video conversion

[Tapas Mishra]

2011/2/27 Franz Waldmüller <waldbauernbub at gmx.at>:
> Am 2011-02-14 09:26, schrieb Ali Hassan:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I need a tool to convert videos I download from youtube, like flv clips,
>> to be playable on my mobile phone.
>> My mobile is Samsung Player One. I have a very nice utility that does
>> that in windows, But I am most of the time using Ubuntu 10.04.
>> Please do not tell me "youtube-dl" it does not work.
>> I have been searching the web for a month now, and all tools they
>> suggest, they install good, but at conversion time they give you an
>> error message.
I use a command line variant known as ffmpeg to convert to videos.
you can give a try to GUI winff it is easy to use.
Should serve your purpose.
Also a long time back I read following
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/top5-linux-video-editing-system-software/
never tried myself you can give it a try.