Video: avi to mpeg?
 

Hi,

Is there a good (and free) app that can convert my avi files to a reasonably good quality mpeg?

Thanks in advance.

Avidemux is great at video conversions. It is in the F8 livna repo.

There is also mencoder which comes with mplayer, and transcode.

Ok, one thing at a time. I have livna installed on my FC8. How do I install Avidemux?

"yum install Avidemux" or somthing along those lines

Hi BillyMayDay, I tried, but there is no such package available.
However, I managed to download a debian verion from getdeb.net. Is it possible to install a debian package in FC8? I know I could use 'alien' in Ubuntu to convert rpm to debian format. I can't seem to install alien on FC8 though. No such repository.

If Lazlow says it's there, try

yum list available *vide*

Edit

Don't try installing a deb package

If you have livna repo set up properly it is there. Post your /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo

It's avidemux with a lower case "a" - I just looked in their repo

cool. Thanks, Folks. It worked :)

Now I'll try to go through docs a little bit, but any quick hints as to how to convert avi's to mpeg's?

My bad. There are also front ends (also in livna) for avidemux. avidemux-qt and avidemux-gtk use whichever you prefer or try both. Once the frontend is installed it is a simple matter. In gnome they show up under Applications->Sound & Video.

lazlow, thanks for your response. But as I said, once I launch the app and load the avi file, what am I supposed to do? How do I convert that file to mpeg or any other good compressed format?

Install ffmpeg, then run:

Hi TexMex,
I tried ffmpeg, but I must admit that the default mpg is not really good. Is there a better encoding out there?

Open the file you want to convert. Under video choose the format you want to convert to. Under audio choose format. Under format choose the container you want to use. Hit save and name file.