When I tried to run this to convert a video:

cat workshop2.VOB | ffmpeg -i - workit.mp4

This was the result:

ffmpeg: command not found

When searching my system for ffmpeg, I found lots
of entries, but apparently not the right thing.

Or ... what do I need to differently to get this to work?


locate ffmpeg | fgrep lib
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegcolorspace.so
/usr/lib/kde4/ffmpegthumbs.so
/usr/lib/kde4/k3bffmpegdecoder.so
/usr/lib/kde4/kffmpegthumbnailer.so
/usr/lib/kde4/kfilemetadata_ffmpegextractor.so
/usr/lib/transcode/export_ffmpeg.so
/usr/lib/transcode/import_ffmpeg.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpegthumbnailer.so.4
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpegthumbnailer.so.4.0.8
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpeg.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegcolorspace.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegscale.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libquicktime2/lqt_ffmpeg.so
/usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4
/usr/share/doc/libxine1-ffmpeg
/usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4/copyright
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ffmpegthumbs.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ffmpegthumbs.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/kffmpegthumbnailer.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/kffmpegthumbnailer.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.postinst


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