Dave Smith wrote: > I've got a 500MB QuickTime video that I would like to convert to DivX or > some other video format that takes up less disk space. I also want to > chop out some of the video at the beginning and end. The video does have > audio. I've played with some of the utilities in libquicktime, but none > of them seem to offer the ability to chop the video. Any ideas? Could I > do this with mplayer? If so, how?
I think you're looking for mencoder, which is part of the mplayer package. Look at the examples section at the bottom of the mplayer man page. > P.S. The video is an on-board camera on my R/C plane as it crashes into > the top of a 60-foot tree and gets stuck. Pretty hilarious. :) Will you post it online? Sounds fun. Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
