Re: Encoder for linux
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:12:13 +0200, tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote:
>>15/09/2011 13:21, Rob Owens:
>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:47:24AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:08:30PM +0000, Walter Hurry wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:06:56 -0400, cosme wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking for something similar to Windows Media Encoder Series 9
>>>>> ES in Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm use Debian squeeze
>>>>
>>>> Can't help you, since I neither know nor care what "Windows Media
>>>> Encoder Series 9 ES" is or does.
>>>>
>>>> Now if you were to actually enumerate requirements...
>>>
>>> I would imagine, judging merely by the name, that it is a Media
>>> Encoder, probably for Microsoft Windows, though maybe it is just for
>>> encoding to Windows Media (Video/Audio).
>>>
>>> As you say, though, it'd hard to tell cosme's intentions. Is it just
>>> to find a video encoder? In which case there are plenty for Linux. Is
>>> it to find something that will encode to WMV? That may be fewer. Is it
>>> to find something whose INTERFACE is similar to "Windows Media Encode
>>> Series 9 ES"? That may be none.
>>>
>> I don't know exactly what WME does, but you could try Arista,
>> Handbrake, or Avidemux.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>>
> If WME is what I think, just a conversion tool, on top of what's been
> recommended already you could simply use "vlc". Look under the "media"
> menu for "convert/record", the wizard is straightforward from there.
> Also to consider is "winff" (ffmpeg gui) and "Lives", "Lives" is much
> more than a conversion tool, it does multi-tracks editing and live
> capture/mixing (Video DJ) too.
>
> If you want to work with audio only, look at "xcfa".
>
> I wouldn't dare recommending ffmpeg, mencoder or sox (audio) from the
> command line to a Microsoft gui tools user, but for a quick conversion
> or on the contrary working on large batches of media through a script,
> there's nothing more efficient.
The point I was trying to make earlier in the thread was that OP did not
bother to state requirements, so everyone is guessing.
Merely giving the name of an application for a foreign OS is *not* enough.
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