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

[Jeff Hubbs]

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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