Yes. But, it's not a GUI app. If you're comfortable with the command line, converting from one video format to any other desired video format can be done using ffmpeg.
Probably someone else can suggest a decent GUI frontend for ffmpeg?

how to reinstall ubuntu ontop of itself?

you have any source regarding the command lines?
i dont mind gui or tui as long as there is way and tutorials thanks

perhaps u can give winff a try, it use ffmpeg as backend, http://www.biggmatt.com/winff/

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Added on December 8, 2008, 7:21 pmn there is a discussion tread with similar request http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=700148

This post has been edited by fastcx: Dec 8 2008, 07:21 PM

thanks man

welcome, lately a bit busy, year end mad dash for more $$ hehe

dash for more money is good, recession coming, must save money.

yup, more over, have some plan coming up! need more money to spend with my babe

hi again, i have another question now, i've installed mplayer and i tried playing .RMVB files in full screen, the video is not stretched to full screen but only same as normal. so any solution to this?

install gnome mplayer as well, n use it to play

ok nvm, i found the solution by using smplayer. its better in my opinion.

ok, by input setting manually into config file works as well

ok. I have a symbian phone which is a Nokia 6630 which i would like to use as a modem via my laptop's(BenQ T31) built in bluetooth. I am using DiGi's EDGE. I have researched, and found some, but i just cant. anyone has experience with using their phone as a bluetooth modem?

this is the only gripe i have with my linux box. If this is solved...then its bye bye windows for good.

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Added on December 11, 2008, 10:11 pmOK!!! finally got it to work. After 1 week of digging and research and reading and trials and errors. This is how i got it. Basically, you need to establish a serial connection between the devices.

Get your phone mac address:

- Make sure your phone is discoverable
- run "hcitool scan"
- write doen the mac address for later usage.

Find your phone's Dialup Service Channel number:

- run "sdptool search DUN"
- Scroll slowly down and find the Dialup Service
- Take note of the number of the channel it is at

note: On my phone(Nokia 6630) it was on channel 15.

Next, write within /etc/bluetooth/pin:

- Type "1234"

Next, edit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf:

#
# RFCOMM configuration file.
#

#rfcomm0 {
# # Automatically bind the device at startup
# bind yes;
#
# # Bluetooth address of the device
# device your-phone-mac-address;
#
# # RFCOMM channel for the connection
# channel your-dialup-channel;
#
# # Description of the connection
# comment "Bluetooth PPP Connection";
#}

Lastly, edit your /etc/wvdial.conf:

- My phone is a Nokia 6630 hence the "6630". Replace with your phone model.

[6630]
Modem = /dev/rfcomm0
Baud = 460800
SetVolume = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Init1 = ATH
Init2 = ATM0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","diginet","",0,0
FlowControl = None

[Dialer DIGI]
Username = digi
Password = 1234
Phone = *99***1#
Stupid Mode = 1
Inherits = 6630

THAT IS ALL. Connect by running:

$> wvdial DIGI

Dont close the window when it is connected. If you want to disconnect, press:

Ctrl+C

I hope it works with you guys too. If it doesnt, maybe you need to play around with the settings.

This post has been edited by pornstar: Dec 11 2008, 10:15 PM

Hi, I'm new to linux and Ubuntu. Currently. I'm installing Ubuntu Server, I can't seem to connect to my existing proxy server which is running Microsoft ISA even I've key in my proxy server (http://username:password@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/). So I can't do any update to get ubuntu-desktop, etc... Help, anyone?

You could run this as root (sudo):
sudo export http_proxy=http://username:password@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080
sudo export ftp_proxy=http://username:password@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080

Then run apt-get.

Or add those 2 lines to your root .bashrc ( probably Ubuntu does not has root .bashrc ), so add it to /etc/bash.bashrc)

Hi, want to ask. I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 amd64 and boot from my pendrive. I want use Times New Romans fonts but i can't install msttcorefonts_2.5_all.deb. that i download from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/amd64...ttcorefonts/2.5. It always say Error:Dependency is not satisfiable:cabextract. Any suggestion to solve this?

Thanks

I think you're going at it the wrong way installing software like this. You shouldn't be installing debs directly, all software should be installed through Synaptic package manager. You'll find this under System->Administration->Synaptic

Once you open Synaptic, just click on Reload. Then once it's done reloading (which may take a while). Then simply use Search to find the package you want, click on it's checkbox, select 'Mark for installation'. Then click Apply. That's it.

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Added on December 25, 2008, 6:25 pmI had this problem at work & somehow everything I tried (including the above) didn't work. I was lucky that the proxy was required for http only. So I switched the default Ubuntu repos over to a nearby FTP repo & that worked for me.


This post has been edited by ongte: Dec 25 2008, 06:25 PM

or you can just simply install cabextract:

sudo apt-get install cabextract

Thanks~!! It works like charm

Now installing the Fonts package.

Hi, I have a problem on my Kubuntu...

I don't know why my Desktop didn't have icon and I can't seen to add icon/files on Desktop... Have tried explore the System Settings, can't find any settings that seen like related to this...
But I still can add widget on it...

Is there anyway to make the Desktop show the icon?