TraGtor a GUI for ffmpeg Encoder

tragtor gui ffmpeg

Many of you know FFmpeg, a great tool that is used under the command line with which we can perform various tasks in relation to audio and video. Many of the video and audio editing applications are based on FFmpeg.

Due to the large number of options that FFmpeg offers us, its use can be a bit complicated for the common user, that is why today I come to share with you a great application.

TraGtor is a graphical user interface (GUI) for FFmpegEven though FFmpeg is cross-platform, TraGtor is only available for Linux.

tractor is written in Python and uses the GTK-Engine to display its interface. The goal of traGtor is not to give you all the features of FFmpeg, but rather to be a quick and easy-to-use option for converting a single media file to any other format.

A pocas palabras its purpose is to avoid handling a lot with command lines, options and parameters and so on. But for those who want to be able to control every detail, the program allows you to edit the command line that will be sent to FFmpeg and thus meet all your needs.

Although the application has apparently already been abandoned, it is still good enough to be used in editing your multimedia files.

Since the application does have a good handful of options for use in common situations, it is not recommended to use it if yours is to perform more advanced and specific tasks.

TraGtor Main Features

  • As previously mentioned, this is a ffmpeg gui so all the codecs supported by it are also supported in Tragtor, as well as its options and parameters.
  • Change the audio / video codec, bit rate, cropping (my favorite and one of the most important if you are interested in optimizing the quality and size of the output) and change the size.
  • Edit audio sample rate, edit tags, change channels, 2-step encoding
  • Change the video output format (MKV, AVI, etc.).
  • It allows us to edit the ratio of change and deinterlacing.
  • Be able to add additional ffmpeg parameters to improve results.

How to install TraGtor on Ubuntu and derivatives?

tragtor gui ffmpeg

If you want to test the effectiveness of this great application, what we must do to to be able to install it is to open a terminal and execute the following command:

wget -q -O - http://repository.mein-neues-blog.de:9000/PublicKey | sudo apt-key add -

Next step is add app repository with the following command:

echo "deb http://repository.mein-neues-blog.de:9000/ /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

Now we must inform the system to update the list of repositories:

sudo apt-get update

As a final step, we carry out the installation of TraGtor with this command:

 sudo apt install tragtor

How to install TraGtor from deb package?

Si you don't want to add extra repositories to your system or the previous method did not work for you, we have the possibility to install TraGtor without the need to add its repository Well, we have your deb package on hand that will serve us for the installation.

The first will be download the deb package with the following command:

 wget http://repository.mein-neues-blog.de:9000/latest/tragtor.deb

Done the download we are going to install the application with this command and also for any question and avoid problems we will also solve the dependencies of this:

 sudo dpkg -i tragtor.deb
sudo apt install -f

How to uninstall TraGtor from Ubuntu?

If for any reason you want to remove TraGtor from your system, we just have to execute the following command to remove all traces of it from our computer.

Solo we must open a terminal and execute this command:

 sudo apt-get remove tragtor*

Without further ado, personally I find TraGtor an excellent option because the use of FFmpeg does require a lot of dedication and above all a lot of attention because all its parameters and options are not easy to understand.

If you know of any other graphical interface for FFmpeg that we can mention, since I don't know many, feel free to share it with us in the comments.


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