how can i use FFmpeg through SSH to convert movies to divx?

[piston]

Ok, I don't know much about this. I did manage to install FFmpeg on my server through SSH. I have a site where people can upload movies, but they are sometimes huge and I'd liek to be able to convert them from whatever they are into Divx. What would I have to do? Would I have to reinstall FFmpeg with Divx? What would I type into SSH to convert the movies? Any help is appreciated.

[Baldrick]

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[piston]

how does this look for converting all videos to .flv and audio to mp3, then deleting original avi?

ffmpeg -i "*.avi" -acodec mp3 -vcodec Sorenson H.263


I am so lost

[celtic_druid]

You shouldn't have to recompile since libavcodec can handle DivX decoding.

*.avi won't work. You are going to have to learn to write a shell/bash script. Then set up cron so that the script runs at set time intervals.