I found a free video converter!

[drcshine]

I just found a free video converter at giveawayoftheday.com, it's totally free and available only for 24 hours! Go get it now!
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/aimersoft-video-converter/

[buzzqw]

try Mencoder/FFmpeg!

BHH

[foxyshadis]

try Mencoder/FFmpeg!

BHH

That's what's behind all of these $30 all-in-one GUI clones anyway. There are genuinely free ones that are the same, no need for a 24-hour rush on something mediocre.

[Dark Shikari]

1. Sell a GUI for a free software product.

2. ???

3. Profit! :p

[CruNcher]

That's what's behind all of these $30 all-in-one GUI clones anyway. There are genuinely free ones that are the same, no need for a 24-hour rush on something mediocre.



1. Sell a GUI for a free software product.

2. ???

3. Profit!


Yeah it's unbeliveable how many of those Guis come out every week and how much allready exist, slowly i can't count anymore and some have very funny names :P for example companies that aren't existing anymore coming back to life like Ahead (Nero) ;)

But the potential problem in this is if one build of ffmpeg/mencoder produces uncompliant streams all of those clones gonna produce them and so we are flooded with faulty encodes, the good thing is that most of the time the devs of ffmpeg/mencoder try to circumvent such problems by implementing workarrounds later in the decoder (to be able to playback those buged bitstreams) but what is with commercial decoders that don't use those workarrounds or SAPs big big interoperability problem this can become if you ask me.

[Dark Shikari]

Yeah it's unbeliveable how many of those Guis come out every week and how much allready exist, slowly i can't count anymore and some have very funny names :P for example companies that aren't existing anymore coming back to life like Ahead (Nero) ;)

But the potential problem in this is if one build of ffmpeg/mencoder produces uncompliant streams all of those clones gonna produce them and so we are flooded with faulty encodes, the good thing is that most of the time the devs of ffmpeg/mencoder try to circumvent such problems by implementing workarrounds later in the decoder (to be able to playback those buged bitstreams) but what is with commercial decoders that don't use those workarrounds or SAPs big big interoperability problem this can become if you ask me.
Personally I think its a good thing: it gives an advantage to people who use good, quality free software, and a disadvantage to people who use worthless proprietary GUIs. :)

[PatchWorKs]

Uhm, and what about MediaCoder (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/) ?

Introduction
MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices. MediaCoder intends to be the swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time and at this moment, it already has millions of users from 170+ countries all over the planet.


Features In Breif

Convert to and from many audio and video compression formats and re-multiplex into various container formats in batches
Full control over transcoding parameters, you can learn about audio/video encoding and play with various codecs
Strong decoding capability for partial or corrupted contents
Simplified UI for popular mobile devices (e.g. PSP, iPod)
Fully standalone, no dependance on system codecs/splitters
Extension (scripting language) infrastructure to expand user interfaces and improve user experience


Typical Applications

Improving compression / reducing size for audio/video files
Converting for audio/video playback devices (digital audio player, MP4 player, mobile phone, PDA, PSP, VCD/DVD player etc.)
Extracting audio tracks from video files
Ripping audio/video discs
Reparing corrupted or partial downloaded video files


Supported Fomats

MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, AAC+v2, MusePack, Speex, AMR, WMA, RealAudio, mp3PRO*
FLAC, WavPack, Monkey's Audio, OptimFrog, AAC Lossless, WMA Lossless, WAV/PCM
H.264, Xvid, MPEG 1/2/4, Theora, Flash Video, Dirac, 3ivx*, RealVideo*, Windows Media Video
AVI, MPEG/VOB, Matroska, MP4, RealMedia*, ASF, Quicktime*, OGM*
CD, VCD, DVD, CUE Sheet*



http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/screenshots/mediacoder.png

Open source (GPL) but not yet multiplatform (Linux version is on the way)...

:helpful:

[Hard Core Rikki]

Uhm, and what about MediaCoder (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/) ?

Open source (GPL) but not yet multiplatform (Linux version is on the way)...

:helpful:

And indeed you were :thanks: If its on sourceforge, no need to bother with other paywares then.

btw, what did this very thread have to do with new and alternative codecs anyway, like, at all, apart from the "commercial" plug for proprietary GUIs ??

[zambelli]

Uhm, and what about MediaCoder ?
Hmm, that looks like a very interesting tool. Does anybody know what the codec backend is? Ffmpeg and libavcodec? Does the tool have any dependencies (Avisynth, DGIndex, etc) or is it completely standalone?

[Placio74]

Hmm, that looks like a very interesting tool. Does anybody know what the codec backend is? Ffmpeg and libavcodec?
MEncoder, FFmpeg, x264, Xvid (xvidcore.dll), Lame, FAAC, neroAACenc and many more...

Does the tool have any dependencies (Avisynth, DGIndex, etc) or is it completely standalone?
MediaCoder not used DirectShow or VfW (but can use Avisynth as source).

[nullstuff]

...AFAI remember, MediaCoder depends on FireFox for settings dialogs, too.

-- nullstuff