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Old 03-08-2009, 05:53 PM   #1
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Convert flv to mp3?

Anyone know of a good simple free application to convert flv files to mp3? I am on fedora 10
 
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Old 03-08-2009, 06:04 PM   #2
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ffmpeg -i /path/to/video.flv /path/to/song.mp3
 
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Old 03-08-2009, 06:09 PM   #3
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is this a url?
 
Old 03-08-2009, 06:14 PM   #4
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This is the command to make the conversion. Application's name is ffmpeg.
 
Old 03-08-2009, 06:17 PM   #5
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sorry i am new to linux- I need very detailed simple instructions
 
Old 03-08-2009, 06:25 PM   #6
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Unfortunately I do not know how to get ffmpeg for Fedora -- I use Slackware. Wait for somebody who knows, look in Fedora documentation or ask Google.
 
Old 03-25-2009, 01:18 PM   #7
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if you have a file in /home/you/video/thedoors.flv then we write that as "/path/to/video" that means you must type the path(relative or absolute) to the file that you want to convert and then type the path where you want to save the mp3 file.

so your command would be
open terminal and type
Code:
ffmpeg -i /home/you/thedoors.flv /home/you/music/thedoors.mp3
assuming that you want to save your file in /music directory in your home directory.

but first find if you have "ffmpeg" installed or not.
open terminal and type
Code:
su
yum list ffmpeg*
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Old 03-25-2009, 03:26 PM   #8
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On Fedora, after opening a Terminal window (also called shell), you can run
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-compat ffmpeg-libs
If you have these already installed, then you will be notified accordingly, otherwise you have to confirm installation by typing 'yes'. Optionally you can also install ffmpeg-compat-devel, ffmpeg-devel.i386 and ffmpeg2theora.

The tricky part of any audio and video entertainment is hidden in the codecs. For legal reasons a default Fedora installation does not provide non-free codecs, but by enabling an alternative package repository for 'yum' (the installation and updater tool) you can get access to those. These are not illegal tools, it's rather that the legal background is prone to interpretation, and the Fedora developers do not want go into unnecessary legal dispute.

One such alternative repository for codecs is livna.org, have a look.

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Old 03-25-2009, 11:51 PM   #9
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@ rokitscintist

Most flv files are mono with an audio frequency of 22050 Hz. For example, the videos from youtube.com.

You can add these options to ffmpeg to improve the sound.

ffmpeg -i file.flv -f mp3 -ab 128k -ar 44100 -ac 2 file.mp3

-ab is the audio bitrate
-ar is the frequency
-ac is 2 channels or stereo

There are times when we rip the flv file, the volume is low. A better way is to convert the flv file to a wav file, normalize it and then convert the wav to an mp3 file. Example:

ffmpeg -i file.flv -f wav file.wav

normalize file.wav

ffmpeg -i file.wav -f mp3 -ab 128k -ar 44100 -ac 2 file.mp3

If you have many flv files, you can create a for loop shell script and use variables in place of the file(s).
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Old 06-09-2009, 09:08 AM   #10
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Hmmmm....
Looks like some "youtube" vids don't convert. While some work fine with:

ffmpeg -i file.flv -f mp3 -ab 128k -ar 44100 -ac 2 file.mp3

others give me MANY lines of:

[flv @ 0xb80794c8]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0xb80794c8]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0xb80794c8]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0xb80794c8]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0xb80794c8]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0xb80794c8]Could not find codec parameters (Video: 0x0007)
[flv @ 0xb80794c8]Could not find codec parameters (Audio: 0x000a, 44100 Hz, stereo)
File_Name.flv: could not find codec parameters
 
Old 06-09-2009, 09:56 AM   #11
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You can try this code

mplayer -dumpaudio file.flv -dumpfile file.mp3

Note: The mp3 audio will have the same audio properties as the source file, i.e file.flv

If this doesn't work for those difficult flv files, most likely those flv files are using a codec that ffmpeg and mplayer don't have support for. You can try upgrading both programs from your package manager or get the latest from the svn servers of these programs. Maybe that will fix the problem.

- Cheers
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Old 06-09-2009, 03:30 PM   #12
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mplayer won't even play the file....
I get this.
Code:
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[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]Unsupported video codec (7)
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 97, size 7627016, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 246, size 9863168, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 5, size 7813105, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 124, size 12025813, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 169, size 3063444, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 101, size 13668200, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 156, size 169905, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 168, size 5268516, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 179, size 7864621, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 149, size 2268705, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 58, size 12194430, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 16, size 10618098, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 48, size 1477676, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 128, size 4929, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 212, size 8036935, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 210, size 16376733, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 13, size 5713925, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 253, size 2437295, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 10, size 361091, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 33, size 2642020, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 168, size 6931406, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 17, size 6210506, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 227, size 12294855, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 93, size 7281316, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 72, size 8965514, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 158, size 5495990, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 215, size 13635635, flags 0
[flv @ 0x8836f48]skipping flv packet: type 108, size 2834567, flags 0
[lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0
[lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO:  []  0x0  0bpp  1000.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window.
GNOME screensaver disabled
==========================================================================
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x7.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [dmo] Win32/DMO decoders
Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: wmspdmod.dll, /usr/lib/win32/wmspdmod.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/wmspdmod.dll
IMediaObject ERROR: 0x88deba9  could not open DMO DLL (0x0 : 0)
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec wmspdmod.dll.
ADecoder preinit failed :(
ADecoder init failed :(
Opening audio decoder: [dshow] Win32/DirectShow decoders
Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: wmavds32.ax, /usr/lib/win32/wmavds32.ax, /usr/local/lib/win32/wmavds32.ax
Warning: DS_Filter() could not open DirectShow DLL.  (DLL=wmavds32.ax, r=0x9c2657a)
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec wmavds32.ax.
ADecoder preinit failed :(
ADecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec for audio format 0xA.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
Audio: no sound
Video: no video


Exiting... (End of file)
desktop@ibex:~/Videos$
When playing the video with Totem Movie Player, it shows the video codec is H.264/AVC Video and Audio is AAC.
 
Old 06-09-2009, 06:26 PM   #13
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It appears mplayer is looking for two codecs wmspdmod.dll and wmavds32.ax from the /usr/lib/win32 directory. I guess this is a clue to where to begin.

Do you have the win32-codecs-all installed on your system? If not, install it and see what happens.


-later
Last edited by dv502; 06-09-2009 at 07:10 PM.
 
Old 06-11-2009, 06:16 PM   #14
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Frustrating
Thanks for your help.

I installed w32codecs from the Medibuntu repositories....still nothing. wmspdmod.dll IS in /usr/lib/win32, so I don't know why it can't find it. But, wmavds32.ax is nowhere to be found on the machine.
 
Old 06-11-2009, 06:40 PM   #15
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Try avidemux or WinFF video decoder for a GUI. The first should be available on Fedora, not sure about the second one, though.
 
  


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