[mythtvnz] Anyone know of a AMV convertor for Linux?

[Nick & Ann Read]

Quoting Jason Haar <jhaar-ourshack-com@whanau.org>:
> I just took delivery of my first "video ipod" clone. You know - plays
> videos on a teeny-weeny screen thingy (technical term I know)
>
> Anyway, the most efficient format to use for them is AMV - the size of
> the screen allows you to throw out most content. It can take a 1 hour
> MPEG movie down to ~160M. That's pretty cool.
>
> Anyhow, it comes with a Windows based AMV converter which does the jobs
> nicely. But I'd like a Linux version.
>
> So has anyone heard of a tool for converting MPEG/AVI/etc into AMV?

Looks like this would be interesting:

http://www.myth2ipod.com/myth2ipod.html

Nick