thin liquid film For Linux

thin liquid film project is an application which allows linux users to quickly and easily convert video files into a format suitable for playing on the video capable ipods. I wrote this application, after purchasing a video ipod, and being frustrated that the only real option for converting video was either via command-line, or via a servicemenu with no ability to configure the resulting video file.

TLF uses the ffmpeg engine to do the encoding. It is written in pyqt, so it should work with a default kde installation, and is very easy to install. features ...

Here are some key features of "thin liquid film":

� Batch process any number of files; � Display detailed information about source video files; � Change output settings for one or many files; � Save default settings for future sessions; � Configure output quality settings; � Choose between mpeg4 and h264 as output codec; � Choose between 320 and 640 output video width, while maintaining aspect ratio; � Choose between 1 or 2 pass encoding; � Progress bar to show encoding progress; � Uses ffmpeg as the encoding engine; � Upload encoded files to your ipod directly; � Set file information for upload to your ipod; � Add files to existing or new video playlists on your ipod; � Add files for encoding via the included servicemenu.

Requirements:

� pyqt; � ffmpeg with xvid/h264 codec support; � libgpod python bindings - required for upload to ipod;

What's New in This Release:

� This is the infamous 1.0 release of thinlqiuidfilm. I've finally identified the cause of the last known bug in tlf - relating to the progress bar. I think this is caused by *ubuntu's insistence on using the dash shell as default, rather than the bash shell. I've put a little routine in the install script to detect this, and guidance on how to fix it. Otherwise, the only other changes are some minor tweaks to the install script.

� Next step is to widen the scope of tlf to be a task based gui for converting video to specific device formats or for specific formats. Hopefully, this will happen soon.