Kino, a Nokia N70 and MP4 files?

[Flamekebab]

Aloha everyone!



Apologies for the over-cheerful greeting, but I'm pretty happy, having
managed to edit my first video in Kino (something I've been dreaming of
getting around to doing for about 18 months now!).



I was previously using a little Mustek DV4000 video camera, not a great
bit of kit, but kinda fun. It produced .ASF files which it claimed were
MJPEGs, but every video editor (Windows/Linux) I've tried claims
otherwise. I eventually managed to convert the videos to MJPEG for
editing (had to do that under Windows - is there a decent video
converter for Linux, at all?).



Having produced one basic video with Kino and being disgusted at the
quality my DV4000 produced, I resolved to try the high-quality
recording setting on my Nokia N70, outputting in MP4 (not sure on the
codec though - H264, perhaps?).



The results were quite pleasing for a phone camera and would easily
play in Xine.



"Ah! Excellent!" I thought, getting ready to order that shiny 1GB
RS-MMC card I'd seen for a penny under £20, only to find that Kino (in
the words of Carol Beer..) "says no".



I'm quite experienced with video formats, in Windows terms and I have
some experience with Linux and Ubuntu (I've used every version since
Hoary) but I am completely stumped as to how to either:

  
- Gett Kino to open the MP4s my N70 produces

- Convert them under Linux to a format that Kino does like

  



I want to be able to edit video under Linux, although not to an
advanced degree (yet) but just so I can bring my laptop along with me
when I travel, record videos on my phone and then put them together on
the move.



One final question - how on Earth do I get Kino to let me either edit
the audio of my film, or let me import a soundtrack?



Last time I used a Windows video app to recombine my new audio track
with the video. I'd rather not have to resort to Windows at all!


-- 
Flamekebab