November 28, 2007
Video transcoding made easy
Let's assume that you're already a Linux user. Let's also stipulate that your particular desktop of choice is KDE. With both those things being true, you can easily convert video files from within your file manager, such as Konqueror or Dolphin. Excerpt:
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KDE users, hereÂ’s a neat application that creates a Â’serviceÂ’ in your file manager that allows you to easily convert videos to other formats using ffmpeg.ffmpegmenu is what you need. After copying the simple script into the right directory, an action will appear in the sidebar of either Konqueror or Dolphin (your choice), which easily allows you to convert selected video to DVD, MPEG or into iPod format with a couple of clicks.
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Once installed, highlighting a .avi file should show the following in the sidebar (this screenshot from Dolphin):
And itÂ’s done!
Anyhoo, check it out.
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