vlc has an easy interface in which you can use to convert these files. In
this example...

http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/18/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-your-tivo-and-onto-your-ipod-with/

it shows you how to do it. Of course your targeting the web not an Ipod. But
you get the idea...

<http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/18/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-your-tivo-and-onto-your-ipod-with/>On
Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 22:17 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote:
> > I have a video that I need to put on a web site. The video file is
> > 4min 25 seconds long, NTSC, 23.976 fps, 7978 frames 740X480. This
> > translates to 134.4 MB as a .vob file and 83.4MB as a .mpg file. I
> > would like to find a way to reduce the size of the video file - what
> > other formats should I use? What Linux tools will help me convert the
> > movie?
> >
> > I would prefer to use the website's embedded video player, which
> > supports these formats:
> > * Quicktime (MOV, MP4),
> > * Windows Media (WMV, AVI, WMA, ASF),
> > * RealMedia (RAM)
> > * Flash (FLV, SWF)
> >
> > If these format do not result in a smaller file than MPG at 83.4 MB,
> > what other format should I use and what Linux tool will help me
> > convert the file.
> >
> > Thanks!
> ----
> mencoder which is a tool that is part of the mplayer package
>
> from the mencoder man page...
>
> EXAMPLES OF MENCODER USAGE
>       Encode DVD title #2, only selected chapters:
>       mencoder dvd://2 -chapter 10-15 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc
> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4
>
>       Encode DVD title #2, resizing to 640x480:
>       mencoder dvd://2 -vf scale=640:480 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc
> lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4
>
>       Encode DVD title #2, resizing to 512xHHH (keep aspect ratio):
>       mencoder dvd://2 -vf scale -zoom -xy 512 -o title2.avi -oac copy
> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4
>
>       The same, but with bitrate set to 1800kbit and optimized
> macroblocks:
>       mencoder dvd://2 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=1:vbitrate=1800
>
>       The same, but with MJPEG compression:
>       mencoder dvd://2 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mjpeg:mbd=1:vbitrate=1800
>
>       Encode all *.jpg files in the current directory:
>       mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=25 -o output.avi -ovc lavc
> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4
>
>       Encode from a tuner (specify a format with -vf format):
>       mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 tv:// -o tv.avi -ovc
> raw
>
>       Encode from a pipe:
>       rar p test-SVCD.rar | mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=800 -ofps 24 -
>
> Craig
>
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