MKV files

[redjama]

Does anyone know how to convert a mkv file to a avi file? If so can u please explain how cause i for the life of me cannot figure it out

[Just17]

You can use one of the applications in the repository .....  available through Synaptic ......  for this.

Have a look at Avidemux, WinFF, Sinthgunt for starters 

[T6]

avidemux was capable of convert those files last time i tried

at least wikipedia still says that, not sure if current version we have still supports it

all you have to do is open the file and then select the output codec that the avi will contain and start the process

surely other cli tools will work too but i don't have any experience on those

[redjama]

Still confused....lol  Output codec has got me lost.  I opened it in avidemux......i see a big green screen, have no clue what to do from there

[T6]

select th output format, avi in your case, since avi is just a name it can contain any codec from that list

after that save as and let the process begin

this can take a couple hours depending on your cpu

[johnmart]

I regularly download NFL games which are all mkv & my TV which has a USB port will only play avi & mp4.
In the past I used winff which worked fine til lately it doesn't.
I then tried avidemux, but couldn't figure it out. (didn't try very hard)
Then I tried handbrake & worked ootb.
I further adjusted the video quality slider & got an mp4 that had comparable quality to the mkv file. Saved that as my NFL preset & have done 20 or so w/o problems.

btw, handbrake has an excellent tutorial explaining video filetypes. You can simply rename the mp4 to avi.
HTH
john

[Just17]

Still confused....lol  Output codec has got me lost.  I opened it in avidemux......i see a big green screen, have no clue what to do from there

Video files are 'wrapped' in a format such as  avi, mpg, mp4, mkv and so on.

In side the wrapper is the video which has been encoded using some codec (examples MPEG-4 AVC (H264), FFV etc) , usually with an audio track or two which itself uses some specific audio codec (MP3, AAC, Vorbis, AC3 etc).

To get some idea about what your files actually are, I suggest you install MediaInfo from the repository, which should (in KDE) give a right click menu entry to open a media file using MediaInfo. You should then be presented with the info about the file.

There is also a command line version of mediainfo .....  and this gives much more info about the file, but is not normally required for general information.

With Avidemux, if the video and audio codecs are what you wish, then you can change the wrapper format simply by copying both audio and video and selecting the format at the bottom. It should complete very quickly. If you need to recode the stream then it will take much longer of course.


regards.

[pags]

Still confused....lol  Output codec has got me lost.  I opened it in avidemux......i see a big green screen, have no clue what to do from there

Video files are 'wrapped' in a format such as  avi, mpg, mp4, mkv and so on.

In side the wrapper is the video which has been encoded using some codec (examples MPEG-4 AVC (H264), FFV etc) , usually with an audio track or two which itself uses some specific audio codec (MP3, AAC, Vorbis, AC3 etc).

To get some idea about what your files actually are, I suggest you install MediaInfo from the repository, which should (in KDE) give a right click menu entry to open a media file using MediaInfo. You should then be presented with the info about the file.

There is also a command line version of mediainfo .....  and this gives much more info about the file, but is not normally required for general information.

With Avidemux, if the video and audio codecs are what you wish, then you can change the wrapper format simply by copying both audio and video and selecting the format at the bottom. It should complete very quickly. If you need to recode the stream then it will take much longer of course.


regards.

Maybe this will help, some:
http://avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=general:common_myths#software_vs_format_format_vs_codec

...hopefully.

[Just17]

Nice link  pags  ..  thanks