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https://github.com/Thurinum/simple-media-encoder

Compress your media files quickly and efficiently with this convenient tool. Uses FFMPEG and the Qt toolkit.
https://github.com/Thurinum/simple-media-encoder

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Compress your media files quickly and efficiently with this convenient tool. Uses FFMPEG and the Qt toolkit.

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# Simple Media Encoder

Re-encode and compress your media files quickly and efficiently with this convenient tool. Uses FFMPEG and the Qt toolkit under GPL v3.





     

  




The default interface allows anyone to quickly re-encode media files.



The so-called "expert" interface gives advanced users a bit more control over the exported result.



## News

An update that will bring this app to release status is planned this February! Expected features are:

- Enhanced compatibility, reducing the amount of edge-cases with incompatible files

- Smart selection of optimal encoding parameters for the most popular codecs

- Widened range of codecs displayed to all those available on the system

- Better bitrate calculation when compressing to reach a target size

- Numerous bug fixes and major code quality improvements!



## Compatibility

- Windows 10, Windows 11, and Linux. Earlier versions of Windows are not supported.

- **Tested on** Windows 11 and Arch Linux.



## Features



With this tool, one may:



- Re-encode **any file type** supported by FFMPEG;

- Choose whether to export **video, audio, or both**;

- Quickly select a **quality preset**, or manually choose **your codecs**;

- Choose **audio bitrate**;

- **Re-scale video** with automatic aspect ratio adjustment;

- Manually adjust **aspect ratio**;

- Specify a **target file size** for easy compression of large files;

- Change the **video and audio speed** or manually set a video framerate;

- Specify **custom FFMPEG arguments** for advanced use.



Furthermore, one may:



- Choose to **auto-fill** all fields when a file is selected;

- **Delete** the input file on success;

- Decide whether to **warn** when a file is about to be overwritten;

- Specify the **output name** as a file name or as a suffix to the input name;

- View **detailed statistics** about your media file *(to be implemented)*.



As well as customize behavior on successful re-encoding:



- Open the resulting media in the **file explorer**;

- View the resulting media in the **default media player**;

- **Auto-close the utility** for a one-shot export.



Conveniently, all these parameters are **saved** when the tool is closed.



## How to install



### Binaries



A [binary release](https://github.com/Thurinum/simple-media-encoder/releases) is available for Windows! Although still in beta, it should be quite usable.



### Source



This tool uses the Qt for Application Development framework, under the GNU GPL v3 open source license.  

It must be installed for compiling SME.



### On Windows



If Qt is not already installed on your system:



- Download the Qt Open Source installer [here](https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer) for easy setup of the framework;

- Proceed with the installation of Qt (you will need a free Qt developer account):

  - Ideally, select version >= 6.3.

  - Under "Developer and Designer tools", choose the Qt Creator IDE (unless you intend to use CLI) and the latest MinGW compiler.



Once Qt is installed:



- Open Qt Creator and clone this repository in `File -> New Project... -> Import project`.

- Press `Ctrl+R` to run the project.



Before you get going:



- On Windows, you must manually download and install the ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe binaries.

  - You may find links to mirrors [here](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows).

  - Extract the archive and place the two binaries (and associated libraries if present) inside the `bin` directory (or add them to your PATH).

  

### On Linux



If the Qt development libraries are not already installed on your system:



- Install Qt libraries version >= 6.3 and qmake

  - From your package manager (recommended, although some sources may provided outdated Qt packages).

    - [qt6-base](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/qt6-base/) on Arch, or [qt6-base-dev](https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/arm64/libdevel/qt6-base-dev) on Ubuntu

  - With the Open Source installer (see instructions for Windows above).



If ffmpeg is not already installed on your system (and in your PATH):



- Install ffmpeg with your package manager.



Once everything is installed:



- Clone this repository.

  - Run `qmake SimpleMediaEncoder.pro` or `qmake6 SimpleMediaEncoder.pro` to generate makefiles

  - Run `make -j32` to compile.

  - The executable is output in the bin/ directory.

  

## Technologies used



- ffmpeg and ffprobe

- The Qt framework (Qt Widgets)



## Special thanks to



Theodore l'Heureux (for his consulting and beta-testing)



## Found an issue?



This is a beta, and the tool may face difficulties opening certain files.  

Should you encounter such a problematic file, feel free to send it over alongside a Github issue; it will help finding the problem.

Any bug reports are also greatly appreciated!



Thanks for reading through this and cheers!