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Cc: Naim <naim@bitcare.dk>
Subject: Re: AVI to MPEG conversion
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On Friday 14 July 2006 05:11, Naim wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am looking for a tool to convert an AVI file into MPEG.
>
> I have looked at both mplayer and ffmpeg, but I can't quite seem to figure
> this out.
>
> If anyone has the patience and knowledge of how to do this I would
> appreciate it a lot.
>
> Best and kind regards,
> Rico

Rico,

Have a look at multimedia/tovid in the ports collection. It will do exactly 
what you want.

This link provides some basic info.: 
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/511457.html

See the man pages for more details.

David
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