video conversion

Video Conversion

.mkv to .avi:


                    mencoder source.mkv -oac mp3lame -ovc copy -o result.avi

.mp4 to .avi:


                    ffmpeg -i source.mp4 -vcodec libxvid -b 1200k -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k result.avi

To get video info:


                    ffmpeg source_vid_file.ext
                    

                    -- or --
                    

                    avconv source_vid_file.ext