Steven, Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. I actually goofed - I meant wmv not wav. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/07/2013 03:09 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote: >> I need to convert an mp4 video to wav. >> >> Is there a way to do that in Fedora 13? >> >> Thank you >> >> Darlene Wallach >> > Do you mean you just want to pull out the sound? ffmpeg will do it, > something like > > ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -o file.wav > > There are a zillion options, so be sure to 'man ffmpeg'. I looked at 'man ffmpeg' and am failing to get the correct ffmpeg to convert from mp4 to wmv, I tried $ ffmpeg -i ./LegalShield-and-IDT-Overview.mp4 LegalShield-and-IDT-Overview.mwv FFmpeg version 0.6-rpmfusion, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers built on Jul 27 2010 03:51:48 with gcc 4.4.4 20100630 (Red Hat 4.4.4-10) configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=i686 --extra-cflags='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' --extra-version=rpmfusion --enable-bzlib --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdirac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib --cpu=i686 --enable-runtime-cpudetect libavutil 50.15. 1 / 50.15. 1 libavcodec 52.72. 2 / 52.72. 2 libavformat 52.64. 2 / 52.64. 2 libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0 libavfilter 1.19. 0 / 1.19. 0 libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x913c860]max_analyze_duration reached Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from './LegalShield-and-IDT-Overview.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : mp42 minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: mp42isomavc1 encoder : Sorenson Squeeze Duration: 00:04:40.26, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 372 kb/s Stream #0.0(und): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 96 kb/s Stream #0.1(und): Video: h264, yuv420p, 640x360 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 272 kb/s, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 600 tbn, 48 tbc Stream #0.2(und): Data: mp4s / 0x7334706D Stream #0.3(und): Data: mp4s / 0x7334706D Unable to find a suitable output format for 'LegalShield-and-IDT-Overview.mwv' I'm guessing I'm missing an encoder. Thank you Darlene Wallach > > -- > -- Steve > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- equal justice under law -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org