I am trying to find a GUI based Linux program that would convert videos to ipod .mp4 format. Anyone know of a good one?
So far I’ve been forced to switch to Windows and use Videora, but I am tired of doing that.
I’m fairly sure avidemux (packman) will do that.
Hopefully oldcpu will reply.
I’m pretty certain that ipod video is h.264 encoded.
ffmpeg handles that nicely and any front-end to that like tovid of avidemux should work for you.
They’re in the packman and videolan repositories.
I don’t own an ipod. Is that something that is grown in the garden? 
Is there not more than one type of ipod? If so, does that mean there are different video formats?
I recommend you surf for this … some hits I got were:
Try winff. Despite the name is a linux frontend to ffmpeg so it also has to be installed. Works fine and it also allows to easyly convert videos to 3gp format (cellphones)
Thanks for all your help guys. I’ve installed avidemux and the qt4 frontend for it. There’s a neat ipod configuration profile that makes it really easy!
avidemux is indeed a great tool. However it fails to recognize ogv or ogg video’s. Any tool with gui which handles ogg too?
ffmpeg will do it I think, but I don’t know of a front end.
In my last post i quoted winff that’s an ffmpeg frontend!
A lot of the converted videos don’t have properly synced audio. How do I enable audio sync in avidemux?
Avidemux has an audio sync feature right on the main page, but you need to do it manually via trial and error. ie try various iterations of 50, 100, 150, etc … (or other values) changing the start time of the audio vs the video.
That assumes the desync is consistent. If the desync is variable through out the video it is much much more difficult to try fix (and imho in that case not worth the effort).
Where exactly did you get this winff from? In yast no winff package is found, and I have packman set as a repo. When I search for packages in the software search site of opensuse Webpin it doesn’t find winff either. Not for opensuse 11.0, 10.3 or 10.2 …
As an aside, aren’t there any programs that will automatically detect the audio delay in a video clip? GordianKnot used to do that, and then it would insert exactly that delay when muxing back the encoded audio and video.
I am pretty sure ffmpeg had a async feature that automatically synced audio with video. And the delay I am experiencing is not consistent - it grows worse over time. I am pretty sure it has something to do with the framerate but I am not sure how to correct that.
some sources and comments on winff
Linux Tip: Right-Click and Convert Videos to iPod Format
a review from linux.com on winff
Linux.com :: Video conversion in Linux with RippedWire and WinFF
seems like a very useful extra programme to know of for video formats