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Distribution: Kubuntu 14.04 (Dell Linux-preinstalled laptop + 2 other laptops)
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Try mencoder.
You'll need some patience to sort through all the man pages of mencoder. I wish they had included some examples. In any case, I've tried mencoder in the past --the quality of the output video left something to be desired (I was converting wmv to mpg) with its jerkiness and audio/video failure to sync properly. Apparently, Mplayer/Mencoder is such a mishmash of code from a bazillion different programmers that it's not even possible to properly sync all the formats or, say, step forward through a video file frame by frame. Still, if you need *something* that's in that particular format, in Linux your best bed is Mencoder, since it has the most number of formats available.
You can always try virtualization. I like virtualbox and once you load a virtual machine with winxp, you could use any video converter. I like total video converter or you can try the free gxtranscoder.
(Google "Linux video converter rudd-o.com" without the quotes. The first hit is what you want -- apparently the mods don't want me to post hyperlinks so now you have to google stuff).
If the target format you want is not supported, just log on a bug in the Web site.
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