transcoder recommendation: Avidemux

[David Rosenstrauch]

On 12/25/2009 03:40 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Merry Christmas.
> 
> Todays software stocking stuffer is Avidemux:
> http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
> 
>    Avidemux is a free open-source program designed for multi-purpose
>    video editing and processing, which can be used on almost all known
>    operating systems and computer platforms.
> 
> I originally installed it with the intention of using it for simple 
> video editing (like chopping out commercials), but have yet to use it 
> for that. Instead, after trying many times unsuccessfully to transcode a 
> particularly challenging video using traditional FFmpeg and Mencoder 
> command line tools, I gave it a spin, and was surprised at how easy it 
> was to produce correctly formatted video on the first try.

+1

Whenever I have problems with ffmpeg unable to squash a video down for 
ipod viewing, a quick run through avidemux first nearly always fixes the 
problem.

DR