Video file converter question..

Does anyone have a suggestion for a good, free video converter that will convert avi to mpeg?
Thank you!

It depends on what you are trying to achieve. There are a number of options. As for the previous post, an AVI is a container, not a codec. So, are you looking to convert the video from one codec to another, or switch containers, or what?
What's the end goal? Do you need to convert for player compatibility? Editing?

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