[FC5] video tools for linux?

[Paul Smith]

On 10/13/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> >>>I want to join two mpegs into one ( two VCD disk's mpreg files) and
> >>>convert it to different format like DivX or Xvid. Googlig gave me some
> >>>result like "mpgtx" http://mpgtx.sourceforge.net/ AFAIK I know the
> >>>later part I can do with "VLC". I need some suggestion and ideas if
> >>>other tools exists to do the joining job.
> >>
> >>Try projectX
> >
> > memcoder
> > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html
> >
> > If you're looking for a GUI tool you could try Cinelerra.
> > http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3
> >
> >
>
> I will add my vote for mencoder as it is very, very powerful.  You can
> convert almost anything to anything with it.
>
> It can do it all and many other things as well.  Note, depending on the
> version of mpeg, the conversion will cost you some quality.

For encoding video, I use videotrans and I am quite satisfied. Its site is at

http://videotrans.sourceforge.net/

Paul