well i did actually find a solution, courtesy of the ubuntu community...and without having to boot into windoze!!!! <div>On 04/02/2008, mark mccloud <<a href="mailto:mark.mccloud_3@hotmail.co.uk">mark.mccloud_3@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>  Hi,        javed right about here is where some samrt ass says there are never any problems only solutions, or something of that ilk that while being true is so infuriating when you cant see the solutions yourself, ce la vie mon ami! bon chance mes ami. <blockquote> <hr> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:35:26 +0000 From: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:javadayaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">javadayaz@gmail.com</a> To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:alan@popey.com" target="_blank">alan@popey.com</a>; <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Need to convert dv files into vob files in kino <div> success,,...i did what you advised...and guess what its in the process of converting now!!! I am indebted to you mate :) <div>On 28/01/2008, Alan Pope <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:alan@popey.com" target="_blank">alan@popey.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex">On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 03:11:33PM +0000, Javad Ayaz wrote: > well im not techie. no knowledge of programming so obviuously terminal is a > bit daunting....but i can follow instructions...so you never know.!! it > might just work for me! :) > > Although point and click has its attraction!! :) > Good news! After a bit of googling I discovered "WinFF" which is a cross platform 'frontend' to ffmpeg. It looks pretty easy to use, and more importantly for you, it's a graphical application :) <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://biggmatt.com/winff/" target="_blank">http://biggmatt.com/winff/</a> Download at the above site and install with gdebi (it will then pull in ffmpeg from the repository. Cheers, Al. -- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote> <hr> She said what? About who? <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.msnsearchstar.com/" target="_blank">Shameful celebrity quotes on Search Star!</a></div> -- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>