[Novalug] Video converter

Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith@ieee.org
Tue Oct 6 14:35:55 EDT 2009


Okay, because I'm the idiot here ... let me point out that was 1 search.
I was thinking that people could "follow my lead" and do more searches.
I was merely pointing to FreshMeat, with an example.

The problem with e-mail is that people don't differentiate between different
approaches.  What some might think is playful, "hey, do you remember that
FreshMeat exists?" is taken as arrogant sarcasm.

Which is why I shouldn't even bother pointing things out.  I can't be playful.
I can't be direct.  I can't do anything without such.

Yes, I personally use Handbrake for ripping/encoding.  I then use a couple
of DVD menu programs.  All GUIs.  I use a couple of scripts I wrote too, for
batch work.  Freshmeat is far from perfect, and takes a couple searches.

But I don't try to tell people what to use, much less guilt people for Windows.
As I said, there are options.  Try them out, see what does and doesn't work.
That's all I can suggest.  Sorry for the added humor.

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From: John Franklin <franklin@elfie.org>



On Oct 6, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>Whoa!  Lo'n behold ...
>
>http://freshmeat.net/search?q=ffmpeg+GUI&submit=Search  
>
>A lot of this stuff is over five (5) years old.
>
>

That link returned a grand total of 7 hits, broken down we have:

* 2 VoIP applications
* 1 ffmpeg front end for Mac OS X (that I've used and would only recommend it if your alternative is doing ffmpeg via SMS on a RAZR with a wonky 6 key)
* 1 that processes video to "detect shots" (crime prevention?  photo shoot video taping?)  No home page, no downloads.
* 1 that specifically creates video for mobile phones (3gpp)

Of the two that might fit, the first one Xmffmpeg has a home page now owned by a squatter, and thus instantly disqualified.  The second one WinFF is primarily written for Windows, but they bothered to do a GTK port.  By just the name i ignored it entirely the first time through the list assuming it was a Windows only program.  Based on the screen shots, this might be workable, but I have little hope of it being a "good" solution.

There really isn't a good linux front-end for video conversion to DVD.  I wish there were.

Interestingly enough, Handbrake doesn't even show up.  HB doesn't create DVDs, but it does use ffmpeg.

jf



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