I have already spent hours looking for what I need and if it is already posted in Ubuntu forums then I simply cannot find it.
I have vob files that I have converted into some rather huge avi files (8GB converted from four and a half GB of VOB) but what I need is a prog to take that very same file and make it into a smaller (700mb or less would be great) file. I have seen full length features in avi format of this size that didn't sacrifice much for video quality. I have seen lots of reference to how Avidemux can do it but either the instructions were in techie talk (i.e. way beyond me) or they simply didn't work or, in some cases, options that instructions said to exercise within the program simply weren't there.
I am quite new to Linux. I can enter code into the terminal and download and install deb packages but other forms of installation I am having difficulty with. I have no idea if I am using Gutsy or any of these other terms for differentiating different forms of Ubuntu. I took 8.10 from the new install page and used that if that helps.
There was some talk of converting using DivX but I don't see that in my options for output format in Avidemux.
I really like Linux for a wide variety of reasons but my primary computer uses seem to involve things that are difficult to enable on this OS. I would love to hear I am wrong.
Please help!
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