[plug] Converting Video formats on Linux

[Chris Griffin]

Thanks Marc, I will take a look. 
All of the dv to whatever utils that I have looked at so far seem to
be using the DV as a generic term and not specifically .dv format. All
the utils I have downed and then tried to use expect the input as .avi
only and will not let me select anything else. I have actually tried
to do it with Virtual Dub and it does not like the .dv files.

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:06:52 +0800, Marc Wiriadisastra
<marc-w at smlintl.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> DVto avi is a free program for winblows that does it.  Also virtual dub
> and a few others here are some links that will help you.
> 
> http://desktopvideo.about.com/
> 
> http://www.robfisher.net/video/  Linux version
> 
> There are a few more if you google about video editing you will find
> heaps of free or open source can't remember for winblows.  I have never
> seemed to get it to work on Linux.  Thats not to say it doesn't work it
> does quite well however I'm incompetent.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Griffin wrote:
> 
> >My Father asked me if I could take the contents of a VHS tape he had
> >borrowed from a friend (a 2 part series off the ABC entitled
> >"Longitude") and put it onto a DVD for him. I set about and  (via a
> >borrowed DigiCam) copied the 3 hour VHS tape in stages to 2 x 1 hour
> >mini DigiCam tapes and then down to my PC via the Cannon Video
> >Presenter software that came with the DigiCam (thought it would be
> >most compatable). Trouble is it saved it in a .dv format (what this is
> >I know not).
> >So after all this I end up with Longitude-1.dv, Longitude-2.dv and
> >Longitude-3.dv.
> >The next step was to convert these to something that I could then put
> >onto a DVD, trouble is anything that will read these files will only
> >allow me to play them, attempting to convert them works but I get no
> >sound. As you would have guessed, this is all on Windblows.
> >Does anyone know if I can get this completed using Linux?
> >That is, convert the .dv files to something like .mpg or .avi.
> >I no longer have the VHS tape and only two of the three on mini dv
> >tape. I have borrowed the DigiCam again and used Nero to download the
> >two mini tapes directly to mpg without trouble but the third file is
> >where I am stuck.
> >Sorry for the long saga.
> >
> >Chris Griffin
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