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[Patrick Finnegan]

On Tuesday 11 January 2005 11:25, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> >Roger Merchberger wrote:
> >>As I have to, at both work and home. Work: Peachtree. Other than
> >>that, I SSH into all of my linux servers. ;-)  Home: MPEG
> >>transcoding software from my TiVo to SVCD. Linux just doesn't have
> >>the (inexpensive) software yet. Good stuff is $$$$$, free stuff
> >>isn't worth dealing with.
> >
> >Are you on crack?  Mencoder does the job admirably.
> >
> >Gordon JC Pearce
>
> I've got to agree with Roger, the free encoders just aren't worth
> messing with.  The interesting thing is that $50 gets you TMPGEnc

And I'll have to agree with Gordon.  I've used mecnoder to transcode 
several things from MJPEG (what my video capture card spits out) to 
MPEG4/DivX.  It usually works flawlessly.  The only bear is getting it 
set up the first time (and figuring out the command line).  But once 
you've got "a Clue", it works great.

Of course, by now we've drifted WAY off topic...

Pat
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