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The simple video transcoder for Linux. Choose your video, select the new format, hit OK and presto, it's done.

Current release: Linux video converter 0.9.1

Released Jan 21, 2009 — tested with Python 2.5, Python 2.4

Made the cancellation and progress algorithms more robust. Fixed documentation.

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Get Linux video converter for Linux with RPM (48 KB)

Installable RPM package

Get Linux video converter for SYS Linux (70 KB)

Installable tarball

Experimental releases

There are no experimental releases available at the moment.

Project Description

Project resources

Linux video converter makes it easy to convert your videos to several popular formats to archive or upload into video sharing communities.

It is free software distributed under the GPL version 3, and it uses the powerful Mencoder transcoding suite.

At the moment, Linux video converter lets you convert videos to the following formats:

  • YouTube (low-resolution high-quality)

Please submit requests for other formats to the bug tracker.  If you can, post details on what optimal transcoding settings to use.

How to install Linux video converter

Simple.  Any of these will work:

  • Recommended: Set up The missing RPMs repository on your machine and then install Linux video converter using your distribution's software manager,
  • install the dependencies manually and then use the RPMs provided in the download area,
  • install PyGTK+ and Mencoder, then install the source release from the releases page using the Python's distutils instructions.

Self-Certification

[ ] Internationalized

[ ] Unit tests

[ ] End-user documentation

[ ] Internal documentation (documentation, interfaces, etc.)

[ ] Existed and maintained for at least 6 months

[X] Installs and uninstalls cleanly

[ ] Code structure follows best practice