How to convert flv to avi using ffmpeg high quality

Question

Need to convert flv files to avi or mov, trying out ffmpeg but the output quality is terrible. How can I get the video output to be on par quality with the source?

I thought ffmpeg -i name.flv -s 320x... name.avi would do it, but no good.

Answer 1

That's the command I was using for a ffmpeg project, the quality should be good enough. If not, try increasing the bitrate (-b argument):

ffmpeg -i input.flv -ar 22050 -b 2048k output.avi 

Answer 2

This is a Good solutions

ffmpeg -async 1 -i inputVideo.flv -f avi -b 700k -qscale 0 -ab 160k -ar 44100 outputVideo.avi 

Or Used following one

ffmpeg -loglevel 0 -async 1 -i inputVideo.flv -f avi -b 700k -sameq -ab 160k -ar 44100 outputVideo.avi 

Answer 3

There is also another solution found on the internet and works like charm!

Just use same quality parameter -sameq.

ffmpeg.exe -i video.flv -sameq outputVideo.avi

Actually the command sameq is not same quality. In order to successfully do it this one must be applied: in case you have multiple files to do here is the complete command

for %i in (*.flv) do ffmpeg -i "%i" -q:a 0 -q:v 0 "%i".avi

Answer 4

To preserve quality use -qscale 0.

For example ffmpeg.exe -i InputVid.avi -qscale 0 OutputVid.mp4

I converted my 1.64 GB avi video to 4.35 MB mp4 file.