Flash is the standard for web video today, but many people also want to watch these videos while offline. The answer is to download the FLV file. What if, however, your video player of choice or portable device can’t handle FLV files? The solution in Linux is to convert the file with ffmpeg.
Instructions
Install ffmpeg. For example, Ubuntu uses a package management application called Synaptic, which can be opened by clicking “System,” then “Administration,” then “Synaptic Package Manager.” Open this program and search for “ffmpeg,” right-click it and click “Install.” Then choose “Apply all operations.”
How to install programs on other distributions varies widely. Check your distribution’s website to find out how package management works, and how to install the package named “ffmpeg.”
Click “Applications,” “Accessories,” then choose “Terminal” to open a terminal and steer it toward the video by typing the command “cd” followed by the folder the video is in. For example, if the video is on the desktop, type “cd Desktop” and hit “Enter.” If the video is in a folder named “Videos/mpeg,” type “cd Videos/mpeg” and hit “Enter.”
Click “Enter” to start the conversion, and an iPod-ready MPEG4 file is created.
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