Converting from one file format into another. Use a more specific tag if possible depending on your application.
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high(er than 30hz) refresh rate PS/2 to USB adaptor for NEW pc? [closed]
I'm part of the 1%. The keyboard snobs.
I use a 16 year old keyboard. It's made by Alps, with all the hullabaloo to do with their key-switches. Interestingly enough, it also has an Alps Glidepoint ...
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Converting audio (music) to notes
I have an idea for a program I wish to write, but it requires a way to convert musical audio (single guitar, at first approximation) to notes (e.g., OCR/speech-recognition for music).
Google found ...
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Memory Issue using OO (soffice) as batch conversion service
I have a Java Web Application that uses an OOo instance (on the same environment) started in headless mode as batch converter.
environment is RHEL 5.5.
The OpenOffice version is 3.1.
I've run some ...
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Audio and video out of sync when using mkvmerge
I extracted audio and video from an mkv using mkvextract. Then I used mkvmerge to merge them back into an mkv. When I played the mkv the audio and video were out of sync.
How can I combine them so ...
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A PDF reformater that will cut everything around main body of text e.g headings, page numbers
I am looking for PDF re-formater that will cut all the (for me) unimportant information from the PDF such as headings, page numbers and possibly left/right padding.
Does anyone know about tool that ...
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Converting CMYK pdf to RGB results in white lines and some font problems
I use the following command to convert a pdf from CMYK to RGB - I dont have access to the generation of these PDFs. The reason I'm doing it is so that the colours look correct on an iPod device.
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How to convert VOB files to a single AVI file
I want to convert a DVD which has many VOB files into a single playable AVI file on my computer. I can convert each individual VOB file to an AVI but is there some way to convert all of them into a ...
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Best way to compress avi files for web viewing and best format for view
What is the best tool for reducing the file size of AVI files to post for viewing on the web?
Also what is the recommended format?
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How do I convert a plaintext file to OpenOffice document, so that tabs become indents?
How do I convert (or paste) a plaintext file to OpenOffice document, so that tabs become indents?
Currently, dynamically wrapped long lines which start with a tab are only indented (by that tab) ...
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How do I convert SWF into a PDF?
I want to convert a SWF document to into PDF.
The SWF can be found here:
http://www.imsindia.com/online/tests/test_111.swf
And I would like to be able to convert or save it down as a PDF. How do I ...
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How to convert OmniGraffle files to a non-proprietary format [closed]
I have inherited a bunch of graphs in OmniGraffle format which I need to edit. I do not have access to a Mac, and I have no desire to buy OmniGraffle either. I've looked at the .graffle files which ...
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Converting FLAC to ALAC, preserving tags - in a script
I'm currently building a script to maintain parallel music libraries, because I have devices that can't play FLAC, but prefer to store my music in that format. However, I'm having some trouble with ...
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Semantic PDF to HTML conversion
I would like to convert a PDF document to a collection of HTML pages that exhibit 'clean' markup, and generate/keep semantic info (chapters, sections...), as well as perform cleanup tasks (e.g. I am ...
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How can I download Silverlight videos and convert to FLV format?
Is there any way to download Silverlight videos and convert them into FLV format?
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Linux: concatenate several images into a PDF file with several images per page
I know that ImageMagick's convert program can be used as follows to convert a collection of images -- say, in PNG format -- to a PDF file:
convert *png output.pdf
The problem with this is that each ...
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How to convert any video to DVD (.vob) in good video quality?
I have some good quality movies and I want to change them into DVD videos.
When I'm using the Super DVD Converter to convert the video (800MB), it gives me a very big movie (2.5 or 3GB ...
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Batch convert TIFF images to PDF?
Are there any free utilities that will batch convert TIFF files to PDF? I've tried PDF printers like PrimoPDF & CutePDF, but these seem to require a GUI click to confirm each filename.
What I'm ...
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How can multiple image TIFF files be converted to JPEG files?
How can multiple image TIFF files be converted to JPEG files in a batch manner?
Update 1: convert on Linux (part of ImageMagick) as suggested by Miss Cellanie and glallen worked. It was ...
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Is there any way to convert 16bit DOS app to 32bit?
Is there any way to convert a 16bit DOS app to a 32bit app so that I'm not constrained by the 16383 limit? Or maybe there is a way of running a 16bit app as a 32bit app without converting it?
I don't ...
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Software to convert mp4 to mp4 for iPhone
I've a huge mp4 video. What software is good to use to convert that file to an iPhone optimized video?
Preferably for Mac OS X and free.
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Convert FAT32 to NTFS, risk/time?
After a quick search I found that through a command prompt I can convert a drive from FAT32 to NTFS without losing data(see here). What I want to ask here is, how safe is this method on a 1.5 TB drive ...
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How to convert PDF to Ms Word? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Convert PDF to Word document?
I have some confidential documents in PDF which can contain text, tables, images, etc, and I need to convert them back to a Microsoft Word ...
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Free video conversion software that supports widescreen format
Is there a good video conversion software for Windows that supports widescreen format?
Things I tried from download.com don't support widescreen. It creates black bars top and bottom.
I like AVS ...
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How to convert Word (doc) to PDF from Windows command line?
Anyone know how to convert word files (.doc) to PDF using the command line in Windows?
We were using the service of OpenOffice, but in documents that have many tables and images, it ends up ruining ...
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Convert MP4 to OGG (Video)
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.
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Convert Parallels VM to Virtual Box VM?
The question describes well what I need but here are some more details about the circumstances.
With Parallels Desktop 4 running under Linux, I have a number of Windows 7 Virtual Machines. Sadly, ...
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How to batch convert .csv to .xls/xlsx
I am looking for a way to quickly convert a directory of .csv files into the .xls or .xlsx format (would be nice if I could do either/or).
Is there an easy way to do this or do I need to install a ...
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How to convert VCD to DVD?
How do I convert VCD's to DVD's? I searched Google but most of the guides are really old. I am using Windows 7.
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Is there software that will convert a jpg to a vector format?
Is there software that will convert a jpg image to a vector image? I've got a simple logo that is being put onto baloons/pens/whatnot and the printer needs the logo in a vector format, which we don't ...
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How can I convert a TTF (Font) for use on a Mac?
I need to convert a free ttf for use on a Mac - the best solution would be to convert it to otf so we can both use it. free solution for Windows preferred.
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Free MP3 divide (cut) software for Mac? [closed]
I use Mac OS X 10.5. I'd like to divide some bigger mp3 files into several smaller ones. (e.g. divide one track that is 9:29 min long into 13 tracks that are all about 30 sec - 1:10 sec long).
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Open Microsoft Publisher Document on Linux
I'm pretty sure the options consist of
Just don't do it (use a nice open standard file format). Not great when someone sends you something.
Translate the format on Windows. I think you need ...
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Why noises appeared when convert 16bit wav to 8 bit wav, how to avoid it?
We have some 16bit/8000HZ/Mono/PCM .wav files, we need to convert to 8bit to use in our telephone system.
But after conversion, we found there're many noise appeared in the 8bit .wav files even if ...
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How to convert a text file from Shift JIS to UTF-8 and back from the terminal
In order to make this conversion I have to use a text editor. This is tedious. Is there an easier way to do it, like some program I can run from the Linux or OSX terminal?
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How to convert an image to a .dwg file
My girlfriend is making an art project where she is having an image printed and cut out on a metal plate.
The firm responsible for doing this is demanding a .dwg file (and something called polyline; ...
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How to import LaTeX equation into MS Word Equation or into MathType?
Say I have this LaTeX code:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq1}
V_{conf}(r) = \frac{A}{r^2} + Br^2 - 2\sqrt{AB}
\end{equation}
How to import it in MS Word?
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convert home phone wiring to Ethernet
can i convert phone wiring in walls to act as only Ethernet network cause the phone wiring is not in use and not connected to the phone company so there is no voltage in the wires
i remove the wall ...
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How to convert WMV to other formats (such as h.264) using ffmpeg on Mac OS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
How to convert wmv to mp4?
Suggest ffmpeg tweaks for converting from WMV to FLV?
I've installed ffmpeg through MacPorts using the following Terminal command:
$ sudo ...
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Convert windows media video stream to mp3 audio?
I'd like to take a windows media video stream and convert it to mp3 audio. Using mencoder I can convert from windows media video to avi but not directly from windows media to mp3. The following is the ...
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How to convert any video to 3GP?
How do I convert video (of any format) to 3GP, so that I can play it on my cellphone?
(The OS is Windows XP.)
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Converting mp3 to ogg, suggestive?
I'm thinking about converting my mp3 based music library to ogg, due to ogg being a free and open standard format (I guess there are other reasons too). As far as I know there's a chance of losing ...
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Get the number of tiffs in a multi-tiff with command line ImageMagick?
Is there a way to get the number of tiffs in a multi-tiff with a command line utility in ImageMagick?
What I want to to is to extract (split) the multi-tiff into single files. However if the tiff ...
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batch convert htm files to pdf
What applications allow the user to batch convert HTM files into PDF?
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How do I open or convert a Microsoft Works .XLR spreadsheet to an Excel compatible format?
I have been sent a Microsoft Works XLR spreadsheet and Excel will not open it.
Is there any way of opening an XLR file directly in Excel?
Can anyone recommend a (free) tool for converting to an ...
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Converting Windows help file to a more user friendly format?
Is there any free (as in bird) tool to convert windows help files (*.hlp) to a more user friendly format such as html/rtf?
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Conversion of DVC-PRO HD 1080, any free tool?
Is there any free (as in beer, and if it's possible as in bird) tool to convert a dvd in the format DVC-PRO HD 1080 to a normal/standard dvd format so that I can play it on a normal DVD player?
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how can I convert a Powerpoint presentation to a video file (AVI or WMV)?
What tools can convert Powerpoint presentations to video formats?
Free (as in beer or as in speech) preferred, since this is a one-time thing.
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How can I convert an iso cd image to bin/cue format on a mac?
How can I convert an iso cd image to bin/cue format on a mac? I did some Googling, but couldn't find a solution, ended up having to use some freeware tool for windows in a VM :/
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Convert Mathematica to PDF via command line
I am on Linux and would like to convert a bunch of Mathematica 8 Notebooks to PDF.
Is there some way to convert them on the command line? I'd like to write a makefile rule for the conversion, so that ...
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Making a movie into a .gif file
How do I convert a movie into an animated gif in OS X? I just want to convert a movie file (any file format) into an animated gif (so, obviously no sound).
