I am a Linux monkey, but to be honest, I have yet to find Linux
particularly good for basic video editing. There are tools out there
like Kino which do work very well if you're using a DV source, but I'm
generally not and I've not always had much joy with converting files and
then opening them in Kino.
As it happens, my PC came with a copy of Windows Media Centre, and I
keep it on a small partition for such occassions. I've used Digital
Media Converter (http://www.deskshare.com/dmc.aspx) in the past - does
batch conversions nicely, but barfs at the odd file - but it doesn't
support FLV annoyingly, so Riva looks like a good bet.
Wasn't aware that ffmpeg did flv, although I should have guessed! I
mean, is there anything it doesn't do? :)
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Cobb
Sent: 01 November 2007 09:45
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] Lifehacker's Top Ten free video rippers
encoders and converters
riva converts to flv on the desktop if you don't have flash
video encoder/ sorenson: http://www.rivavx.com/?encoder
it's windows tho so if you're using an alternative OS it's not
for you.
there's also ffmpeg: http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/faq.html
mac apps I don't know about, sorry for you if that's your OS,
heh.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Bowden
Sent: 01 November 2007 09:30
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] Lifehacker's Top Ten free video rippers
encoders and converters
It's a shame that there's so little emphasis on converting to
flv format - everything I see is about converting from or playing them
(I'm involved with a website which currently embeds video in Real,
Windows Media or occassionally QuickTime and MPEGs due to historical
reasons, and I'm wondering about a Flash video trial using the FLV
player)
HeyWatch looks interesting, but I'd rather have something on my
desktop!
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Cartwright
Sent: 01 November 2007 09:14
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] Lifehacker's Top Ten free video
rippers encoders and converters
Well, the system doing the calls to HeyWatch is
proprietary, and firewalled (written in ASP.net, with a MySQL backend).
But the output is listed here...
http://play.tm/storytype/videos
Using the JW FLV player...
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Player
Which is also used for YouTube-style embedding...
http://jasoncartwright.com/blog/entry/2007/6/flash_video_embedding
Looking forward to H.264 in the mainstream flash player
- then it'll be hello HD (depending on bandwidth and HD source material,
both of which are plentiful).
J
On 01/11/2007, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
oo-er have we strayed onto the wrong list here?
this conversation seems drm free, heh
I'd like to ask for the link (if you can supply
it) to see what you've developed using this HeyWatch ingest/output
please
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Cartwright
Sent: 01 November 2007 08:38
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] Lifehacker's Top Ten
free video rippers encoders and converters
I can highly recommend HeyWatch (from that
list). An outstanding service, with an excellent API. I've got it hooked
up with a CMS encoding hundreds of videos a month.
J
On 01/11/2007, Simon Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
there's a couple I hadn't heard of on
here
http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-free-video-rippe
rs-encoders-and-converters-316478.php
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