Convert YouTube FLV files in Linux
If you downloaded a Flash FLV file and want to convert it to an audio or video file, do the following:
For audio:
ffmpeg -i input.flv -ar 44100 -ab 160 -ac 2 output.mp3
For video:
ffmpeg -i input.flv -s 352×288 -b 512 -ab 128 output.mpg
thanks for this smart flv converter,i am looking for a flv to mp3 converter for quite some time. is this suitable for mac?
Simple and fantastic solution. Really, great job. Ever since my Vista basically stopped connecting to the Internet, I’ve switched to Fedora. FLV conversion was one of the functions I could perform on Vista with a program but had no idea how to do on Linux. With this, you’ve definitely helped make my switch to Linux a permanent one!
I am new to linux (fedora). What do you mean
For audio:
ffmpeg -i input.flv -ar 44100 -ab 160 -ac 2 output.mp3
For video:
ffmpeg -i input.flv -s 352×288 -b 512 -ab 128 output.mpg
What are the exact steps? where do these commands go, etc?
Hi Craig S
suppose you have a file named party.flv
but you only want the music not de video so you can extract the
audio to have a file named party,mp3
then open a terminal, go to the directory where de file party.flv is…and write in a new command line
ffmpeg -i party.flv -ar 44100 -ab 160 -ac 2 party.mp3
-i means the input file
-ab is the encoding bitrate
for more information you can type in a new command line
man ffmpeg > ffmpegmanual
then you will have a text file with the manual for ffmpeg
named ffmpegmanual
if you have an error may be you have to install ffmpeg
I think that in fedora you have to writte
su yum ffmpeg
go to
http://www.ilovetux.com/2008/05/howto-install-ffmpeg-on-fedora-linux.html
I found that the bit-rate was too low. I got it to work when I used:
ffmpeg -i input.flv -ar 44100 -ab 160000 -ac 2 output.mp3
If you can use GUI, avidemux is a nice tool for all audio/video conversions.
http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/
great tip michael this worked perfectly.