Use the Linux command line to query a movie file for metadata with this very useful utility. This gives the user a lot of very useful information about a file. Install this useful utility. 4.4 Mon Dec 10 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt-get install mediainfo4.4 Mon Dec 10 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0:…
Read MoreThis command will display an image in your terminal. Very useful for viewing images without using an external image viewer. mpv –no-config –pause –vo=tct https://stallman.org/rms.jpgmpv –no-config –pause –vo=tct https://stallman.org/rms.jpg Play a movie in your terminal window with mpv. 4.4 Thu Nov 29 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ mpv –no-config –vo=tct fc4.mp44.4 Thu…
Read MoreHow to properly trim out a section of video with ffmpeg This ffmpeg command will trim out a section of video from a long video file. This is how a clip is snipped out of a movie file easily. ffmpeg -i "baraka.mkv" -ss 00:14:59.691 -to 00:17:24.044 -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow…
Read MoreRip a Youtube video to a wav file very easily. This is a great way to get an audio copy of a Youtube vid to save to your music collection. Very useful way to get copies of quality music from the Internet and create a collection of music for free….
Read MoreThis post will show how easy it is to rip the audio from a video file and save it to a wav file. This works very well and is a good way to make an OGG Vorbis file from a Youtube video the user has downloaded. Use this long command…
Read MoreThe Linux command line may be used to get information about a video file easily. Here is an example. Getting the video resolution with a simple command. jason@jason-desktop:~/Videos$ ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams burnout-in-a-town-street.mp4 | grep coded "coded_width": 400, "coded_height": 224,jason@jason-desktop:~/Videos$ ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams…
Read MoreRecord your Linux desktop to a video file and showcase it on Youtube To get a simple desktop recording of your Linux desktop for teaching purposes or any other use, just follow this guide. This command below. will record a high-quality video file of your Linux desktop to an MKV…
Read MoreTo create a video file from a wav, just use ffmpeg. This is how I created a 4k resolution video using just ffmpeg and an image file and audio wav I got off the Internet. Put both files into the same folder and then run this command. This will add…
Read MoreThere is the ability to open a Vimeo video with VLC, but Youtube URL`s can be opened with VLC as well. Paste the Youtube video URL into VLC allows the playback of this video in VLC. Then the video will open up in VLC. This is a great way to…
Read MoreRecord your desktop to a video fileRecord your desktop with sound Record your desktop to a video file To record a good quality video of your Linux desktop, there are many ways to do this. The ffmpeg utility will be a natural choice for what we need. Run the command…
Read MoreThis post will show how to rip the audio from a video file to a wav and then convert that to an ogg file. This is very simple and easy to do. This long command will rip the audio from the file and save it in the out.wav file. localhost%…
Read MoreTo watch a Vimeo in VLC, we need to capture the actual video URL. Firstly, copy the video URL from the address bar. https://vimeo.com/3685071https://vimeo.com/3685071 Then paste this into the Open Network Stream option. After a short wait the video will open in VLC. This is how easy it is to…
Read MoreThis is how to create a nice webm using FFmpeg on Linux. Firstly, capture the section of the video you wish to be encoded as a webm. This command will strip out a section of video from 00:09:23 to 00:09:33 and save it in the same format as the existing…
Read MoreThis music video features a Macintosh iMac PC with the Gnome Shell Linux interface. This is used as the main screen where the girl is typing on a notepad and then ripping the pages off the screen. This is an interesting place to see the Gnome Shell Linux desktop environment….
Read MoreThis is a very good introduction to the fundamental workings of a Voice Over IP system. This video, posted on YouTube, shows the basic functionality of VOIP. Voice Over IP is a system that lets you send video messages and make telephone calls, using voice over IP communications. As these…
Read MoreHow to use VLC on Linux to record a time lapse video easily.
Read MoreHow I recorded this video. avconv -f x11grab -r 60 -s 1920×1080 -i :0.0 -vcodec libvpx -b:v 1M output.webmavconv -f x11grab -r 60 -s 1920×1080 -i :0.0 -vcodec libvpx -b:v 1M output.webm Use this command to install avconv. sudo apt-get install libav-toolssudo apt-get install libav-tools This is a very good…
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