FFmpeg is open-source software that that converts video or audio into another format. In this article I will be showing you how to use FFmpeg to convert FLV videos to AVI/MPG videos.

If you search Google for a free method to convert the flv video files, you will find that all of the
"free flv converter" programs are not really free. These supposedly free programs are nothing more than freeware or trail programs, that try to get you to buy their full product. Luckily I won't be selling you any snake oil to today. Rejoice, FFmpeg is an open-source, you do not need to pay anything, and you can install it for free.

The notification balloons, introduced by Ubuntu in version 9.04, are lets face it, really distracting!. Especially the pop-up balloons associated pidgin, i.e when a new user signs in. Every time someone logs in, a little balloon pops up, and always breaks my focus, and stops my train of thought.

No matter what the purpose; a web site hosted on the internet can give people a chance to reach you internationally, and regardless of the operating system of the computer hosting the site. However, if you are the owner of the site, a decision has to be made as to which operating system to host on. The two main operating systems used in web hosting are Linux and Windows.

The bad news is Adobe Air can not be installed on Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 9.04, or Ubuntu 9.10 by default. However it is possible to install Adobe Air on a 64 bit Linux operating system.

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio file format for lossless audio data. FLAC does not lose quality from the audio stream, during compression. Which is the biggest advantage over the lossy compression formats such as MP3, AAC, and Vorbis. The disadvantage of using FLAC to digitally store music is the files are quite a bit larger than the lossy formats.

This tutorial will show how to install FFmpeg, and the required libraries that you need to convert AVCHD videos. The extra libraries enable FFmpeg to decode and encode M2TS/MTS codecs into a different format, like .avi or .mkv.

This section deals with the specifics of decoding HD video from a HDC-SD9 camera. The HDC-SD9 is Panasonic’s third generation of memory card-based camcorders. The HDC-SD9 camera uses the AVCHD audio/video format. We need to tailor our switches to these formats.

This tutorial will show you how to install FFmpeg and transcode video files into DivX format.

I recently discovered I could play videos on my Xbox 360. Awesome. No longer do I have hook up a monstrous audio in, and s-video cables every time I want to watch South Park. Now I can just fire up my Xbox and watch the movies from my file server.