Compress Canon IXUS 860 IS videos

• Configure your /etc/apt/sources.list, add this line:

  deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main
  

• Install the debian-multimedia repository's public key:

  sudo apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

• Install transcode :

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install transcode
  

• Supposing your input video is mvi_0004.avi and you want to convert it into test.avi using XVID codec, just type:

  transcode -i mvi_0004.avi -o test.avi -y xvid
  

Tip: do not use the same filename for -i and -o options. I got strange results with the video sound…

Notice: if you need a nice user interface, just install avidemux