Converting MKV to AVI

Michael Miles mmamiga6 at gmail.com
Sat May 8 16:53:06 UTC 2010


On 05/08/2010 09:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 08:51 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>    
>> On 05/08/2010 08:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>      
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> An easier one is Handbrake
>> Very limited in formats though
>>      
> Yes, it only seems to output H.264 or Mpeg-4.
>
> poc
>
>    
It's really unfortunate but linux and video leaves something to be desired.

The last one I have had some success is WinFF

it uses ffmpeg to do it's work.

Try it it does cover most files to avi.


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