* Rodney D. Myers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > My friends 6 year old daughter like this clip; > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF5NletBOvg > > And he was wondering how to go about getting the swf file to something > linux can edit/read?
Here is one way to do it. First, go to keepvid.com and paste in the above address, choose youtube from the selections in the dropdown menu, and then click download. Just below you will see a "Download Link" appear and you can right click and save it as xxx.flv or whatever. The resulting file can be played, usually, in mplayer with the normal command. You can convert it very simply with something like 'mencoder xxx.flv -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:acodec=mp3:abitrate=128 -o xxx.avi' I have seen complaints about acodec=mp3, don't know why as it works in other settings, and for these I will use pcm or whatever is available, 'mencoder -oac help' will tell you what you have. You may also have to adjust the framerates for both incoming and out. The biggest problem is that some files will seem to play the video at something like five times the normal speed, though the audio will be fine. This happens, BTW, for both the flv and the resulting avi. I don't know what causes this, and perhaps it can be worked around, but I haven't found it out yet. It may be the framerates being detected wrong, as I think most of the youtube videos are at something like 18fps. But, you may not have this problem. HTH, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
