Frontend for ffmpeg

[talsemgeest]

Hey all, I have been writing a frontend for the command line video encoder FFmpeg. To pass the course for school I need feedback from the wider community stakeholders which, in this case, is the Ubuntu community.

It is functional, but it is certainly not ready to be released. It is still a very simple program, and I will continue to work on it after I have completed the school-related part of it.

So, if anyone is brave enough to try it, has ffmpeg installed, I would appreciate any feedback on whether or not it is "fit for the purpose", which is to be a Beginner-friendly frontend for ffmpeg. If you want to try, the download is here.

If you dont have ffmpeg installed, you can get it with

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Thanks,

talsemgeest.

[Simey]

Hey,
I had a little play, and it works, but I don't know if I'd let a beginner loose on it; there is no open file dialogue where I can just click the input file. That leaves typing the full path or dragging the file in to the box then adjusting the path name to make it work.
Same with output.

It has potential, though.
Good luck.

[dragos240]

It works fine here! Pretty usefull! Adding to the AUR.

[talsemgeest]

Hey,
I had a little play, and it works, but I don't know if I'd let a beginner loose on it; there is no open file dialogue where I can just click the input file. That leaves typing the full path or dragging the file in to the box then adjusting the path name to make it work.
Same with output.

It has potential, though.
Good luck.

Yes, I actually put a file-chooser into the gui, but I couldnt figure out how to make it work with python. That is first on the list of things I will have to put in though. Thanks for the feedback

It works fine here! Pretty usefull! Adding to the AUR.

Excellent, good to know it works. Thanks for the feedback

[Frak]

Works nicely, I like it.

[dragos240]

It'd also be usefull to add that you need python.

And gtk2

[talsemgeest]

Works nicely, I like it.

I am glad you like it, thank you for the feedback

It'd also be usefull to add that you need python.

And gtk2

Ah, thanks for mentioning that, I will have to add that to the docs somewhere.

[dragos240]

By the way. Does that server of yours stay up 24/7?

[sloggerkhan]

I think you should lose the tabs and put all the options in one window.

[talsemgeest]

By the way. Does that server of yours stay up 24/7?

Yes, its up 24 hours a day, and should be getting a bandwidth increase in the next couple of days.

I think you should lose the tabs and put all the options in one window.

Really? I think the tabs simplify the interface a bit. However, I will make a single-window version for you to try out, it shouldn't be too difficult.