Here's Why

Converted

To be able to share my videos with people who don't have a GeeXboX , I have to convert the MOV or MP4 or whatever files to something they can watch at home, like DVD-video mpg. WinFF is the free open source solution for Windows. Its a small, fast front-end to the free FFMPEG video conversion library that will convert anything to anything, even mobile phone video formats.

GeeXboX is built around Mplayer which can play any media because it is built on FFMPEG. Mplayer also has a Windows incarnation.

About the author: Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, research assistant, Cisco CCNA tutor, Physics laboratory demonstrator, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator; while changing his career to freelance writing and broadcasting. Listen to Ian on the Diffusion radio science show on radio 2SER 107.3FM Monday at 6:30pm in Sydney or streaming audio on www.2ser.com, or listen to the Diffusion podcasts. You should follow me on twitter, here