Decoder for Quicktime .mov

[jbk at mail2.gis.net (jbk)]

Kristian Hermansen wrote:
> On 3/4/07, jbk <jbk at mail2.gis.net> wrote:
>> My digital Nikon camera can take movies but it saves them in
>> as an RLE codec encapsulated in the QT.mov format. None of
>> the Linux movie apps that I have installed can read this. I
>> have tried Vlc, Totem, and Totem-xine to no avail. Is there
>> a program that can convert this to a file type that can be
>> read by the most common Linux Apps?
> 
> ffmpeg or mencoder are your best bets...

Thanks, ffmpeg was already installed and it worked.

# Nikon Camera Movie Conversion with ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i DSCN1156.MOV -target pal-vcd emily4.mpg
# This command works. May not be the best quality

I do not know what the 'pal' prefix signifies, I just tried 
various options until the error messages ceased. Do others 
have a similar camera that they convert movies from? Mine is 
a Nikon 4600. I am using the default movie recording 
settings which are pretty low quality.

Jim K-R

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