muahahah! after making FEBEzip & FEBEunzip executable, i was able to export my profile from ubuntu and import it into osx. woot! that beats having to install everything by hand.  [febe 5.2.2 here]

after looking at the mythtv wiki for mac osx, it seems like it would just be easier to roll up a small virtualized mythbuntu frontend instead of installing all the development libraries and configuring a myth environment. or i should just go order a mediamvp instead and see how an $80 mythtv frontend works.

have an avi you want to convert to a (s)vcd? use osx? you need ffmpegX.

from their webpage

• Reads the following input formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DIVX, XviD, non-encrypted VOB and VIDEO_TS, Quicktime .MOV, .DV, .WAV, Real Audio, Real Video, H.263, MP4 H.264, PGM, YUV, PPM, AC3, PCM8/16 bits, mulaw/Alaw, WMA-1/2, SUN AU format, MP2, MP3, AAC, 3GP, FPS1, ALAC, and even more formats
• Converts the above formats to DivX, AVI XviD, H.264 MP4, MOV, DV, 3GP, Sony PSP, MP2, MP3, AAC, AC3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD, CVD, SVCD, KVCD, KSVCD, DVD, KDVD and MPEG-TS with complete control over encoding options.

[ ffmpegX homepage ]

it takes a while on my ibook g4, but hey it works. it’s also nag-ware/shareware, but it’s not like it’s painful to pony up the $15 donation they ask for. if you need to go the other way and covert a dvd to mpeg-4, check out handbrake. gotta love well packaged tools that just get the job done.