make that wmv (WAS Re: is there a way to convert an mp4 video to wav in Fedora - and I have a very old Fedora 13)

[Darlene Wallach]

Argh! OOPS!

I need to convert an mp4 video to wmv. Is there a way to do that in Fedora 13?

Thank you

Darlene Wallach

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:09 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
>
> equal justice under law

[Reindl Harald]

Am 07.03.2013 22:14, schrieb Darlene Wallach:
> Argh! OOPS!
>
> I need to convert an mp4 video to wmv. Is there a way to do that in Fedora 13?

the last supported version is F17
you would need ffmpeg

but you are at your own because you do not care
to hold your OS in a supported state for years

[Darlene Wallach]

Reindl,

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Reindl Harald  wrote:
> Am 07.03.2013 22:14, schrieb Darlene Wallach:
> > Argh! OOPS!
> >
> > I need to convert an mp4 video to wmv. Is there a way to do that in Fedora 13?
>
> the last supported version is F17
> you would need ffmpeg

I have:
Installed Packages
ffmpeg.i686                  0.6-3.fc13                  @rpmfusion-free-updates
> but you are at your own because you do not care
> to hold your OS in a supported state for years

I need my laptop for work and I need LaTeX - I heard there were issues
with TeXLive so have held off installing newer Fedoras - have also
heard of difficulties with the Anaconda installer.

Thank you

Darlene Wallach
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[Reindl Harald]

Am 07.03.2013 23:08, schrieb Darlene Wallach:
> > the last supported version is F17
> > you would need ffmpeg
>
> I have:
> Installed Packages
> ffmpeg.i686                  0.6-3.fc13                  @rpmfusion-free-updates

and nobody of the ffmpeg developers wil give
you any support for this stone old version
> > but you are at your own because you do not care
> > to hold your OS in a supported state for years
>
> I need my laptop for work and I need LaTeX - I heard there were issues
> with TeXLive so have held off installing newer Fedoras - have also
> heard of difficulties with the Anaconda installer

so install CentOS and hope someone is baking you
a recent ffmpeg for it or try to build ffmpeg at
your own

F13 is not supported since years

if you install Fedora you know since forever that there
is all 6 months a new version and no support for longer
than a year - so what do you expect?

[Darlene Wallach]

Reindl,

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Reindl Harald  wrote:
> Am 07.03.2013 23:08, schrieb Darlene Wallach:
> > > the last supported version is F17
> > > you would need ffmpeg
> >
> > I have:
> > Installed Packages
> > ffmpeg.i686                  0.6-3.fc13                  @rpmfusion-free-updates
>
> and nobody of the ffmpeg developers wil give
> you any support for this stone old version
> > > but you are at your own because you do not care
> > > to hold your OS in a supported state for years
> >
> > I need my laptop for work and I need LaTeX - I heard there were issues
> > with TeXLive so have held off installing newer Fedoras - have also
> > heard of difficulties with the Anaconda installer
>
> so install CentOS and hope someone is baking you
> a recent ffmpeg for it or try to build ffmpeg at
> your own
>
> F13 is not supported since years
>
> if you install Fedora you know since forever that there
> is all 6 months a new version and no support for longer
> than a year - so what do you expect?

I'm not complaining. I'm only asking if there is a way for me to
convert an mp4 video to wmv

It looks like ffmpeg is what I need and perhaps I just don't know the
correct way to use ffmpeg or perhaps the version I have doesn't have
that capability.

Perhaps my ill use of duckduckgo.com in searching for the commands to
convert is the problem.

I appreciate your taking the time to read my email and then to reply.

Darlene Wallach
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[José Matos]

On 03/07/2013 10:08 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> I need my laptop for work and I need LaTeX - I heard there were issues
> with TeXLive so have held off installing newer Fedoras - have also
> heard of difficulties with the Anaconda installer.
>
> Thank you
>
> Darlene Wallach

The only issue with texlive in Fedora previous to F18 was that it was
using texlive-2007 before an auditing to all the packages was complete.
With Fedora 18 the texlive is 2012 and it has all the packages available
and easy to install.

[Darlene Wallach]

Jose,

Thank you very much for taking the time to read my email and reply.

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:53 PM, José Matos  wrote:
> On 03/07/2013 10:08 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> > I need my laptop for work and I need LaTeX - I heard there were issues
> > with TeXLive so have held off installing newer Fedoras - have also
> > heard of difficulties with the Anaconda installer.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Darlene Wallach
>
> The only issue with texlive in Fedora previous to F18 was that it was
> using texlive-2007 before an auditing to all the packages was complete.
> With Fedora 18 the texlive is 2012 and it has all the packages available
> and easy to install.

Got it. texlive-2007 is what I have installed.

So it is now time for me to put time aside to install Fedora 18.
Though I need to make sure I understand all the issues with Anaconda.

Thank you

Darlene Wallach

[Michael Cronenworth]

On 03/07/2013 06:04 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> So it is now time for me to put time aside to install Fedora 18.
> Though I need to make sure I understand all the issues with Anaconda.

You won't need to touch anaconda.

Perform a preupgrade to Fedora 17. Then use fedup to upgrade to Fedora 18.

[Darlene Wallach]

Michael,

Thank you very much for replying.

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Michael Cronenworth  wrote:
> On 03/07/2013 06:04 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> > So it is now time for me to put time aside to install Fedora 18.
> > Though I need to make sure I understand all the issues with Anaconda.
>
> You won't need to touch anaconda.
>
> Perform a preupgrade to Fedora 17. Then use fedup to upgrade to Fedora 18.

I have Fedora 13 installed so I would have to use preupgrades and I
have heard there were problems with the preupgrade.

I actually prefer to do a clean install each time so I can format and cleanup.

Thank you

Darlene Wallach

[SternData]

On 03/07/2013 03:14 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> Argh! OOPS!
>
> I need to convert an mp4 video to wmv. Is there a way to do that in Fedora 13?
>
> Thank you
>
> Darlene Wallach
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:09 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
> >
> > equal justice under law

ffmpeg will do that, too.

ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -o file.wmv

be sure to check all the options