gtranscode 0.3 review

gtranscode is a GTK+ GUI (graphical use interface) front-end for transcode written in order to make this powerful tool easier to use

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 19K Developer: Fuzzymonkey.org

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gtranscode is a GTK+ GUI (graphical use interface) front-end for transcode written in order to make this powerful tool easier to use. Transcode is a powerful video and audio processing tool that can read in just about any format of video and/or audio and convert to just as many different formats. In addition to transcode's extremely flexible modular concept for reading/writing different formats and codecs, it can apply filters, do re-sampling, resizing, cropping, and more. The cost from all this comes in the form of over 100 command line options but gtranscode aims to simplify.

Here are some key features of "gtranscode":
organized layout to reduce confusion
supports all of the options that most users will want
uses tcprobe -i (from transcode package) to summarize information about input file before processing
shows the equivalent transcode command line for troubleshooting and familiarizing users with command line options
any extra options not supported by the GUI can be manually entered in the entry box before hitting "GO"
automatic "maintain aspect ratio" calculations
automatic "projected filesize" calculations based on bitrates

What's New in This Release:
added much needed cancel button to progress window
added capability to tcprobe an entire directory and add the number of frames up. This allows a directory to be transcoded without the progress bar saying NaN.