Compress Canon IXUS 860 IS videos

• Configure your /etc/apt/sources.list, add this line:

  deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main

• Install the debian-multimedia repository's public key:

  sudo apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

• Install transcode :

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install transcode

• Supposing your input video is mvi_0004.avi and you want to convert it into test.avi using XVID codec, just type:

  transcode -i mvi_0004.avi -o test.avi -y xvid

Tip: do not use the same filename for -i and -o options. I got strange results with the video sound…

Tip 2: this simple command can be used to convert all the AVI in a directories hierarchy

find . -name "*.AVI" -exec transcode -i {} -o {}.xvid -y xvid \;

Notice: if you need a nice user interface, just install avidemux