Computer noob needs help with video format conversion [duplicate]

Question

I need to convert 2 movies from the .MKS format to a .MP4 or .AVI file. How would I do that? I would prefer doing this in a GUI as I am not comfortable with the Command Line Interface.

Answer 1

Try installing Handbrake from terminal (you can open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T)

sudo apt-get install handbrake

Then open handbrake from Unity Dash or from terminal by typing ghb

Handbrake is GUI multimedia converter and will definitely do the job.

Answer 2

The Ubuntu Software Center has Winff . It's a GUI for ffmpeg which will git 'er done.