[PLUG] Converting .mov to .mp4 ... on Linux

[Mel Andres]

Rich Shepard wrote:
>    I have one downloaded video in .mov format. When I tried to play it with
> mplayer the attempt failed because libdivxdecore.so.0 could not be found. My
> Google search for the library's parent turns up a lot of *BSD hits, but
> nothing in source that I can build on my Slackware box. Looking further, I
> see that DivX is a DVD pay-per-view codec, which I neither want nor need.
>
>    Looking next for .mov to .mp4 converters all I find are tools for winduhs;
> nothing I saw runs on linux.
>
>    I'd appreciate suggestions from those of you who are more knowledgeable of
> video formats on what to do to enable me to view this file.
>
> Rich
>
>   
I have one .mov file to play with. I can get it to play with totem, 
although it fist complains about the GStreamer. I haven't found anything 
to convert video.  I might have the winduhs tools available.

Mel