

However, operation in command line mode was time consuming. When OSX was introduced, it became possible to run Unix command line tools like ffmpeg, mpeg2enc and vcdimager. Not so much time ago, there was no method available for MacOS apart from some freaky process involving PC emulation. I needed a software to quickly encode to SVCD and DivX-compatible formats in order to archive my family movies. Please make sure that you comply with all laws applicables in your country concerning copyright protection. In addition, to comply with copyright laws, ffmpegX doesn't allow to select a DVD disk device as input and doesn't contain any DVD decryption software. To comply with applicable laws and licensing terms, the mpeg2enc, mencoder and mplayer components are not distributed with ffmpegX, and must be downloaded and installed separately. To playback DivX, use codecs from or To playback mpeg-2, use VLC, mplayer or the apple mpeg-2 player component.Mac OS X 10.3 or higher (an older version 0.0.9k is available for Mac OS X 10.2).It's well worth the shareware price, if nothing else for the time and aggravation you'll save yourself" Plus, he's been very responsive to feature requests and all other questions on his support forum. Major has taken the guesswork out of encoding, and has kept it very usable, very configurable, and very up-to-date. Paul Hagstrom: " It's certainly possible to use all of the tools ffmpegX wraps on your own by downloading them, compiling them, and running them from the command line, but it is a several-stage process with lots of trial and even more error. : "Takes video encoding out of the dark ages" After 2 months being converted to a MAC and 1 week of finding ffmpegX, I have finally dismantled my PC and sold it on ebay." Even after buying a MAC I was an avid Windows user as it was the only platform that could handle conversion of multiple formats, especially the way MPEG was handled. I was an avid Windows user as for over 10 years. MacFormat Magazine 144: "ffmpegX is a brilliant shareware utility" img file for burning in Disk Image app or Toast disk image mode). Authors as DVD (/DVD/ folder for burning in Toast DVD mode, and.img files to be burned in Toast under Multitrack XA window). Authors as VCD or K/XVCD (.bin/.cue files for burning with Toast by dropping the.Creates AVI or MPG files with two audio tracks.Converts SRT subtitles to DVD Studio Pro 1.5 format.Creates DVD image files from VIDEO_TS folders.Compresses a non-encrypted DVD to 4GB without reencoding it.Includes a series of video tools like split, join, fix, mux, demux.Includes a bitrate calculator to control best image quality and target filesize.Includes a subtitle converter with OCR from VOB image format to SRT text format.Allows creation of DVD selectable subtitles.Supports subtitles in VobSub, SubRip, MicroDVD, SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle, JACOsub and MPsubt formats.Includes a full-featured universal video player (mplayer) supporting VOB and text subtitles, with choice of fonts, font sizes and international text encodings including Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Greek and more.Queue encodings in the ffmpegX Progress window.DIVX encoding on a G5 dual is twice as faster as realtime.

Many conversions are faster than realtime. Converts the above formats to DivX, AVI XviD, H.264 MP4, MOV, DV, 3GP, Sony PSP, MP2, MP3, AAC, AC3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD, CVD, SVCD, KVCD, KSVCD, DVD, KDVD and MPEG-TS with complete control over encoding options.WAV, Real Audio, Real Video, H.263, MP4 H.264, PGM, YUV, PPM, AC3, PCM8/16 bits, mulaw/Alaw, WMA-1/2, SUN AU format, MP2, MP3, AAC, 3GP, FPS1, ALAC, and even more formats Reads the following input formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DIVX, XviD, non-encrypted VOB and VIDEO_TS, Quicktime.As simple as 1.2.3 : Drop a file, choose a destination format, and click "Encode".

Please note: the ffmpegX project is not associated with the ffmpeg project, and support emails about ffmpegX should not be sent to the ffmpeg project ! Please update all your links to the new URL: Īdded a new guide: How to encode a movie in FLV Flash Video format for your website or blogįfmpegX is a Mac OS X graphic user interface designed to easily operate more than 20 powerful Unix open-source video and audio processing tools including ffmpeg the "hyper fast video and audio encoder" ( ), mpeg2enc the open-source mpeg-2 encoder and multiplexer ( ) and mencoder the mpeg-4 encoder with subtitles support ( ). The ffmpegX website has moved to a new host and has a new address.

What's newĪdded a new guide: How to encode a movie in h.264 high resolution (640-width) for the iPod FfmpegX 0.0.9y-L r2 released for OSX 10.7 to 10.14 What's newįfmpegX 0.0.9y-L released for OSX 10.7 "Lion".
