News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
HandBrake video transcoder announced new 1.9.0 release few days ago. Here’s new features and native .deb package for Ubuntu users.
The new HandBrake 1.9.0 added Intel QSV VVC hardware video decoding support, and an option to enable AV1 screen content coding(SCC) on Intel Lunar Lake QSV AV1 encoder.
It also added support for lossless VP9 encoding, meaning it can convert videos to VP9 codec while keeping 100% original quality.
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Handbrake video transcode 1.2.1 was released a few days ago with numerous bug-fixes and improvements.
Handbrake 1.2.1 release highlights:
The official HandBrake PPA offers the latest packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, and Linux Mint 19.x.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
Type user password (no asterisks feedback) when it asks for sudo command and hit Enter to add PPA.
2. Then install the video transcoder via command:
sudo apt install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli
Linux Mint needs to run command sudo apt update first to refresh system package cache.
To remove the software, open terminal and run command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove handbrake-gtk handbrke-cli
To remove the PPA, launch Software & Updates and navigate to Other Software tab.
The open source video transcoder HandBrake 1.1.2 was released a day ago with various bug-fixes.
Changes in HandBrake 1.1.2 include:
The software has an official PPA repository for current Ubuntu releases. As usual, HandBrake 1.1.2 will be available via PPA a few days later.
At that time, open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or from software launcher, and run following commands one by one to install the latest handbrake:
1. Run command to add the PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
Type your password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Refresh system repositories cache via command:
sudo apt update
3. Remove Ubuntu build of handbrake if installed:
sudo apt remove --autoremove handbrake
4. Finally install the video transcoder from the PPA:
sudo apt install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli
To remove the PPA repository, open Software & Updates and navigate to Other Software tab.
To remove HandBrake, run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli
In addition, the latest HandBrake also available as Flatpak (containerised software package) for 64-bit Ubuntu.
Free and open-source multimedia converter Curlew 0.2.5 was released today with great new features and enhancements.
Curlew is a GTK3 software written in Python and uses ffmpeg/avconv for media encoding. The latest Curlew 0.2.5 features:
The software offers pre-compiled .deb package available for download at the link below:
To install the .deb package in Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04, either use Gdebi package manager or run command in terminal:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/curlew_0.2.5-1_all.deb; sudo apt-get -f install
Uninstall:
To remove the software, simply run command in terminal:
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove curlew
The open source Selene media converter got a new release a few days ago with enhancements, translation updates, and updated installers.
Selene is an audio/video converter for Linux that supports almost every file format that you are likely to come across and can encode them to popular output formats like MKV, MP4, etc. It aims to provide a simple GUI for converting files to popular formats along with powerful command-line options for automated/unattended encoding.
Selene 17.7 features:
The project offers the .deb and .run installers in its release page.
To upgrade the software easily via system Software Updater utility, you can install Selene from the developer’s PPA repository:
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa
Type in your password (no visual feedback while typing due to security reason) when prompts and hit Enter. Supports for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10
2. To install the media encoder for first time, run commands to check updates and install it:
sudo apt update sudo apt install selene
To upgrade it from an existing release, simply launch Software Updater and install the updates.
Uninstall:
To remove selene media converter, run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove selene
And remove the PPA repository via Software & Udpates utility under Other Software tab.
Curlew is a free multimedia converter for Ubuntu Linux that features small package size, few library dependencies, 100+ output formats, easy to use UI, and more.
Curlew is written in Python and GTK+ 3, and uses FFMPEG (or Libav-tools) to transcode media files. The main features are:
Curlew 100+ output formats
Curlew Advanced Settings
Curlew show file info
How to Install Curlew transcoder in Ubuntu:
Pre-compiled Ubuntu .deb is available in the link below:
So far, the latest is “curlew_0.2.2-1_all.deb”, just download and install it via either Ubuntu Software or terminal command (Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/curlew_*.deb; sudo apt -f install
Works for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, and their derivatives. Once installed, launch Curlew from Unity Dash, or your desktop app launcher.
The open source video transcoder Handbrake 0.10.1 was released recently with various fixes. The developers are working on the next major release Handbrake 1.0.
In an attempt to move away from our yearly release cycle, we have decided to start publishing interim fix releases. 0.10.1 marks the first of these releases. It’s focus is to fix some common bugs rather than introduce the new features we are working on in the background for 1.0.
Release highlights in Handbrake 0.10.1:
Install or Upgrade to Handbrake 0.10.1 in Ubuntu:
The developer has made the binaries into PPA, available for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, and/or Linux Mint 17/17.1.
To add the PPA, open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
After that, upgrade Handbrake through Software Updater. Or install it by running below commands in terminal:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk
Selene, a free and open-source batch media converter, has recently reached ver 2.5 with VP9 and H265/HEVC encoding support.
For the new encoding supports, there are some points noted in the official release note:
For VP9 encoding support using ffmpeg or avconv:
Selene with VP9 Encoding support
For H.265/HEVC encoding support:
Selene with H265 encoding support
For Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, and Linux Mint 17/17.1 users, the latest packages for this converter are available in the developer’s PPA.
Open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run below commands one by one to add the PPA and install the software:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install selene
Or you can directly grab the .deb installer from the ppa packages page.
via: TeeJee Tech
FF Multi Converter, simple app to convert audio, video, image and document files between all popular formats. It uses ffmpeg for audio/video files, unoconv for document files and PythonMagick library for image file conversions.
FF Multi Converter 1.6.0 was released recently, it has been finally ported to python3 and PythonMagick library replaced by ImageMagick. Users can now pass extra command line parameters for image conversions to the program.
New translations: Italian, Spanish, Chinese (Taiwan) and Malay.
The DEB packages for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint will be available soon in this page or the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ffmulticonverter/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ffmulticonverter
Once installed, open it from Unity Dash or Menu.
Selene is an audio/video converter for converting files to OGG/OGV/MKV/MP4/WEBM/OPUS/AAC/FLAC/MP3/WAV formats. It aims to provide a simple GUI for converting files to popular formats along with powerful command-line options for automated/unattended encoding.
The converting process is quite easy, just select a batch of audio / video files, set the output format and click start.
The converter is available in PPA for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Linux Mint and their derivatives.
To install it, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one:
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install selene
Once installed, start it from Menu or Unity Dash.
