Convert 3gp Videos to XviD AVI
published 2010-02-13 · tags: 3gp, encoding, ffmpeg, multimedia, video
AS PUBLISHED, 2010Original text from Feb 13, 2010, kept as published. Package names and flags reflect the tooling of that time; an in-place refresh with a tested on line is on the way.
3gp is the container format used when recording video with many mobile phones, which can be a pain when trying to view them using a number of multimedia players. Fortunately, converting videos from 3gp to XviD AVI is easy with FFmpeg.
Usually, there’s not much to the quality of these types of source video files, so many of the more complex video and audio options aren’t needed. A simple FFmpeg command that retains as much quality as possible would look like the following.
ffmpeg -i video.3gp -acodec libmp3lame -vcodec libxvid -qscale 2 -f avi video.avi