 39:22], 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc
  18.     Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16
  19. Output #0, mp3, to 'flash.mp3':
  20.     Stream #0.0: Audio: 0x0000, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16
  21. Stream mapping:
  22.   Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
  23. Press [q] to stop encoding
  24. size=   30864kB time=2633.66 bitrate=  96.0kbits/s    
  25. video:0kB audio:30864kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000101%
  26. user@unknown:~/Videos$ 
Programming Language: Bash
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