| OggConvert makes Ogg converts (and converts to Oggs) | ||
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Provided by yangyi at 2007-12-22 21:12:25 | ||
OggConvert is a simple, GUI-based video transcoder that outputs only to the free Theora and Dirac formats. It couldn't be any easier to use, and it's the quickest way to get a feel for the still-new Dirac codec. No need to tweak pages of arcane settings -- just drag, drop, and watch. You can download OggConvert as source code, or as a prepackaged binary for Debian, Fedora, SUSE, or Ubuntu. The latest release is version 0.3. OggConvert is written in Python, and uses GStreamer to perform its media conversion work. In order to convert to the Dirac format, you need at least GStreamer 0.10.11 and the libschrodinger encoding library. GStreamer should be available on every modern Linux distro; libschrodinger is less mature, so packages are not as widespread, but it's available through the standard package management systems of Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora. Conversion experienceWhen you launch OggConvert, you could be excused for thinking "that's it?" The interface is extremely simple. A file selection button is at the top, a couple of option selectors are below it, and a place to specify the output file name and location is at the bottom. 
The file selection button opens a GTK file select window that looks for compatible input files. Compatible files include all formats with a MIME type of video/* or audio/* -- which does not include existing .ogg media, which are typed application/ogg. Once your input file is selected, you have your choice of Theora or Dirac for the video codec. Two sliders allow you to separately set Video Quality and Audio Quality on a one-to-ten scale. ...... Please access the below link to view the full content. Original link: http://www.linux.com/feature/123574 |