Additionally- available cross platform (Linux, Mac and Windows) is the utility that I use- Avidemux. It's at http://avidemux.berlios.de/index.html and I've used it successfully on my Linux desktop. It offers a GUI, and you can also run from the command line should you so desire. M On 11/27/07, Rich <rich at on-the-net.com> wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > For the techies here - check out Mencoder - this is part of the MPlayer > project - it is one of the main tools for media > work on Linux - there are windows versions If you have an current > linux distro, all you have to do > is yum or apt, up2date etc to install it. > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html > > We are making both flash video and youtube like uploads from the DVI > videos Carlyn is shooting for http://www.earththrives.com > > Gui are great if you want dumb and they are well packaged but for > repeating of the same task, > nothing beats a command line interface. > > Rich > > Jeff Rutherford wrote: > > > > I asked several weeks ago about converting AVI video files to MPEG-4. > > > > I downloaded QuickTime Pro, but it's not doing the job. I have video > > files in AVI that I'm trying to import into the iMovie 08 on my Mac. > > But iMovie won't import AVI. > > > > Is anyone else doing this? Can you recommend some software for this > > conversion? > > > > Jeff > > > > Jeff Rutherford > > jeff at jeffrutherford.com <mailto:jeff at jeffrutherford.com> > > 413 369-4128 - phone > > 866 677-4108 - fax > > -- > Rich Roth > CEO On-the-net > > Bringing you complex online systems since the net was young > http://www.tnrglobal.com - http://www.on-the-net.com/rr/ > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -- Sincerely, Michael Klatsky --- TnR Global, LLC http://www.tnrglobal.com PO Box 550, Greenfield, MA 01302 michaelk at tnrglobal.com