Convert MP4 to OGG (Video)

Question

Does anyone know a way to convert .mp4 video to .ogg video (in Windows)? None of the converters I've seen online seem to do the job.

For people looking to convert `.mp4` video to `.ogg` audio on Linux, it's `avconv -i input.mp4 -nv output.ogg`. — Ry-, Oct 22 '12 at 03:11
@minitech: On Ubuntu 14.04 it says `Unrecognized option 'nv'` — Nicolas Raoul, Jun 08 '14 at 14:03

score 21 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 07 '19 at 14:34

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I see people promoting SUPER quite often and I'm not sure why, when options such as Miro or plain old FFmpeg are available?

To do this with ffmpeg just use this (simple) command:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -codec:v libtheora -qscale:v 3 -codec:a libvorbis \
  -qscale:a 3 -f ogv output.ogv

-qscale is required to keep a reasonable video and audio quality, otherwise the default is very bad, see also: How do I convert MP4 to OGV while still retaining the same quality using FFMPEG?

Tested in Ubuntu 19.04, ffmpeg 4.3.1.

edited Sep 07 '19 at 14:34

answered Sep 12 '10 at 01:00

Paul Gregoire

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audio/video quality level should be specified with `-qscale:v` and `-qscale:a` - see https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/TheoraVorbisEncodingGuide -- default is very low quality – Paolo Mar 08 '17 at 22:41
There is a typo. Should be ogg not ogv. I cant edit as it requires 6+ characters so I commented instead. – kosinix Mar 16 '17 at 06:18
The format was ogg video or ogv at the time of posting 7 years ago now; if it has changed then sure, but I doubt its relevant. – Paul Gregoire Mar 16 '17 at 14:02
@Paolo thanks for this, I've edited them into the answer. ogv seems to be the preferred format btw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Sep 07 '19 at 14:31
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Thank you, you saved my day. I think this demonstrate that 4k and 8k are only hype :D – Marco Sulla Jul 11 '21 at 13:09

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 12 '10 at 23:32

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SUPER is a gui frontend for ffmpeg, so it can convert mp4 into ogg.

answered Feb 12 '10 at 23:32

Iain

NT. · Answer 3 · 2017-02-27T18:58:23.693

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Format Factory is the best for all...

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter. Provides functions below: All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF. All to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV. All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA. Rip DVD to video file , Rip Music CD to audio file. MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format. Supports RMVB,Watermark, AV Mux.
Format Factory's Feature: 1 support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others. 2 Repair damaged video and audio file. 3 Reducing Multimedia file size. 4 Support iphone,ipod multimedia file formats. 5 Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags. 6 DVD Ripper. 7 Supports 56 languages
OS requirements: All 32 windows OS

edited Feb 27 '17 at 18:58

answered Jul 19 '11 at 03:08

NT.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 12 '10 at 01:01

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If you want a good video converter that can convert pretty much anything to anything, I would highly recommend Handbrake. It is free and open source.

answered Sep 12 '10 at 01:01

William Hilsum

I personally can't recommend Handbrake on the OS specified in the question. I've tried it and haven't had very good luck. – Paul Gregoire Sep 12 '10 at 05:13
@Mondain - Handbrake on Windows is great, it is the only video converter I use now. – William Hilsum Sep 13 '10 at 01:10
I used Handbrake on windows and never had any luck with it – zeitue Apr 01 '15 at 02:47
Handbrake [removed support](https://handbrake.fr/news.php?article=10) for OGG in 2009, just before this answer was posted. – Sparhawk Feb 26 '21 at 03:26

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