I want to convert some of my videos from .wmv to .mp4. Not only that, I want to make the size of my videos shorter.

Can anyone recommend me any software?

(ubuntu 12.4 + ram 1 gb)

I will be really grateful...

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2 Answers

1. Install ffmpeg

   sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

2. Convert files like this

   ffmpeg -i input.wmv -s size output.mp4

Following size abbreviations are recognized (from man page)

 -s size Set frame size. The format is wxh (avserver default = 160x128, ffmpeg default = same as source). The following abbreviations are recognized: sqcif 128x96 qcif 176x144 cif 352x288 4cif 704x576 16cif 1408x1152 qqvga 160x120 qvga 320x240 vga 640x480 svga 800x600 xga 1024x768 uxga 1600x1200 qxga 2048x1536 sxga 1280x1024 qsxga 2560x2048 hsxga 5120x4096 wvga 852x480 wxga 1366x768 wsxga 1600x1024 wuxga 1920x1200 woxga 2560x1600 wqsxga 3200x2048 wquxga 3840x2400 whsxga 6400x4096 whuxga 7680x4800 cga 320x200 ega 640x350 hd480 852x480 hd720 1280x720 hd1080 1920x1080

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Package 'ffmpeg' has no installation candidate ??

Here is solution for it. (I had pasted this solution from link provided above, in order save some time.)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
Also note that with apt-get a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade is needed for initial setup & with some package upgrades
More info:
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

after package get installed

ffmpeg -i input.wmv -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -c:a aac -strict -2 -q:a 100 output.mp4

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