Print this page. Recommend
Slashdot it! Delicious Share on Facebook Tweet! Digg

Converting and Processing Video Files with Transcode

HANDYMAN

Author(s): JÖRN REDER

Transcode is a handy tool for manipulating video files at the command line. With its modular architecture, the Transcode utility gives users much more than simple format conversion.

Transcode is a tool that converts files from one video format to another format. You can also use Transcode for other kinds of video file manipulation, such as resizing video frames. If you expect a video conversion tool to give you a pretty GUI, you may be in for a disappointment with Transcode. Transcode [1] is a command line only program with a several command line based controls. Like most non-GUI tools, Transcode’s big advantage is its flexibility, and its major weakness is usability.


Read full article as PDF »


Comments


Print this page. Recommend
Slashdot it! Delicious Share on Facebook Tweet! Digg
Related Articles
CUT AND TOAST DVD Authoring on Linux
Wherever you go...

...Linux Magazine goes with you!

Check out the advantages of a Digital Subscription:

  • Access articles by downloading PDFs,
  • find the Linux solutions you need with an easy keyword search,
  • maintain your own paperless archive...

more...

 

In the US and Canada, Linux Magazine is known as Linux Pro Magazine.
Entire contents © 2009 [Linux New Media USA, LLC]
Linux New Media web sites:
North America: [Linux Pro Magazine]
UK/Worldwide: [Linux Magazine]
Germany: [Linux-Magazin] [LinuxUser] [EasyLinux] [Linux-Community] [Linux Technical Review]
Eastern Europe: [Linux Magazine Poland] [Linux Community Poland] [Open Source DVD Poland]
International: [Linux Magazine Brazil] [EasyLinux Brazil] [Linux Magazine Spanish]
Corporate: [Linux New Media AG]