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| + | === Automating Conversion with VBScript === | ||
| + | If you prefer to convert a file using the right-click menu, you can try this VBScript: [[http://jeffersonscher.com/res/ConvertAndPlayInVLC_vbs.txt ConvertAndPlayInVLC_vbs.txt]]. | ||
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| + | ==== To Install the Script ==== | ||
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| + | # Download the .txt file to the same folder where you have as ffmpeg.exe (any folder, not necessarily in the search path) | ||
| + | # Rename the file back to .vbs | ||
| + | # Right-click the file and choose Create Shortcut | ||
| + | # Copy/Paste or Drag the shortcut to your SendTo folder (c:\Documents and Settings\''Username''\SendTo); you can rename it to something shorter if you like | ||
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| + | To run the script, right-click your .flv file, choose the Send To "fly-out" menu, and then your shortcut. ffmpeg.exe should open in a command window and then the converted avi file should play in VLC. | ||
Revision as of 02:49, 11 November 2006
| This page describes how to fix broken .flv files. | Other "how to" pages |
You can use ffmpeg to change .flv files to .avi files (or one of many other types of files).
If you have problems playing .flv files, changing them to .avi will probably fix the problem.
Contents
Windows
Install
Precompiled windows binaries are avaliable at:
Pick the file ffmpeg-SVN-r6708-static-gpl-win32.zip
Extract the files from the .zip and copy ffmpeg.exe to your Windows directory (Windows folder), or somewhere else in your search path.
Run
Ffmpeg.exe is command-line based, so to use it you need to open a command prompt. In the start menu pick "Run", and type
cmd.exe
into the box and press enter. This opens a cool black box with white text. It'll say something like C:\>.
At the prompt, type
cd "somewhere"
where "somewhere" is the path to the folder where you saved your files, it's probably something like
cd "c:\windows\profiles\user\Desktop\"
Then press enter. You can find out the path (location) of a file by right clicking on the file and selecting properties.
Finally type
ffmpeg -i "your_file.flv" "your_file.avi"
and press enter. This takes "your_file.flv" as the input file and spits out "your_file.avi" as an avi file. Job done (at last!)
Close the command prompt by closing the window as normal, or typing "exit".
Automating Conversion with VBScript
If you prefer to convert a file using the right-click menu, you can try this VBScript: [ConvertAndPlayInVLC_vbs.txt].
To Install the Script
- Download the .txt file to the same folder where you have as ffmpeg.exe (any folder, not necessarily in the search path)
- Rename the file back to .vbs
- Right-click the file and choose Create Shortcut
- Copy/Paste or Drag the shortcut to your SendTo folder (c:\Documents and Settings\Username\SendTo); you can rename it to something shorter if you like
To run the script, right-click your .flv file, choose the Send To "fly-out" menu, and then your shortcut. ffmpeg.exe should open in a command window and then the converted avi file should play in VLC.
