[MPlayer-users] converting a .mov file with mencoder

[Pierre Frenkiel]

hi everybody,
I wanted to convert an Apple QuickTime file to mpg. with mencoder, as it
is not recognized  by ffmpeg.
I tried:

     mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy\
         file.mov -o file.mpg
     mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac mp3lame\
         file.mov -o file.mpg

but I only get:

      MPlayer SVN-r31918 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
      success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x5cac2f78

and then the program is stuck, without producing any output.
I am on Debian Squeeze.
Can anybody help me?

-- 
Pierre Frenkiel