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- TheRealPod, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Why are the mac only programs always the mac user's favorite?
- andron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It should have source code somewhere. Its on sourceforge, they only permit open source.
And yet there is no source download listed on sourceforge, and the zip contains only an executable.
This may warrant an email to SourceForge.
I shall go back to Mplayer, Mencoder and Pac. - Gaiden, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I dugg it since I like the idea , but the last time I tried this program it didn't work so hot for me. Most of the encoding I do is normally Avi to DVD and a program with the same name did the job quite nicely for me Avi2DVD (http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.html)
- Hurricane, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8The source code is with each of the open source projects that make up this package, there is no need to include the source for evey single piece with the package.
- jimbo66ca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Super video transcoder does FLV's.
- mwales, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5He is obviously using a bunch of FOSS/GPL stuff for this, but I don't see any source code posted himself. Is it simply a GUI that forks and calls standalone GPL apps? Even then, he should state what it's using and provide alteast links to where people can get the stuff from.
- MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah transcoding from lossy is a bad idea, but sometimes you have to. Say you download something in one format, but want to watch or listen to it on a device that does not support that format. What do you do? Transcode it.
And transcoding from lossless is fine. I was gonna use this to transcode some FLAC files to OGG/Vorbis, but this thing runs like ***** in WINE. - johnsto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This is a top piece of software, but be aware it has some fiddly interface issues. Presets, for example, are a bit dodgy and don't seem to be loaded properly. 'Global' and 'private' conversion settings are confusing. Lots of things aren't explained.
However, give it some time, learn how it works, and it makes everything very easy indeed. I use it all the time now. Great stuff. - HeadGreebo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4i have to say it works fine for me, seems like the best free transcoder ive ever used. i usually use ulead media studio but that cost a lot. this is a great free transcoder and every1 should use it. now i just wish they had .flv convertion.
- MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9"Where's the source code?"
And the Linux version. - mhanley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well, I think the "Universal" moniker was in reference to the multitude of formats it supports-- not the range of Operating Systems it can run on.
- hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Except the interface itself is not a separate package.
- Skinner72, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Seems like it might be useful but is really nothing new. Also, no support for .SHN files is a minus.
- asmodeus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Indeed, when things are given away for free and have virtually no chance of becoming commercial software, I don't understand the desire to keep the source closed.
- ThankTheCheese, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I remember TMPenc, havem't used it in years. I used to be really anal about video conversion quality but it required using half a dozen different apps -- one for each step in the process. Then Nero Ultra came around and I just use that now. The quality isn't as good as it could be, but it's so much easier!
- stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is known to be a mis-reporting by norton anti-virus.
- MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Nope, and I tried it in Wine. Runs like *****.
Might try Cedega and see if I get some different results.
Update: Cedega won't even run it.
Guess I'm back to mplayer & oggenc. - lonegeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Windows Operating System or "Linux + Wine".......Not really compiled for linux then eh?
- mike1979, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I hate it when dvr-ms format is ignored - Oh well there's always doctor divx :
http://community.divx.com/labs/viewEntry.php?id=27&cid=2 - MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@Odiumjunkie
1. Not everything is offered it the format you need. Just try getting every content distributor on the net to encode in the format you can play on X device. Not gonna happen. If it won't play and you really want to listen to or watch it, you gotta transcode it. That or do without.
2. What do you think transcoding does? It decodes it, and then encodes it.
3. And why not trust it? All this really is is a frontend to other encoders and decoders. Basically it's the same as if you had done it yourself, just easier. As long as it calls the encoder correctly there should be no problem.
4. There is nothing wrong with transcoding from a lossless file. Remember how transcodeing decodes and then encodes? Well that original decode gives you a perfect wav or RAW file. You know, identical to a CD (assuming the original encode was done correctly). There should be no problem encoding that to whatever format you want. Now lossy is a different story.
Yes, if you are transcoding from lossy it will look/sound worse in the end. but if thats all you have to work with to get the content you want playing on the device you want you have to do the best you can with the tools available. - antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Great freeware. I use it all the time!
- sweetnjguy29, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Because my new Creative Vision:M portable player can't play all DivX or Xvid compression schemes or high bitrate mpg's that my video capture card makes. Or Mp4s.
- Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3If it supported DVR-MS it'd be the only media transcoding app that i'd ever use.
Damn... - stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The SVN link: https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mediacoder
- stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Will support it if there are really many users require for it. But I am not in favor of non-open-source audio/video formats.
- y0himba, on 11/01/2007, -1/+2This is suspicious freeware. For a bit the author was using Google Ads in the interface, which is a violation of Sourceforge terms. Now he gives the option to turn them off and to display a Paypal button. I don't think this belongs on Sourceforge, and certainly using an HTTP server built into the program is suspicious alone.
This software is unintuitive, heavy, and suspicious, shifty at best. It should be removed form Sourceforge and there is actually an open case about just that at Sourceforge. Sites are listing it as adware.
IMHO, stay away form this one. - coldpizza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd rather prefer to have a bunch of well commented .BAT files that would do the same things that MediaCoder does. Isn't it just a GUI on top of third party command line tools?
- noouch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Looks like a good alternative to TMPGenc Express, and better even.
- Teaboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Me too.
/me wishes MediaPortal would hurry up with their ts engine - sdresser, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8My favorite is a new program called VisualHub. Great interface, very easy to use and it does EVERYTHING. However, it is Mac only.
http://digg.com/apple/VisualHub_-_Universal_Video_Converter_from_creator_of_iSquint_ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4ive been looking for something like this: easy to use, no installing codecs and most importantly a GUI.
but how fast is this thing? - crc515, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3If I'm not mistaken, this only runs on Windows or Linux + Wine. So, no OS X or native Linux?
How is that Universal? - stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1None of above.
- sdvegeta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yes, I like this. too much software I used to play those audio/video .
- stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Source code in SVN, with public access. You should know this is a common thing for SourceForge projects! Why I don't state this on website is that in China, people don't obey GPL.
- MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I agree. Don't list Linux as supported unless it's native. WINE is NOT support.
- dfunct, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5I'll vouch for VisualHub, I'm loving the Xgrid encoding ... shaves hours off some projects!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2It's news to me, and good news at that
- CrazyScntst, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Odiumjunkie:
That's what transcoding does: it decodes the frames and then encodes them in your target format.
And besides, it's not a closed binary it's probably using ffmpeg or another opensource project to do the transcoding/encoding - stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is not a adware, but an open source free software, with all source code freely available. I just hate people who spread tales and mislead others.
- deepsub, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4If you have access to OS X, FFMpegx is hard to beat.
http://www.ffmpegx.com/
" * As simple as 1.2.3 : Drop a file, choose a destination format, and click "Encode".
* 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.
* Super-fast. Many conversions are faster than realtime. DIVX encoding on a G5 dual is twice as faster as realtime.
* Queue encodings in the ffmpegX Progress window.
* Includes a full-featured universal video player (mplayer) supporting VOB and text subtitles, with choice of fonts, font sizes and international text encodings including Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Greek and more.
* Supports subtitles in VobSub, SubRip, MicroDVD, SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle, JACOsub and MPsubt formats
* Allows creation of DVD selectable subtitles
* Includes a subtitle converter with OCR from VOB image format to SRT text format.
* Includes a bitrate calculator to control best image quality and target filesize.
* Includes an automatic crop tool.
* Includes a series of video tools like split, join, fix, mux, demux.
* Compresses a non-encrypted DVD to 4GB without reencoding it.
* Reauthors SVCD as DVD.
* Creates DVD image files from VIDEO_TS folders.
* Converts SRT subtitles to DVD Studio Pro 1.5 format.
* Creates AVI or MPG files with two audio tracks.
* Authors as VCD or K/XVCD (.bin/.cue files for burning with Toast by dropping the .bin into VCD window).
* Authors as SVCD, CVD or K/XSVCD (two .img files to be burned in Toast under Multitrack XA window).
* Authors as DVD (/DVD/ folder for burning in Toast DVD mode, and .img file for burning in Disk Image app or Toast disk image mode). " - Szekely, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is one of the best programs I have ever used. Kaspersky finds no viruses/trojans.
- stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No, it's much more than a GUI of command line tools.
- antitab, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Thank: Let me guess. vStrip, DVD2AVI, AVISynth and/or VFAPI, VirtualDub/NanDub/TMPGEnc/CCE?
- IneffablePolk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Looks cool, I guess. I'll try it out, but just from the description I'm not really sure what advantage this has over existing software.
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2"Why are the mac only programs always the mac user's favorite?"
Get a Mac and find out for yourself! ;-) I can think of 3 favourite apps of mine that are only on the Mac: TextMate, HandBrake, MacTheRipper. HandBrake started on BeOS though, so technically it's not Mac only. But that's only 3 apps, I have many other favourites that are cross-platform, or at least run on a wide variety of unix-like OSs. - tanaeem, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Anyone else having problem to download??
- hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8Where's the source code?
- stanleyhuang, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Fast speed or good quality is all depend all how you make the settings.
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