[Kde-announce-apps] thin liquid film 1.00

[Matt Matt]

Name: thin liquid film
Version: 1.00
Type: Video Application
Depend: PyKDE/PyQt
License: GPL
Homepage: http://thinliquidfilm.org
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=51678

Description:
 thin liquid film (TLF) is an application which
allows linux users to quickly and easily convert
video files into a format suitable for playing on
the video capable ipods. I wrote this application,
after purchasing a video ipod, and being
frustrated that the only real option for
converting video was either via command-line, or
via a servicemenu with no ability to configure the
resulting video file. TLF uses the ffmpeg engine
to do the encoding. It is written in pyqt, so it
should work with a default kde installation, and
is very easy to install.
features ...

    * Batch process any number of files;
    * Display detailed information about source
video files;
    * Change output settings for one or many
files;
    * Save default settings for future sessions;
    * Configure output quality settings;
    * Choose between mpeg4 and h264 as output
codec;
    * Choose between 320 and 640 output video
width, while maintaining aspect ratio;
    * Choose between 1 or 2 pass encoding;
    * Preview encoded videos before encoding;
    * Progress bar to show encoding progress;
    * Uses ffmpeg as the encoding engine;
    * Upload encoded files to your ipod directly;
    * Set file information for upload to your
ipod;
    * Add files to existing or new video playlists
on your ipod;
    * Add pre-encoded videos to the transfer list;
    * Add files for encoding via the included
servicemenu.


Changelog:
 1.00

This is the infamous 1.0 release of
thinlqiuidfilm. I've finally identified the cause
of the last known bug in tlf - relating to the
progress bar. I think this is caused by *ubuntu's
insistence on using the dash shell as default,
rather than the bash shell. I've put a little
routine in the install script to detect this, and
guidance on how to fix it. Otherwise, the only
other changes are some minor tweaks to the install
script.

Next step is to widen the scope of tlf to be a
task based gui for converting video to specific
device formats or for specific formats. Hopefully,
this will happen soon.

0.95

A bug fix release:

* Fixed a bug in the h264 ffmpeg arguments -
missing dashes
* Fixed a bug with the progress dialog not showing
up
* Added an .m4v file filter in the open file
dialog for the file transfer list

If you still don't get a progress dialog when
encoding files, please post a bug report with
terminal output on the forum.

0.94 (RC3)

-  The transfer panel now shows the total size of
all files ready for transfer;
-  I've updated the encoding options, so that they
work with the latest version of ffmpeg - a fix for
fedora 6;
-  Lots of minor bug fixes.

0.93 (RC2)

There's been a bit of a change to the UI. 
Hopefully it looks a bit better.  In addition to
the UI tidy up, there's been a bit of polish done
to other UI aspects particularly in relation to
feedback on the results of an encode/transfer and
other user input errors.

0.92 (RC1)

This is a bug fix release. The following bugs have
been fixed:

- Codec list corrupted if only one codec is
supported by ffmpeg;
- File list order fixed;
- File info errors fixed for other versions of
ffmpeg;
- Version checking code is fixed.

0.91 (beta 2)

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed ffmpeg errors for versions of ffmpeg that
don't support the -rc_max_rate option;
- Fixed file list ordering issues;

New Features:

- Preview encoded video before encoding files;
- Changed layout and workflow, so that you can add
pre-encoded videos to the list to transfer to the
iPod;
- Provide file meta data for files to be
transferred.

0.90 (beta 1)

Initial release.  Please report bugs that you find
to the forums (see link below).