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Old 01-25-2012, 10:12 PM
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Re: www.sbs.com.au- Download RTMP video from Australian TV web-site


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Originally Posted by Core Share View Post
Hello,

I downloaded a documentary using SBSnapper, the output file was flash video *.flv.

Which my current media player - a WD TV (1st Gen) Media Player running B-Rad's WDLXTV firmware, will not play.

Is there a transform that I could run to convert the *.flv to a *.mp4 (for instance) with no loss of visual or auditory quality?

Any assistance most gratefully apprised, thank you.
This is possible using ffmpeg. Someone gave me the correct parametrs to do this for a format OK for an iPad, but I' not sure what you would need for your particular Media Player.

Could you download and install MediaInfo from here -
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Windows
then in Windows Explorer, right-click on a MP4 file that works on your Media Player, and take a look at the information?

The MediaInfo output (exported from MediaInfo in Text format) for an SBS .FLV show that I just DL @ 128K for your benefit is as follows -

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General
Complete name : The Jaquie Brown Diaries Ep 1 - Brownie Points.flv
Format : Flash Video
File size : 26.9 MiB
Duration : 21mn 55s
Overall bit rate : 171 Kbps

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : 7
Duration : 21mn 55s
Width : 400 pixels
Height : 224 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : HE-AAC / LC
Codec ID : 10
Duration : 21mn 55s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz / 22.05 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
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