tool to convert .avi to .mpg ??

[expatCanuck]

Greetings -
Can anyone recommend a freeware tool (Windoze or Linux -- at least, I think I have that Ubuntu boot disk around here somewhere) that'll let me convert an .avi file to an .mpg?
Thanks kindly.
- Richard

 

[RichGem]

Greetings -
Can anyone recommend a freeware tool (Windoze or Linux -- at least, I think I have that Ubuntu boot disk around here somewhere) that'll let me convert an .avi file to an .mpg?
Thanks kindly.
- Richard

ffmpeg under linux should work (I have never used it myself). It might even be preinstalled. otherwise sudo apt-get install ffmpeg to get it.

edit: see here

 

[handlebar]

Try "Handbrake" Works well for me.

Jim

 

[Confuzius]

Try Media Coder
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

 

[Fnord5]

Windows Movie Maker can do it, kills the quality though.(shocker)

 

[expatCanuck]

Try "Handbrake" Works well for me.

Jim

figgers handlebar would recommend Handbrake.
(fedoras über alles.)

Windows Movie Maker can do it, kills the quality though.(shocker)

*****

B&B is better than wikipedia.

 

[rabidpotatochip]

Try Media Coder
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

Wow. That looks niiice...

 

[bro-ham]

Try "Handbrake" Works well for me.

Jim

+1 for Handbrake.

I have also used quick media converter with success

 

[Ferannia]

So, did the Handbrake and MediaCoder applications successfully and without any errors converted this particular .avi file to the .mpg ? Please describe. Thank you.

 

[expatCanuck]

So, did the Handbrake and MediaCoder applications successfully and without any errors converted this particular .avi file to the .mpg ? Please describe. Thank you.

Thus far, I've not had success with any of the freeware suggestions. The video transfers fine, but not the sound -- everything from nasty pulsing sonic bursts (different from my singing, I mean) to silence.

WinAVI works out of the box, but it ain't free.

It may be a question of whether I can tweak the settings of one or more of the free packages.