[olug] avi to mpeg? Which one?

[nealr]

 Command line yes, but I don't have time to code something that will try 
all the permutations of commands for mencoder - that thing is, uhh, 
featurefull :-) I keep hoping I'm not the only one who wants to whack 
and AVI real hard and have an MPEG pop out at the end of the process ...




Mike Hostetler wrote:
> On 6/20/06, Matthew Anderson <manders2k.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I'd look at the mencoder program that is a part of the mplayer package.
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> I second mencoder.  It's a great tool.
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>> You'll need codecs installed for the input and output formats (audio
>> and video).
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> Not only that, it takes some familiarity with the command line.  But
> Neal won't have  problems with that . . .
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>> Contact me off list Neal for a more specific incantation.
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>> On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:32 PM, nealr wrote:
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>>>   I have a camera that makes avi files and I'd really like to convert
>>> them to mpeg or 3g2 (yes, I am a YouTube junkie). I've played a bit
>>> with
>>> MainActor but it seems ... large ... for what I am trying to do. Is
>>> there any easier way if I just want to change formats?
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