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

[m0gely]

Rich Shepard wrote:

>    When I try to view the video with mplayer I get a missing library:
> 
> [rshepard at salmo ~]$ mplayer Placing_Shadows_on_Zone_IV.mov 
> mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libdivxdecore.so.0: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory

Have you installed the codec pack for Mplayer?

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/

Honestly, I don't know much about this sort of thing on the Linux front. 
But if it's an MOV file, that's Quicktime, and the essential codec pack 
has quicktime support in it.

>    If I can avoid this hassle I'll do so. What might I try since mplayer
> wants a library I cannot seem to find?

As I mentioned, VLC.

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- m0gely