From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 05:46:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE55437B401 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:46:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9945643FBD for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:46:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h3MChDC4066737; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:43:13 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:43:13 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser To: Joe Pokupec In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030422094035.I56950-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-119.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: Free BSD List Subject: Re: Video Compression Apps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:46:06 -0000 On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Joe Pokupec wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm a FreeBSD newbie. I have a file server set up on 4.7 using Samba for > file services and Apache for web services. I have lots of videos that I > capture from TV and save in MPEG1 (VCD) format and store on the FreeBSD box. > > Does anyone know of an app that can be scripted or scheduled (using cron) to > regularly convert these MPEG1 video files into DIVX or MPEG4? For that Install the mplayer port (multimedia/mplayer) and take a look at mencoder. I use it for the reverse: to convert divx into VCDs > matter, are there any MPEG1 or DIVX video editors and/or capture utilities > available for FreeBSD 4.7? The mjpeg port has some utils for capture from cameras. Fer