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Subject: Re: wmv to avi
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In the immortal words of Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>...
> is there a tool you can convert wmv mov rm to something standaart ?
> what about mpeg to something smaller ?
> can mplayer do this ?
> 
> PS is totem better then mplayer ?

For starters, there are a number of tools you can use.  I have a
preference for transcode, mencoder does a nice job as well. 

look in the ports collection under multimedia.

Cheers

Tim

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