mencoder: Converting .ogv to .avi

recordMyDesktop produces videos in .ogv format. Youtube and many other websites fail to play the .ogv video. Use mencoder to convert the .ogv video. mencoder is a simple movie encoder, designed to encode MPlayer-playable movies to other  MPlayer-playable formats.

In ubuntu, install the mencoder using

>sudo apt-get install mencoder

once installed, use the following command to covert the .ogv file to .avi file.

>mencoder video.ogv -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts pass=1 -o video.avi

 There are many more options to mencoder, read the man page for more info.