FFMPEG is a command line utility that just about anyone who has used video in Linux is familiar with. It will convert FLV files to AVI, MOV, M4V (iPod), RockBox, etc. and do so easily. However most people hate command line stuff, and I don’t blame you. Most GUI-based FLV converter apps are absolutely terrible, save for one: WinFF. Don’t be fooled by...

By default when you create screencasts using recordmydesktop in Linux (Ubuntu specifically), the output is an OGG container file. As anyone who has tried to bring that file into Windows quickly learns, there’s not too much software out there that will “understand” OGG in Windows, and even less available if you want to edit it later on using...

I bought a QuickTime Pro 7 license in 2006 (yes I actually did pony up the 30 bucks) so I could get some additional functionality out of the software. I recently found out that the version is now up to 7.5 so I downloaded the upgrade. The notice shown on install would make it appear as if your license is no longer valid after you install this. Not true. Your 7...