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~ I entered this into the Terminal: /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC /Users/MacBook/Desktop/original.mov :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=1024}:standard{mux=mp4,dst=/Users/MacBook/Desktop/transcoded.mp4,access=file} ~ This is what the Terminal told me: [0x275bb8] main interface error: no inte...

~This is what I enter into the Terminal: /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC "Users/MacBook/Desktop/original.mov" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=1024}:standard{mux=mp4,dst=/Users/MacBook/Desktop/transcoded.mp4,access=file} ~This is what the Terminal tells me: [0x275bb8] main interfac...

I tried this, but I guess I don't understand how it works. I guess I learn better following an example. If I wanted to convert original.mov to new.mp4, what's the exact command-line text that I would enter?

Ok. How exactly do I go about accessing the command line portion of VLC?

When I try to transcode a video to the MP4 format, the highest bitrate I can choose is 3072 kb/s. I would like a higher bitrate. Is it possible?

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but one more question... I'm in OS X using VLC 1.0.0 to capture the iSight and save it as an MPEG-4; the capture seems to come in only at 160x120 instead of the iSight's native 640x480. Also, I'd like it to be in AVI instead, but I don't see this as a big issue comp...

I have Windows XP running on the aforementioned MacBook since I have a particular brand of editing software the is XP-only. Will the Windows version of VideoLAN also be able to record from the built-in iSight?

I have the same problem. It shows the iSight in the list of capture devices, and I even specify the filename that I want the captured video to go in, but it doesn't do anything when I hit the OK button. There is no "record" button that I can find. I can't find anything in the VLC help file...