Arista

Arista is a simple multimedia transcoder for the GNOME desktop.
 
Arista focuses on being easy to use by making the complex task of encoding for various devices simple. Pick your input, pick your target device, choose a file to save to and go. Features include automatic discovery of DVD media and V4L devices, ripping from DVD, V4L devices, or files, a live quality preview, and included presets for the most popular devices currently in use.

The goals of this project are to be simple, to be easy to use, to support the most popular devices in use today and to provide a nice user experience.

For bugs, translations, forum you can access the Launchpad page of  Arista at http://www.launchpad.net/arista

What is new in this release:

• This version has a restructured user interface, the ability to edit and manage presets, drag and drop support, updated presets, and various bugfixes.

What is new in version 0.9.5:

• Many small bugs fixed
• Fallback to DBus+HAL for non-udev systems
• DVD title auto-selection
• Nautilus extension

What is new in version 0.9.4.1:

• Quick fix for severe issue in 0.9.4 causing the GTK+ user interface to lock up under certain conditions.

What is new in version 0.9.4:

• Port from DBus+HAL to udev
• Fixed many small crashers or inconveniences
• Implemented ability to convert entire directories
• Use desktop notifications to show when a job completes
• Overhauled device preset format, added icons to presets
• New project website and simple preset generator
• WebM support if using latest GStreamer
• New presets for the web
• And more!

What is new in version 0.9.3:

• Quick bugfix release to fix 0.9.2 release bugs.

What is new in version 0.9.1:

• Many bugfixes
• GStreamer automatic installation of missing encoder elements
• New stop button to stop the currently running job (nice for live input sources)
• Updated and new translations: Spanish, Italian, German, French
• More info about presets in preferences dialog
• Less frequent update checks

Requirements:

• gtk+
• Python
• python-dbus
• python-gobject
• python-gconf
• python-gtk
• python-gstreamer
• gstreamer-ffmpeg
• gstreamer-plugins-good
• gstreamer-plugins-bad
• gstreamer-plugins-ugly