Converting MKV to AVI

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 23:43 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
> > Anyway, my question is this: does anyone have a useful recipe for
> this
> > kind of thing?
> >
> > And for extra credit: how about converting FLV (Flash video)?
> >
> > poc
> >
> >    
> I use Avidemux.
> It handles everything quite well

Tried it, but a) even the GUI version is still quite confusing,
definitely not for dummies, and b) it didn't work on my test file
despite apparently reasonable settings.

All the same I'm checking out the Wiki in search of illumination.

poc