The below joins audio and video streams into one MPEG1 or 2 file.
Multiplex Audio and Video Streams
Convert Folder with flac Files to mp3
Sometimes you get all that music in flac format which is not understandable by hardware players, so you need the mp3s.
Skype under Linux
Add the skype yum repo repository but do not make it active and use only installing once for non-regular update checks.
Mencoder Two-Pass Encoding with Mpeg4 Codec
Command line encoding of an input MPEG2 file into an mp4 format (XViD) in Linux.
Add More Swap Space to Linux
Sometimes it is necessary to add more swap space after installation. For example, you may upgrade the amount of RAM in your system from 64 MB to 128 MB, but there is only 128 MB of swap space. It might…
Mplayer error: alsa-control:unable to find simple control PCM,0
Enable “Enable Software Mixer” under the “Audio” tab in Mplayer preferences.
Create Video Preview Thumbnails with Ffmpeg
See http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2008/03/29/creating-video-thumbnails-using-ffmpeg/ ffmpeg -ss -4 -i test.avi -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -s 320×240 test.jpg ffmpeg -itsoffset -4 -i test.avi -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -s 320×240 test.jpg