Re: File conversion in Linux – please help

On Wed, 23 May 2007 13:20:37 +0300, Patrick Grimbergen wrote:

Neil Hindry wrote:

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Does anyone know of any software I can use in Linux (I have Ubuntu &
Debian installed) that can convert a mov file to an mpeg file?

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Thanks!

Try Kvideoencoder or avidemux

Also, the mplayer - a CLI video player, along with any of its graphical
"shells" and mencoder will handle anything you've got the codecs
(encoding/decoding "plug ins"). You can put this inside a shell script,
which you can get assistance writing it that's something you want to do,
and thereby convert an entire batch of files at the press of Enter.

A funny one-liner, and feel free to use this next time you're quaffing a
few at the neighborhood pub, would be:

mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy boop-a-do.mov -o bada-bing.mpeg

with the syntax meaning to copy the audio, copy the video, and convert the
..mov file outputting it as bada-bing.mpeg

Frank
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