Thanks to all who responded, but ffmpeg is apparently still not found on my system.
cat workshop2.VOB | ffmpeg -i - workit.mp4 ffmpeg: command not found This was after I did this: sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install ffmpeg Then this: dpkg -l *ffmpeg* Got this result: | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=================-=============-=====-======================================= ii ffmpegthumbs 4:4.14.2-0ubu amd64 video thumbnail generator using ffmpeg ii gstreamer0.10-ffm 0.10.13-5ubun amd64 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer ii kffmpegthumbnaile 1.1.0-0ubuntu amd64 video thumbnailer for KDE ii libffmpegthumbnai 2.0.8-2 amd64 shared library for ffmpegthumbnailer ii libxine1-ffmpeg 1.1.21-2ubunt amd64 MPEG-related plugins for libxine1 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss