missing dependencies ffmpeg/avconv

[cecilieaux]

I have been trying to convert an mp4 video into simply an mp3 audio. According to the Linux Mint Community tutorial here http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1238 the best software is FF-Multi Converter, which I proceeded to install in the Terminal.

I ran the software and it gave me the error "missing dependencies ffmpeg/avconv." Nosing around, I learn that ffmpeg and avconv have been replaced by other libraries. But clearly, FF-Multi Converter expects ffmpeg and avconv.

I'm afraid to start poking through an endless list of software with an endless set of errors. Does anyone have a suggestion? All I want to so is turn an mp4 video into simply an mp3 music file.

Thanks in advance!

Cecilieaux

[all41]

All I want to so is turn an mp4 video into simply an mp3 music file

I use soundconverter to do this--it is very simple. It can be installed using Synaptic, or in a terminal:

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sudo apt-get install soundconverter

[Mute Ant]

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sudo apt-get install libav-tools

...will include the ffmpeg and avconv commands.

[Flemur]

All I want to so is turn an mp4 video into simply an mp3 music file.

I'd use "audacity". It has a GUI and displays the wave-form, allows you trim/normalize, etc. before saving as an mp3.
Edit: I *do* use audacity for exactly that!

You'll probably need "libav-tools", as above, unless it gets installed automagically.

And maybe "libfaac0":

"The FAAC project includes the AAC encoder FAAC and decoder FAAD2. It supports several MPEG-4 object types (LC, Main, LTP, HE AAC, PS) and file formats (ADTS AAC, raw AAC, MP4), multichannel and gapless en/decoding as well as MP4
metadata tags. The codecs are compatible with standard-compliant audio applications using one or more of these profiles."

[Hoser Rob]

I use Audacity to yank the audio stream from a video file too. But it actually never occurred to me to try soundconverter.

Soundconverter would be easier to figure out if that's all you want to do. Audacity has a much steeper learning curve to go with all that power.

[all41]

Hoser Rob and Flemur,
Excellent.
Multiple methods to achieve a given goal--this is the crux of Linux,
and the discussions on this forum amplify this philosophy.
I have used Audacity for many purposes--just not as a simple format converter.
I will definitely give it a go.