Using GTranscode

There are many ways of using GTranscode so its tricky to show them all, however here is an example of converting a avi file to divx and resizing the aspect ratio, video bitrate, and  fps in the transcode.

Open Source File 

First we load the correct file by opening GTranscode and pressing Browse :

This will open a file browser and you should select a file to be transcoded :

In this example we will select the caro.avi video :

Select (highlight) the file you want and press OK and you will see the main interface display the information about the file:

 

Output Settings

Now you will want to choose the format of the outut file.

Choose Output File

You will have to save the final transcoded file somewhere, to do this you will need to enter the path and filename in the Output Video File filed. If you don't know what a path is then just press Browse:

Once you have pressed Browse you will see the file browser again :

Now browse to the directory where you want the transcoded file to be save and write the file name in the bottom field:

Now press OK and the information of your new file name and path should be displayed:

Full Processing Mode

Now press the Full Processing Mode button. You will now see some options from which you can choose which will determine the format of the output file.

 

We will not be using most of these but we will choose settings for export module, frame rate, video bitrate, and aspect ratio.

Now we will choose the following options:

• export module : divx5
• frame rate : 12
• video bitrate : 64
• aspect ratio : 200 x 150

If you fill out these details in the interface ot should look something like this:

 

Command Line Output

If you look at the bottom of the inteface you will see infomration relating to the command that you would use :

 transcode -i "/home/eset/movies/caro.avi" -P 2 -y divx5 -f 12 -w 64 -Z 200x150 -V
-o "/home/eset/movies/newfile.divx"

Start Transcoding

Now press go from the File menu :

 

If all is well you will see somehting like this appear:

 

When the file is completed its transcoding you can then play it!