convert .mov to .avi?

[Polytropon]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:09:34 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> Can anyone suggest an easy way to convert a .mov file to .avi?
> I don't have much experience with video and shot some with my camera when on > recent trip.  My wife uses windoze to burn dvds and the app she has access to
> (windows dvd maker) doesn't seem to support .mov files.

Maybe the easy use of ffmpeg will work?

	% ffmpeg -i in.mov out.avi

See "man ffmpeg" for more details.

Of course mencoder can do the conversion as well:

	% mencoder -ovc lavc -oac lavc -o out.avi in.mov

Other options might be needed if you need to change quality,
resolution, aspect ratio or frame rate, or use a different
codec (because AVI is just a container, it can hold different
formats for the video and audio information).

	% mencoder -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=92 -xvidencopts bitrate=150 -o out.avi in.mov

Maybe you can also use the avidemux2_gtk program, but I can't
promise it will properly import MOV files...


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