Open Source Unix Shell Video Converters

Vidiot is a non-linear video editor targeted for home video editing. It supports compositing (scaling/rotating/positioning), cropping, changing speed, adding transitions and titles, trimming, key frames, etc.

The Dodger-Tools are a constantly growing collection of BASH tools and Debian packages for Linux users and administrators.

This is a static FFmpeg build including x264 (8/10 bit), x265 (8/10 bit), vp9 (8/10 bit) and fdk_aac (HE-AAC) especially for anime encoding. It was originally created for use with the FFmpegYAG graphical user interface (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpegyag/).

ffx264 is a TUI (Terminal User Interface) Bash shell program script written for the GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems for encoding video files to the H.264/AVC video format using FFmpeg and the libx264 library. Targeted primarily at encoding of full-length feature films and film series but it can be used for other content as well.

ffhevc is a TUI (Terminal User Interface) Bash shell program script written for the GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems for encoding video files to the H.265/HEVC video format using FFmpeg and the libx265 library. Targeted primarily at encoding of full-length feature films and film series but it can be used for other content as well.

The videotrans project is a set of scripts that converts a movie file in any format that mplayer understands (AVI, etc) to a DVD compatible VOB file, including all the necessary conversions. Further, an automatic DVD menu generator is provided.

YouTube to DS(yt2ds) is a script that runs on Mac OS X, Linux and other UNIX-based systems that will automatically download a YouTube Video and convert it to DPG for playback on the DS application Moonshell and then transfer automatically to the DS

Advanced shell script for encoding DVDs, Blu-rays or video files to the H.264 format using the encoding utility MEncoder from the MPlayer project. Supports all the useful options an end-user would need to make a successful encode. The script is a CLI front-end to MEncoder and various audio encoders and container muxers. h264enc is no longer actively developed. Please ty out: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffx264/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffhevc/

XMedia is an XML framework to manage a large collection of media files like CDR, Images, Video, MP3, etc. XMedia does for media what DocBook does for documentation. See http://xmedia.sourceforge.net/

A wizard-style GUI frontend to MEncoder, for creating backup copies of DVD disks to XviD format. The wizard is designed to be very easy to use, no technical knowledge required. The optimal settings are autodetected and should produce high quality output.

This wizard will create a DVD with fully animated menu from MPEG-2 files. It is designed to be very easy to use. All you need to do is add one or more files to the playlist and answer the questions that follow.

Advanced shell script for encoding DVDs or video files to the XviD format using the encoding utility MEncoder from MPlayer. Supports all the useful options an end-user would need to make a successful encode. The script is a CLI front end to MEncoder. xvidenc is not longer actively developed. Please use: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffxvid/

Video Encoding and Processing Script This bash script streamlines video encoding and processing by leveraging FFmpeg. It supports a wide range of formats and codecs through FFmpeg, including MKV, MP4, x264, x265, AV1 and VP9. Key features include: Flexible Video and Audio Encoding: Utilizes FFmpeg's libraries for various codecs and settings. Subtitle Handling: Include or exclude subtitles as needed. Customizable Settings: Adjust CRF values and aspect ratios to suit your needs. Video Segmentation and Merging: Split videos into segments and merge them back together. Track Disposition Management: Set default tracks for audio, video, and subtitles. Audio Track Extraction: Extract and encode audio tracks independently. Audio normalization: Adjusts audio levels to ensure consistent volume across tracks. The script leverages FFmpeg's built-in libraries and tools for these functions. For detailed instructions and troubleshooting, refer to the provided documentation.

A script to transform PC multimedia file(s) in any format, into a DVD complete with menus & suitable for playback on a standalone DVD player.

Batchdvd2xvid is a shell script containing commandline functionality for 3-pass processing & convertion to xvid with mp3/ac3/ogg which allows very high (nearly manual) tweaking for optimal quality while still able to automate the process.

This project aims to have a suite of scripts and GUI for capturing, converting and burning DV movies to CD (dvzeec) or DVD (dvzeec-dvd).

Some useful tools for copying, ripping, backing up, and creating DVDs under linux. - A tool to create DVD audio (a king of giant musical slideshow) - A tool to create rapidly nice DVD menus - A tool to manage subtitles format - A tool to encode video files into DVD compliant files Additionally, there is a script to tie mplayer, dvdbackup, dvdrip, vlc, handbrake, ddrescue, isoinfo, mkisofs, vobcopy, ffmpeg, and cdrecord into a simplified command line to create a robust DVD backup tool (dvdbak).

KmPg2 is a graphical MPEG2 encoder frontend, for producing 100% DVD compatible MPEG2 streams from any input video. It uses the powerful video processing tools and the encoder from the MJPEGTools project. Adding subtitles and AC3 streamcopy are supported.

LEG is the Linux Encoder Gui. It exist in order to make life easier for users to do file conversions, whether its converting plain avi to mpeg or performing dvd rips and converting to different media types like IPODs, SmartPhones, IPAQs, etc.

This bash-script checks a directory for Matroska video files and uses mkvextract (from the mkvtoolnix package) to extract SSA/ASS-Subtitle files and encodes them in a videofile playable by mobile devices.

MobileMate is an open source video and audio converting tool customized on Tinycore Linux. It use Bash to glue open source tools such as Mplayer, FFmpeg(Libav), Zenity, Grep, Sed, etc.. It features as a self-booting tiny linux, can easy expand to your language, small size, easy to custom as your needs, etc..

This Mac OS application takes H.264 MOV and XDCAM EX 35 MOV material and exports them to Avid, puts consistent metadata in the MXF files for future re-link. Download the HTML help files for details in the link below. Tested cameras: Canon 5D, Canon 550D, Hero GoPro, Sony F3 with browser to MOV or MXF rewarp. - Supports 25p fps essence. - Can customize the Avid clip name and comment to the clip - Generates take names by file name order - Create sync point Avid locator - Use the Media Tool to get the new files into the bin. Download the help files for more info - https://sourceforge.net/projects/rlingest/files/Html%20help%20files/ Requirements: - Mac OS Lion 10.7 or greater - FFMPEG (with libx264) - http://ffmpeg.org - BMX Libs - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bmxlib - Sony XDCAM Browser (for Sony F3 files rewrap)

A shell script to transcode any video to a format suitable for cellular phones and other embedded devices. The video file is converted in mp4 format with MPEG-4 video and AAC audio, the parameters are extensively tweakable.

.TY to .MPG Conversion Front End Script for a UNIX/Linux machine. It drives all the commands for Ty Converter (tyc). It is menu driven in BASH. Very easy install! MUST HAVE ABILITY TO EXTRACT .TY FILES FROM TIVO!!

Yet Another set of MEncoder Scripts; a source package of highly configurable, easy to use, and effective scripts for ripping DVD / VCD video (or transcoding other formats) to industry standard MPEG4 video format with MP3 audio (DivX Compatible).