[MEncoder-users] how to convert mkv to avi?

[belcampo]

rulet1 at meta.ua wrote:
>> belcampo  writes:
>>
>>> You say 'intermediate'
>>> AFAIK it's not officially supported by 'most players'
>> BS. It plays fine with mplayer and ffplay on my Linux machine. It will
>> work with xine too. I just did a test clip and transferred it to my
>> friend's Windows machine. It will play in VLC and WMP. I bet more
>> players support this than the mkv container.
>>
>> Charles
>>
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> 
> The reason why I wanted to convert mkv to avi is to play this films on the
> usual home theatre (because it plays avi).
What do you mean by "usual home theatre" (because it plays avi). ?
Is this some sort of hardware media-player ?
You should first investigate what your "usual home theatre" can play. Is 
it mpeg2 in avi, mpeg4 in avi, which mpeg4 divx/xvid or also part-10 
h264 stuff ?
You 1st have to know that before you go transcoding and doing it by 
trial and error.
> So I see before to convert I have to know what is inside mkv container,
> how todo that -- is Mediainfo a program for that?
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