converting a vob file to avi?

[Was_Just19]

Well if you really want to get into it you should try VLC -- Convert/Save

[davidwillis]

wow, tons of options.... by the way, devede worked great, and played on my dvd player.

[coffeetime]

t@b encoder is a good front end encoder for this...

http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=tab-video-converter-encoder

Thanks

[Was_Just19]

t@b encoder is a good front end encoder for this...

http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=tab-video-converter-encoder

Nice simple converter that I have not user before ...... thanks.   

[T6]

devede is basicaly a frontend for mencoder but it looks like a complete solution isn't?  you can find this and avidemux in windows if you ever need them, they work exactly as on linux

the bad part is that devede is slower compared to avidemux and other solutions

remember to verify that devede doesn't change resolution or aspect ratio of your file unless you want it that way

no idea why other users posted so long solutions and ended up recommending the same options i did in the first place  

[Was_Just19]

no idea why other users posted so long solutions and ended up recommending the same options i did in the first place  

Don't let it upset you          

[T6]

ok   

sometimes i think that people just can't see what i write       or choose to ignore, well 

[Archie]

what'd you write about, T6? 

there could be one other reason. many users prefer a step by step instruction and probably did not "get" much of what you suggested. don't feel bad about it. i've had my share of "that's-what-i-suggested" as well and i'm sure a lot of us felt the same way.

have a good one, man.

[T6]

yes, step by step seems to be the idea but that kills all the fun from linux, explore and learn in the process

from the few things i learned form linux most come from exploring and fooling around, the rest come from this forum and from internet(but not from google  )

[exwintech]

T-6 - You make some good points, but not everyone is an innovative go-getter and Linuxian Guru like you. It's great that there are a lot of your type around - or we either wouldn't have a Linux - or it wouldn't be where it is now.

> However, we're not all so blessed, and some, like me, are downright-boring.... 

> That is - while we very much like the things that make Linux better than some still-competing Systems, we're not the Advanced-Linuxer, Cutting-Edge, always must have the latest - stable or not, thingummies, doo-dahs, Shinies, Tinsel-and-Circuses - often from Command-Line - Enthusiast-Coder-Gurus.

> The Other 95% - or maybe, in Linux, 90% - of us, do actually need a Desktop-PC - and yes, 4-6-8 Desktops are indeed 4-6-8 times better than 1 - that has predictable, reliable, work-every-time, apps, tools, utilities, and Enviro functions...

> It's excellent that Linux has multiple options-choices for so many Tasks. But underneath that is the necessity to have a "predictable-reliable" and easy to use "one-of-each" - that you can "use instantly, without fuss, that works the same way, to do the same things, every time".

> This thread wouldn't have strung-along as many Replies - if there was one "standard in Linux" app to do what the Header Poster asked about. As the Repliers have noted - there are many Linux devices that will convert a VOB to an AVI file. What's the standard app for that Task - that most Desktop Distros install with - so all regular Linux Users know about it and its standard functions? There isn't one.

> You have to find one and install it. Which one? What does it do - and how does it do it?

> Well - you Ask on a Forum - and if it's a Forum as helpful as this one - you generate a Thread like this.... 

> And that applies to a lot of things. Unless you're using KDE-4.x, which should have a "standard" burner app, in User-Usable condition - but instead has a maybe-nearly Alpha version of what used to be good-ol'-reliable K3b...

> I haven't seen an Alpha or Beta Burner App in a Linux Desktop PC since about Mandrake-8.x - and in that you tossed-up between an experimental K3b, and an experimental XCDroast... K3b became rather more usable circa Mandrake-9.x...

> Earlier I described a User Sequence to do the VOB-to-AVI task with Avidemux. Because that's the easiest, full GUI dialogs, current app that does the things the Poster asked, and has a pretty good range of User-Usable Selections, Configurations and Filters, across a good selection of formats.

> It wasn't just aimed at the Poster - there are a lot of "bit shy" New Friends around who might want to know that - or for a similar Task - as well. They download a (nowadays) - "HQ" Flash Video - and want to convert it to MPEG4 / Xvid - for their TV Player, so on. While Linux has a lot of devices that can so that - Avidemux is the easiest-to-use app that gives "good" results.

> If one puts in an "explainy" Reply - the shyer folk can either then come in on that thread - or do a PM - "You said how to do VOB-to-AVI with that easy-sounding Avidemux thing - but how do I do Flash to AVI with it...?"

> And that happens... Quite often.

Regards, Dave.

[Was_Just19]

It's excellent that Linux has multiple options-choices for so many Tasks. But underneath that is the necessity to have a "predictable-reliable" and easy to use "one-of-each" - that you can "use instantly, without fuss, that works the same way, to do the same things, every time".

Not that I would fully agree but I do see the point.
But even if you did manage to have a set of apps that would be considered "standard" that would only apply to one distro as other devs would have differing opinions on the matter.
So it seems that the 'standard' apps are included in the ISO, in so far as is possible, when the distro is released. Space of course determines what is included and what is not.

Then there are the differing desktop environments with their own specific apps, to confuse the matter further.

Taking it all a step further one might end up believing that choice, or too much of it, is a bad thing.
For me there can not be too much choice.

PCLOS and KDE3 has been so reliable to date that I have never hesitated to install another application when it is mentioned on the forum, just to see how it operates.
This has of course resulted in a rather large installation ..... my   /  is currently 13GB in size. It is still rock solid.

I found threads like this very useful ...... I would install every one of the apps mentioned and try them myself.
That to me is the beauty of the choice we have.
Eventually I suppose I will do a new install and not include most of the apps I have in this one as they have been tried/tested and I have my 'regulars' - apps I rely on more than others.

It is all part of the fun .......  for me at least.   

regards.

[exwintech]

JohnBoy - Well-said, indeed. However, I was making the assumption that as this is the PCLOS Forum, the generality of a "standard set of usual apps-etc", would here apply to PCLOS. And on the BloggsLinux Forum, to their BloggsLinux, so on, per Distro.

> It is indeed interesting that your install is 13GB! You must like many Options-Choices! Mine is about 3.8GB. I certainly try different things, and if they work well and I'll be using them, leave them in. If not, uninstall with Synaptic.

> As you say, some "standard" apps are included in the ISO. Some that used to be, such as OpenOffice, now can't be, as the System and its essentials have expanded somewhat. And upping the compression to cram even more into an old-fashioned 700MB CD capacity, would most likely add to the CD-from-ISO at "perfect quality for installing" burning procedure glitch-introduction possibilities.

> Of course, going to DVD-size would cause folk with slower Internet and/or small Download Quotas, some problems. But - only wondering - if there might be a case for 2-CD installs? That was quite common, earlier - some even had more than 2 CDs - I still have a "Presentation" 4-CD jewel-case with the 4 CDs of Mandrake-10. Yes, it did cost Actual Money - $19.95 at that time. I don't recall going into a Financial-Meltdown over that.

> But downloading a "Main Install" CD of 700MB, and a Continuation CD - not necessarily the full 700MB - just a total of 1GB would give the Team a lot more leeway with what they could put in, as "standard with the install" - shouldn't cause too many problems. With the bloat of KDE-4.x - if that's included on the install CD, that might become a practical idea.

Regards, Dave.

[Was_Just19]

Just maybe, at some future point in time, PCLOS will consider releasing a "more beefy" ISO including a lot more apps, alongside the release of the CD ISO, which because of space limitations is rather cut-back on apps.
The larger ISO might only be 1.5GB ..... or as you suggest maybe put it on 2 x CDs.
For me the larger ISO would be preferable. It makes no difference to my flash drive.

Quite a number of distros are releasing larger ISOs, some doing it in addition to the CD ISO.

At this time also, unlike maybe 5 years ago, there are few optical drives in use that are incapable of playing and burning DVDs.

We shall see .....

[T6]

derailed post!!!  please a admin come and help!!!!   

[daniel]

is this app in synaptic?

if not...

is send...