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OK, that renaming trick worked. Getdeb has the Build-Depends as debhelper (>= 6), scons, libsdl-gfx1.2-dev, libsdl-image1.2-dev, libsdl-net1.2-dev, libvorbis-dev, libglew-dev, libasio-dev, libboost-regex1.40-dev All which are available in the stock Mepis 8.5 repos, though it may need the newer libas...

Ok, all three files in one folder, then "running extraction command on the .dsc file"... gotta figure that out. I wouldn't call that the "easy way " neither.... so far. Besides the full-on packager's guide, did you take a look at the much shorter "backports.txt" one-pa...

Thanks. I looked through your how-to. What do i need to take care of when using an Ubuntu package? (which files do i need to check?) I download this one: vdrift_20100630-1~getdeb1.debian.tar.gz and go the usual way? (mhhh... obviously that is not the one i am looking for) Might be it won't work ( l...

Do it the easy way and create deb packages from debianized source files from here:

http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb/ubuntu ... /v/vdrift/

though I can't be sure if we can build it on Mepis...

see here for a short howto:

https://sites.google.com/site/stevosfil ... kports.txt

Avidemux does a pretty good job for many formats--I showed a fellow at work how to use the IPod preset to convert video on the Windows version, and it it played perfectly.

I took a look at it--I think it's a bit overhyped, since it's just a front end to mencoder, and all it does now is convert to Flash video. Maybe when it adds a few more formats?