What is the easy way converting .mov file to mp4

satimis · 08-22-2015, 03:15 AM

Hi all,

I have .mov files download from IPhone. Please advise the easy way converting them to .mp4

Thanks

Regards
satimis

ugjka · 08-22-2015, 04:23 AM

Code:

ffmpeg -i movie.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy out.mp4

satimis · 08-22-2015, 06:14 AM

Hi,

I have been trying >1 hour to get ffmpeg installed on Ubuntu 14.04

Finally following commands worked for me

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
$ sudo apt-get update

Code:

.....
Fetched 1,941 kB in 13s (141 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/jon-severinsson/ffmpeg/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/jon-severinsson/ffmpeg/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
.....

$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

$ which ffmpeg

Code:

/usr/bin/ffmpeg

Quote:

Originally Posted by ugjka

Code:

ffmpeg -i movie.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy out.mp4

Your advice works for me. Thanks

satimis

273 · 08-22-2015, 08:59 AM

Out of curiosity why did you have to add a PPA to install a package that's in the Ubuntu repositories?
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?su...searchon=names

satimis · 08-22-2015, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

Out of curiosity why did you have to add a PPA to install a package that's in the Ubuntu repositories?
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?su...searchon=names

Hi,

Before adding PPA I couldn't install ffmpeg.

$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Code:

package not found ....

something like that.

I have spent sometimes searching for a solution without result. Most threads found required adding PPA. But all suggestions didn't work until I found the solution mentioned in my previous posting

satimis

273 · 08-22-2015, 11:36 AM

Ah, I see, it seems Ubuntu has moved to libav rather than ffmpeg so the Ubuntu equivalent is probably something like avconv from libav-tools.

satimis · 08-22-2015, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

Ah, I see, it seems Ubuntu has moved to libav rather than ffmpeg so the Ubuntu equivalent is probably something like avconv from libav-tools.

Yes, you're right.

When I tried sorting out my problem I found some articles suggesting me turning to avconv

satimis