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Questions relating to the .flv flash video format

Flash video is a container format that can be played by most of the media players available under Ubuntu Linux. Newer flv files will contain H.264 video and either MP3 or AAC sound. Older versions could contain a wider range of both audio and video codecs.

Encoding to the flv container is possible under Ubuntu with many tools including vlc and avconv.

Flash Video

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How can I convert audio from MP4 or FLV video files to mp3?

Is there an application that allows me to extract the audio from a MP4 or FLV video file and store it as an MP3 file for use in a portable media player?
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How to convert a video from mp4/flv to mpeg/mpg

I download videos in mp4 or flv format but I need to convert them to mpeg 1/2/3 so that I can watch them on my special gadget. I think I need a program. any suggestion thanks
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Downloading videos to an external drive with youtube-dl

My Hard drive has very little free space left. Thus I am trying to get youtube-dl to save the videos onto my external drive. With no luck, so far. Has anyone tried that? Or any ideas on how to proceed? I am new to linux and my interactions with the…
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How can I install boost-devel in Ubuntu 12.04?

I want to compile flvtool++, but it requires boost-devel libraries. I tried to install it via this command: sudo apt-get install boost-devel But I got the error: E: Unable to locate package boost-devel Is there an other way to compile flvtool++…
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convert flv for playback on ipad

I like to watch flv videos during downtimes using my ipad. Whats a good tool for converting video files and then tossing them onto the ipad. Primarily I've grabbed a few flv tutorials off you tube. I know ffmpeg can do the transform, but it's…
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Can I edit tags of a .flv file?

In my video folder I have some music clips in .flv I would have liked to tag with information as artist, song title, album, cover, etc. Is this operation possible ? Which programs are able to do that graphically (equivalent of EasyTAG)?
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How can I concatenate several FLV files into one?

I have a handful of FLV files that are in fact a single sequence. I'd like to combine them into a single file, e.g. part1.flv, part2.flv, part3.flv become final.flv. What is the easiest way that I can do this without losing video quality?
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How do I reduce the screen and file size of a recorded video, plus convert to FLV?

I have used gtk-recordMyDesktop to make a video as an OGV file using the default settings. I need to do 3 things: How can I reduce the screen resolution (height and width) so that it can fit into a smaller video size on my website? How can I pull…
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Play FLV videos in Ubuntu 16.04: what's the (gstreamer?) package(s) I need to install to make Totem do it without error?

I thought I had installed all "proprietary" codecs now via double-clicking some of my videos, and Totem asking me to install packages. However there's a kind of videos which don't prompt me to install packages and are not being played by Totem (they…
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Why do my (youtube) videos play for two seconds, then stop?

Lately (a week or so) I have this incredibly annoying bug: Every once in a while I get to the point were youtube and other .flv-videos play for two seconds and then stop. If I press start and stop or skip to another position in the video, I get…
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Is there any program or add-ons to download FLV from website?

I just need some sort of programs that can download flv from website like youtube and other.
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FLV Metadata Editor GUI

Are there any programs for Ubuntu 13.04 that allow the user to edit the metadata of FLV videos? I would prefer a graphical user interface. Command-lines are fine if that is all that exists.
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How to uninstall ffmpeg?

How to uninstall ffmpeg? After ffmpeg installed, FLV file format doesn't work. Below are ffmpeg related…
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How to convert flv to mp3 on ubuntu 14 without ffmpeg

And how to do any convertions in Ubuntu 14 if there is no ffmpeg anymore? When I last use it prev version I had warning to use different tool but I don't remember what it was.
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Why converting a flv file to mp3 I got a bigger file?

Converting a flv music file from youtube to mp3 with Audacity I got a bigger file than the initial flv. I guess I have set too big a bit-rate or something like that that has artificially inflated the audio file*. Or is this normal? What is the audio…
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