[needs-packaging] winff - GUI ffmpeg batch video converter

[Dan MacDonald]

WinFF is a cross platform batch GUI for FFMPEG. It will convert most any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can for example convert mpeg's, flv's, and mov's, all into avi's (or DVD/VCD format MPEG, .3gp etc.) all at once.

http://biggmatt.com/winff/

GPL licensed

[Guybrush88 (guybrush)]

i think that this package would be very useful, especially for those people who don't want to use a terminal to convert videos

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

The upstream author already provides Ubuntu/Debian .deb files. Maybe we should contact the author? I also think this package would be very nice in Ubuntu.

Website is: http://www.winff.org/

[Dan MacDonald (allcoms)]

The author is unable to provide 64-bit packages for winff but I can confirm that the latest version of winff (0.41 ATM) compiles and runs without any problem under Hardy x86-64. I couldn't find any instructions on how to compile winff in its docs but it pretty simple:

1 - Install

fpc
fpc-source
lazarus

2 - Download and uncompress zip of latest winff source code somewhere

3 - Run Lazarus IDE (Applications > Programming > Lazarus )

4 - Use File/Open menu to open the file called winff.lpi, in the top level of you winff source dir

5 - Choose 'Build All' from Lazarus' 'Run' menu and then you'll find a winff binary in the source folder

Be much nicer to have it in the Ubuntu repo tho so 64-bit users don't have to do all this!

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

I have contacted upstream to volunteer help for packaging. When I get a positive response I will mark this bug "in progress".

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

I have received a positive mail from upstream, so I will be working on this package.

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

I have finished the packaging for Debian (which is now awaiting approval). I will have a Ubuntu package shortly I hope.

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

I am currently waiting for bug #260464 to be resolved. The rest is finished. Debian package is already on the queue [1] for two months, but was a long time during that period unable to build due to a bug in Debian [2], I hope it will receive some attention soon.

At the moment the thing I can do is to wait... Unfortunately.

[1] http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=winff
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495688

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

And for the sake of completeness: I uploaded my package as it is now to revu [1] as suggested on IRC #ubuntu-motu.

[1] http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/details.py?package=winff

[Tree MendUs (tree-mendus-deactivatedaccount)]

Additional information (note new URL
======================

URL:
http://www.winff.org/

Description:
WinFF is a GUI for the command line video converter, FFMPEG. It will convert most any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can for example convert mpeg's, flv's, and mov's, all into avi's all at once. WinFF is available for Windows 95, 98 , ME, NT, XP, VISTA, and Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat based GNU/Linux distributions.
Available in many Languages.

License:
WinFF is open source and cross platform written in Free Pascal and Lazarus. WinFF is published under the GNU public license. WinFF is published without any warranty or suitability for any purpose.
see -
http://www.winff.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=53

Notes:
Downloads -
http://www.winff.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=60

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

I am now waiting for bug 275688 to be fixed.

In the mean time an AMD64 package is available at my PPA [1][2][3]

[1] https://launchpad.net/~paul-climbing/+archive
[2] deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/paul-climbing/ubuntu intrepid main
[3] deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/paul-climbing/ubuntu intrepid main

[Tree MendUs (tree-mendus-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi Paul,

Can you give me some pointers for creating a deb for fiesty amd64 please?

Thanks
Tree

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Hi Tree MendUs,

Did you already have a look at the forum of the winff site?

The current link to an article featuring (part of) your question (I guess) is:
http://www.biggmatt.com/forums/index.php?topic=12.0

If that doesn't work, feel free to ask there (I think that is a more appropriate place than this bug), I read that forum.

Information about making a deb (if that is really your question) is all around the ubuntu site (I use the program pdebuild) and you could look at my diff.gz file for ideas. But I believe that the compilation for fiesty will not work out of the box, so you will need to recompile those as well (see my bug 275688).

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Since today also a i386 build is available at [1][2][3]

[1] https://launchpad.net/~paul-climbing/+archive
[2] deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/paul-climbing/ubuntu intrepid main
[3] deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/paul-climbing/ubuntu intrepid main

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Since today the hardy and intrepid, i386 and amd64 are complete. Hardy [1], Intrepid [2] at [3]

Still waiting for bug 275688 and 276151.

[1] deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/paul-climbing/ubuntu hardy main
[2] deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/paul-climbing/ubuntu intrepid main
[3] https://launchpad.net/~paul-climbing/+archive

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Now in Ubuntu. See: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/winff