Ffmpeg X

ffmpegX 0.0.4g Video/audio encoder/decoder for DivX, MPEG-1/2, VCD, SVCD... (c) Copyright 2002 Major, [email protected] http://homepage.mac.com/major4 Freeware released under GPL license (included with the software). ffmpegX is a Mac OS X GUI to ffmpeg the "hyper fast video and audio encoder" (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net). It can decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (aka DIVX4/5), VOB, AVI MS-MPEG4 V3 (aka DIVX 3), WAV, WMA, Real Audio, H263(+) (aka RealVideo 1.0), PGM, YUV, PPM, AC3, PCM8/16 bits, mulaw/Alaw, SUN AU format, MPEG audio layer 2, MPEG audio layer 3, MJPEG and even more formats. This GUI provides quick encoding to DivX, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP2, MP3 & AC3. MPEG-2 encoding relies on mpeg2enc component from the mjpegtools package (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net). You can convert DVD video to DivX, DivX to VCD or SVCD, and DVD to VCD or SVCD. Includes a bitrate calculator and a mpeg splitter for multiple CD burning. When encoding to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 it can author the video as VCD or XVCD (.bin/.cue files for burning with Toast by dropping the .bin into VCD window) or as SVCD or XSVCD (two .img files to be burned in Toast under Multitrack XA window). System Requirements - Mac OS X 10.2 - To playback DivX, use codecs from www.3ivx.com or www.divx.com What's new in 0.0.4g? - Updated to ffmpeg CVS of 2 nov 2002 with all libs and Altivec-optimized mpeg-1 encoding (20% faster than realtime, however still choppy, so use the new mpeg-1 VCD format for now). - Added new "MPEG-1 VCD" format. It is similar to old MPEG-1 format (still available in the dropdown menu, and in the presets as "fast mpeg-1"), but mjpegtools components are used to encode instead of ffmpeg, leading (for the current version) to a fully compliant stream for CBR VCD and VBR XVCD authoring and playback on a compatible DVD player. "mpeg-1 VCD" files can be dropped directly on Toast without pre-authoring. Input formats can be Quicktime MOV in all codecs, VOB, and the usual ffmpeg input formats. Decoding and encoding are Altivec optimized and VOB->VCD encodes now in realtime on a G4 667. - The mpeg-1 VCD & XSVCD presets will now use the new MPEG-1 VCD format. The encoding options must be set in the new "VCD/SVCD" tab (bicubic scaling, letterboxing, etc are now all functional for VCD too). XSVCD mpeg-1 need post-processing "Author as VCD" before burning with Toast, while VCD mpeg-1 can be directly burned on Toast. The splitter is also fully functional for automatic multiple disk VCD authoring. - When using the old MPEG-1 format, the options are still in the MPEG-1/4 tab. - Added CBR encoding option for mpeg-2 and "mpeg-1 VCD". CBR is needed to create a perfectly compliant VCD mpeg-1 stream which will play on all compatible DVD players and will be accepted by Toast directly. However if your player can handle VBR, it should be preferred, as it will lead to constant quality streams and, with a proper quantizer setting, possibly smaller files. If you only plan to playback the streams on a computer there is no point in preferring CBR over VBR. - Added new VCD, XVCD, and generic MPEG-1 profiles in the VCD/SVCD tab. - When encoding a VOB to mpeg-2 or mpeg-1 VCD you can rename the VOB with a ".mov" extension, that way use of Quicktime will be forced to decode it (possibly leading to better audio sync), however audio must be decoded separately into WAV and put in the same folder and with the same filename before launching the video encoding, so as ffmpegX will pick it and mux with the encoded video. - Added DVD NTSC and DVD PAL (including 16:9) in the Autosize dropdown. Useful to encode to mpeg-2 with the proper aspect ratio flag settings, for later use of elementary streams for DVD authoring.