On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:42 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: > > How can I convert either *.avi or *.vob files to a format that can > > be synced to my new iPod Nano -- the wide one? 8 Gb. > > The new iPod's aren't yet working with any of the apps that use > libgpod to communicate (Amarok, Gtkpod, Rhythmbox, Quod Libet, to name > a few). In order to sync to them, you need to build libgpod from it's > Subversion repository and then rebuild your other applications with > that new libgpod. I know gtkpod works with the latest libgpod and I > am fairly sure that amarok and rhythmbox do as well. > > I don't have access to one of the new iPod's, so I can't give you a > first hand report that it all works. If you go this route, check out > the gtkpod lists on sourceforge to report problems or success. > > As far as converting video from various formats, I'm sure there are > numerous methods you can use. I used a script I found somewhere to do > this a few times. It popped up a little dialog asking you what file > you wanted to convert, the video size to use (TV, Widescreen, DVD), > and where to put the output. I'll attach that script. I converted > it's dialogs from Spanish to English, but other than that I haven't > used it since I downloaded it a year or so ago. > > Then it used ffmpeg to do the conversion. You won't find ffmpeg in > the standard repos. It is available from a few 3rd party repos > though. ---- livna also install 'mencoder' package which is part of of ffmpeg but packaged separately. It does a better job for this purpose. -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
