Howto convert an Mpg video format file to Wmv

Below is a snippet we obtained from a forum which may work to convert an Wmv video format file to an Mpg video format file. In order that you can convert one video file format to another you will need some packages installed and you will need some codecs. Having tried this example below on a wmv file to covert to an mpg file which although it worked the quality wasn't maintained.

#> mencoder movie.wmv -o movie.mpg -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -of mpeg

How to convert YouTube videos to DivX or XviD

We wanted to be able to play flv's on a standalone player, however as you can not stream the video backwards or forwards when playing through a site's Flash videos or with a standalone player, it was though preferable to convert the flv's videos into formats that would allow a greater degree of file manipulation.

Introduction.

Adobe® Flash Player does not support 64 bit Linux, so getting it to work, is a bit of a nightmare. But thanks to the folks at dipconsultants, it is now possible. Essentially, what those folks have done, is write a wrapper that allows the ordinary Linux version (32 bit), to work in a 64 bit environment.