This avoids any encoding task and hence no quality will be lost, it is also a fairly quick process and requires very little CPU power. The easiest way to 'convert' MKV to MP4, is to copy the existing video and audio streams and place them into a new container. Start by adding the jonathonf/ffmpeg-4 PPA:Ĭonverting mkv to mp4 with ffmpeg Essentially just copy the existing video and audio stream as is into a new container, no funny business!.The steps below describe how to install FFmpeg 4.x on Ubuntu 18.04: This version is available from the Jonathon F’s PPA. The FFmpeg version 4.0 adds a number of new filters, encoders, and decoders. In this section we will provide a step by step instructions about how to install FFmpeg version 4.x on Ubuntu. In order to be able to add new repositories and install packages on your Ubuntu system, you must be logged in as a user with sudo privileges. This instructions apply for any Ubuntu based distribution, including Linux Mint and Elementary OS. In this document will show you how to install a stable version and the latest version of FFmpeg. With this tool, you can convert between various video and audio formats, set sample rates and resize videos.

It contains a set of shared audio and video libraries such as: libavcodec, libavformat, and libavutil.

FFmpeg is a free and open source command line tool for transcoding multimedia files.

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