What is Transmageddon?
Transmageddon is an open-source video transcoding application built in Python and GStreamer. It provides a simple graphical user interface for converting video and audio files into different codecs and formats.
Some key features of Transmageddon include:
- Supports a wide range of popular video (H.264, H.265, MPEG-2, Theora) and audio (MP3, AAC, FLAC, Opus) codecs
- Can resize and crop videos during conversion
- Allows adjusting encoder settings like bitrates, frame rates, etc.
- Batch convert multiple files
- Hardware acceleration using GPUs and multicore CPUs
- Easy to use GUI for setting up and monitoring encoding jobs
Transmageddon is useful for preparing videos for playback across devices like mobile phones, media streamers, smart TVs, etc. that support different codecs and formats. The ability to adjust encoder settings gives fine-grained control over the output quality and file size. It runs on Linux and Windows platforms.