Transmageddon

Transmageddon is an open source application that provides users with an easy-to-use and modern video conversion utility based on the highly acclaimed GStreamer multimedia framework.

The application has been designed from the ground up to integrate well into the GNOME desktop environment. It aims to help Linux users to effortlessly create the files they need in order to play them on a wide range of mobile devices.

In more technical terms, it’s a video transcoder software for Linux and UNIX-like operating systems that endorses any multimedia format that is supported by the GStreamer multimedia framework.

Features at a glance

Key features include presets, a familiar and user-friendly graphical user interface written in GTK+ and designed to be compatible with a wide range of open source desktop environment, support for a plethora of input and output streams, as well as integration with GNOME 3 or later.

The GUI front-end will offer basic information about the input video stream, such as the width and height of the video file, the video codec used, the number of audio channels, and the audio codec used.

Various presets are available

It will allow users to choose from various presets, such as Apple iPod Nano, Generic Linux Computer, HTC Android G1, HTML5 WebM, Motorola KRZR K1v, Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), as well as Nokia N770, N800, N810, and N900.

In addition, users will be able to rotate the video image (if needed) using various presets, such as clockwise 90 degrees, rotate 180 degrees, counterclockwise 90 degrees, horizontal flip, vertical flip, upper left diagonal flip, as well as upper right diagonal flip.

Supports a wide range of multimedia file formats

Supported output formats include Ogg Vorbis, Matroska (MKV), AVI, MPEG PS, MPEG TS, AVCHD/BD, FLV, QuickTime, MPEG4, 3GPP, MXF, ASF, WebM, or no container (audio-only). Furthermore, supported audio codecs include Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Speex, CELT, AAC, AC3, MP3, WMA8, MP2, and AMR.

What is new in this release:

• Fix bug stopping video only files from working properly
• Fix bug when trying to drop the audio track from a file

What is new in version 1.4:

• Fix audio encoding bug
• Fix Apppdata information

What is new in version 1.1:

• Fixed bug in missing plugin code
• Changed timestamp format for better sorting
• Fixed bug causing MPEG4 Part 2 to be listed as just MPEG Video in UI

What is new in version 1.0:

• Added support for setting language of stream
• Added support for handling multiple audio streams
• Added support for DVD ripping
• Switched to new icon designed by Jakub Steiner
• Added appdata for GNOME Software and similar
• Add VP9 support

What is new in version 0.25:

• Fixes a critical remuxing bug.

What is new in version 0.24:

• Switches to Python 3. Improves handling of missing codecs.
• In the unannounced 0.23 release: switched to GTK3 and GStreamer 1.0; added notifications once a file is finished; and re-enabled support for multi-pass encoding.

What is new in version 0.21:

• This minor bugfix release fixes MPEG4 profiles to work with new caps in GStreamer, moves the preset directory to be Transmageddon-specific, stops using the XDG Python library and just uses glib, fixes a bug with repeated remuxings of the same file, and adds or updates the Brazilian, Swedish, Slovak, Turkish, and Serbian translations.

What is new in version 0.14:

• New PSP and Google G1 profiles. Improved error handling when remuxing. Fixed various bugs in relation to debug system and general robustness.

What is new in version 0.13:

• Fix critical bug in profile support and add drag and drop support of files.

Requirements:

• GTK+
• PyGObject
• GStreamer