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Easy Media Converter for Linux? You bet! Miksoft nails it.

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I have used a few converter programs on Linux in the past like, Avidemux, OggConvert, and Pitivi. However, a few months ago I stumbled on a media converter for Linux that I had not heard of before and discovered they had a deb file already created for Ubuntu Linux, so I figured it was worth the few clicks to check it out. I was surprised to discover a simplistically elegant interface although importantly it also worked perfectly each time I threw a “family video” at it.

Most of us have been in a situation from time to time when we needed to convert a video file to another format. We would all claim of course that it was of a family event that we recorded last summer. Ahuh. There have always been tools and programs available to help automate the process, although in many instances the interfaces were cumbersome and confusing. Some on the other hand were very easy to navigate but never seem to work quite right.

I have used a few converter programs on Linux in the past like, Avidemux, OggConvert, and Pitivi. However, a few months ago I stumbled on a media converter for Linux that I had not heard of before and discovered they had a deb file already created for Ubuntu Linux, so I figured it was worth the few clicks to check it out. I was surprised to discover a simplistically elegant interface although importantly it also worked perfectly each time I threw a “family video” at it.

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Comments (6)

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azerthoth ·
If you read on the website it even states that it is really nothing more than a GUI for mencoder/ffmpeg. So all they really nailed was drawing some pretty buttons on your screen. Not saying that it may not be the ultimate PBI, but other folks nailed it, these folk borrowed it, credit where credit is due.
TxtEdMacs ·
az,

[serious]

I run NoScript by default having as much turned off as possible. However, even after giving the site permission I still saw no article only a side bar on the left that appeared more as announcements (being uncharacteristically kind) or advertisements on the left.

I am glad to learn I really missed nothing.

[/serious]

YBT
azerthoth ·
@txt,

It threw me too, I finally found a little clicky link that expanded the article. but yeah, nothing really missed at all.

No offense to the author of the article, I'm glad you found something that you like and that you decided to share. The layout for where you posted it though and the manner in which you have to proceed to read it. Very counter intuitive ... very ... well the word ick is the one that sticks in my mind.
ComputerBob ·
@TxtEdMacs -- I had exactly the same experience and reached exactly the same conclusion. ;)
tmx ·
MBT, azerthoth: is to be expected when you read articles from buntfu.com. I'm glad I could even read the actual article this time.

WinFF is another ffmpeg frontend.

tmx ·
WinFF http://winff.org has been around for a long time and has tons of presets for portable media players. But it's good there is another one and it seem to have a Mac version, which WinFF doesn't.

Here is a list of presets that WinFF come with: Apple: iPhone & iPod, QuickTime (h.264 & MOV) Audio: AC3, MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WMA AVI: MS Compatible AVI, XviD Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Music and Video Creative Zen Raw DV DVD (NTSC & PAL) Flash (flv) Google Android LG Chocolate Microsoft: Powerpoint, WMV for Web, WMV2 Generic, Xbox 360, Zune Mobile Phones: 3GPP (h.263 & h.264), 3GPP audio, MP3 mono MPEG-4 (MP4, h.264) Neuros OSD Nokia: N810, Nxx video Palm Rockbox: Apple (iPod Nano, Photo & Video), Cowon X5, iRiver H10 & H300, Sansa e200, Toshiba Gigabeat F/X Sony: PS3 720p, PSP, “Walkman” series Tuna-vIDS VCD (NTSC & PAL)

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