> > Hello, list. > > Can someone point me to a good (preferably x-based) avi to mpeg > converter? Ideally, it would let me convert both ways, and also add a > few gimmicks, like compression ratio, etc. > > Any hints will be appreciated. > I use the shell script avi2mpg which contains: ################ begin ######################### usage="usage: avi2mpg <avi_path>" if [ $# = 0 ] then /bin/echo 1>&2 "$usage" exit 1 fi base=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\.avi$//' -e 's/\.AVI$//'` mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 -o "$base.mpg" "$1" ############## end ############################### It uses the command mencoder which is part of the mplayer-mencoder package from livna mplayer-mencoder-1.0-0.lvn.0.33.pre7try2.4 Bob Styma
