Video encoding is sometimes hard to figure out. This article helps to demystify some of the settings you might come across in your encoding travels.
Source: What You Need to Know About Video Encoding – Make Tech Easier
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Create & Edit Matroska Video Files on Linux with MKVToolNix
MKVToolnix is a suite of applications to work with Matroska video and audio files. Here’s how to use this software to create and edit MKV files on Linux.
Source: Create & Edit Matroska Video Files on Linux with MKVToolNix
Link: How to Watch Netflix On Linux
Ever wondered how superb it would be watching Netflix on Linux? Well then, here is the great news: Yes you can watch Netflix on Linux! Amazingly, all you will need is Chrome and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS (the new versions of Network Security Services), then you would be on your way to watching your streaming movies via Netflix. Now before I get into the details on how to watch Netflix on Linux, I think it would be really cool that you know why you need what you need.
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How to Watch Netflix On Linux (SecureKnow)
Link: How to Create YouTube Playlists without Logging In
There’s however a simple URL hack that will let you create “virtual” playlists on YouTube – they are like regular playlists except that they are not connected to any Google account and you can still add or remove videos on the fly.
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How to Create YouTube Playlists without Logging In (Digital Inspiration)
How To Fix “VLC does not support the audio or video format “hevc””
VLC media player is a free and open source media player, encoder, and streamer made the volunteers of VideoLAN community.
No suitable decoder module
VLC does not support the audio or video format “hevc.
Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
The above error message is a result of trying to play a video file in VLC. The error message doesn’t give a clue either.
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How To Fix “VLC does not support the audio or video format “hevc”” (Unixmen)
Link: 11 ‘Avconv’ Commands to Record, Convert and Extract Videos & Audios from Linux Terminal
In the previous article, we talked about How to Record Desktop Video & Audio Using ‘Avconv’ Tool. We mentioned that there are many other ways of usage for the “avconv” tool to deal with multimedia streams and files.
In this article we’re going to discover the most important 10 commands to use with the “avconv” program.
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11 ‘Avconv’ Commands to Record, Convert and Extract Videos & Audios from Linux Terminal (Tecmint)
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Record Your Desktop Video and Audio Using ‘Avconv’ Command (Tecmint)
Link: 7 Nifty VLC Tricks You Should Know
Be it Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux, VLC still remains the undisputed king of media players. From playing YouTube videos and MP3s to helping you enjoy Blu-ray movies, this open-source tool is regarded as one of the indispensable tools every desktop user should have installed. If you are using Linux right now, chances are you are a VLC user too. And if you are, we’ve got some useful tips for you that will help you get the most out of it.
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7 Nifty VLC Tricks You Should Know (TechSource)
Link: How To Install FFmpeg 2.4.2 On Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 And Derivatives
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, FFmpeg is a popular multimedia framework, that enables the users to easily ncode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play audio and video content.
Also worth mentioning, FFmpeg provides the ffmpeg tool for converting multimedia files, the ffserver streaming tool, the ffplay media player based on SDL and ffmpeg libraries and the ffprobe multimedia stream analyzer.
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How To Install FFmpeg 2.4.2 On Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 And Derivatives (LinuxG.net)
Link: Ripping DVD with Handbrake on Linux
Physical media is cumbersome.
If you own a lot of DVDs, Blueray discs, VHS, or, gasp!, Discovision (circa 1978), you know how ugly it looks stored in your living room by your entertainment system. Digital media is hot for its portability between devices. Ripping DVDs is a fairly simple process and there are lots of guides around that show how to install and rip movie DVDs using Handbrake. But what about those multi-movie DVDs or DVDs with multiple episodes of a television show? Handbrake can rip those too and the process is fairly simple.
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Ripping DVD with Handbrake on Linux (Linuxaria)
Link: How to Encode H.265 Video Using ffmpeg on Linux
After H.264 came H.265. It also has a few other names, most commonly High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) or MPEG-H. H.265 doubles the data compression ratio compared to H.264 and can support resolutions up to 8192×4320. This means that video at the same quality needs only half of the bandwidth (or file size). Alternately, it means that the quality of the video can be substantially improved at the same bit rate, something very important for very high definition (i.e. 4K and 8K) displays.
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How to Encode H.265 Video Using ffmpeg on Linux (Make Tech Easier)
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