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WinFF: Cross-platform graphical front end for FFmpeg

Posted Jun 5th 2008 1:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Audio, Utilities, Video, Windows, Linux, Open Source

WinFF
FFmpeg is a powerful utility for converting practically any audio or video file to another codec. Want to compress your WAV audio to MP3, OGG, or WMA? FFmpeg can handle it. Want to convert your Windows Media Video to MPEG? No problem. But FFmpeg is a command line utility, which can make it a bit cumbersome if you don't know the ins and outs.

There are several graphical front ends for FFmpeg for Windows or Linux. But WinFF is a graphical user interface for FFmpeg that works on Windows and Linux. There's also a Free Pascal/Lazarus Source file available if you want to try compiling WinFF to run on OS X, Windows CE, or another operating system.

Note that while the Windows version supports pretty much any codec you could want, you may have to update the version of FFmpeg on your Ubuntu/Debian, or Red Hat/Fedora Linux system before WinFF can handle proprietary codecs like MP3.

[via Tombuntu]

MediaInfo Mac: multimedia information tool for Mac OS X

Posted Feb 6th 2008 11:00AM by Todd Ritter
Filed under: Audio, Utilities, Video, Macintosh, Freeware

MediaInfo MacMediaInfo Mac is a Mac utility for displaying information about audio and video files. Similar to GSpot for Windows, MediaInfo can provide codec information, bit rate, resolution, frame rate, and aspect ratio.

The program displays a URL to the codec used (in case you don't have a capable player), and you can export all of the information to a text file.

If you open a file in VLC and press Apple+I ("Get Info"), you can get similar (though limited) functionality by clicking the "Advanced Information" tab.

[Via Apple Downloads]

Mac trojan masquerading as codec

Posted Nov 6th 2007 4:30PM by Christina Warren
Filed under: Security, Video, Macintosh

Late last week, Intego Security released a press release detailing a new Trojan web variant, aimed at Mac users. A Trojan, known as OSX.RSPlug.A (or OSX/Puper), is installed on the system by the user, under the guise that it is a video codec, required for playing a free video file.

The installer, under the clever name MacCodec, requires administrative access to install (meaning the user has to not only specifically agree to download the file, he/she has to enter in the admin password before it will install), and instead of installing a codec, it runs a script that creates a scheduled task that changes the DNS server, in an attempt to redirect users to malicious phishing sites. Unsurprisingly, this Trojan seems to be almost exclusively targeting porn sites that offer those always-hard-to-resist "Download Sample Now" or "Free movie clip" downloads.

Like clockwork, the pandering , the hysteria and the schadenfreude has already hit the web. Many of these articles fail to adequately underscore a few points that, we at Download Squad, think are pretty important for users to consider:

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Divx Pro 6 bundle available free

Posted Jun 7th 2007 7:50PM by Ryan Carter
Filed under: Utilities, Video, News, Windows, Macintosh, Commercial, Freeware

Divx Pro Bundle freeFor a limited time only...no not used cars, not poorly designed cleaning products, it's the Divx Pro bundle available free for the downloading. The bundle includes the Divx Pro Codec 6.6.1, Divx Content Uploader, Divx Converter 6.2.1 6.(MPEG2/DVD), Divx Player 6.4.3, and Divx Web Player.

Unfortunately, this Divx bundle is not ready for Microsoft Windows Vista (pout), despite the obligatory courtesy update-check on Divx's website. Everyone not running Windows Vista, feel free to download either the XP version or Mac Version and thumb your nose at anyone using Vista.

It is conceivable that the Divx programmers are hacking away at Vista logo requirements to make it ready for Microsoft's latest as we speak, but that is unconfirmed as of this writing.

Enjoy the free bundle, and note that the basic version (usually free) edition of this package contains a free 15-day trial of the converter, but today you get the full version of it with this limited time Pro bundle download from Divx.

Thanks George for the tip.

Gspot video info and codec finder

Posted Sep 6th 2006 10:00AM by Ryan Carter
Filed under: Utilities, Video, Open Source

Gspot
Despite the risque title, Gspot is an awesome little app. For a while, I was sick of video files I would find and then try to play on my PC, so much so, that my chagrin was overloaded. If you have a video file that only plays audio, or won't play at all, Gspot will tell you what type of file, what codec you need, and whether you have it currently installed or not. It lists just about every other video file detail you can imagine including meta-data, bit-rate, fps, video dimensions, even the codec or test it thinks will fix your playing problem. Most of the time, you can just go download a codec and the file will play. It is very nearly brilliant (I can hear the Guinness guys in the back of my head, Brilliant!), and takes the frustration out of trying to get the bleeping thing to play.

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