transcoder recommendation: Avidemux

[Danny Piccirillo]

For those that prefer to use a framework like GStreamer,
i'd highly recommend PiTiVi http://www.pitivi.org/

Arista and Transmageddon are two excellent transcoders which use gstreamer
http://programmer-art.org/projects/arista-transcoder
http://www.linuxrising.org/transmageddon/index.html

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:29, David Rosenstrauch <darose-prQxUZoa2zOsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 12/25/2009 03:40 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> > Merry Christmas.
> >
> > Todays software stocking stuffer is Avidemux:
> > http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
> >
> >    Avidemux is a free open-source program designed for multi-purpose
> >    video editing and processing, which can be used on almost all known
> >    operating systems and computer platforms.
> >
> > I originally installed it with the intention of using it for simple
> > video editing (like chopping out commercials), but have yet to use it
> > for that. Instead, after trying many times unsuccessfully to transcode a
> > particularly challenging video using traditional FFmpeg and Mencoder
> > command line tools, I gave it a spin, and was surprised at how easy it
> > was to produce correctly formatted video on the first try.
>
> +1
>
> Whenever I have problems with ffmpeg unable to squash a video down for
> ipod viewing, a quick run through avidemux first nearly always fixes the
> problem.
>
> DR
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