VidCom is a simple utility for video archiving and compression. It offers both a graphical interface and a command line interface, using ffmpeg for encoding, and is mainly developed for Linux systems.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Compresses videos in either Archive mode or Compress mode.
- Archive mode reduces file size as much as possible while preserving target image quality.
- Compress mode reduces videos to a specified target size.
- Supports processing multiple videos through a queue.
- Offers options to reduce resolution and frame rate.
- Lets users choose an output directory and trim videos.
- Supports AV1, HEVC, and VP9 video codecs.
- Uses ffmpeg for video encoding.
Website: github.com/seja-arctic-fox/vidcom
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Developer: seja-arctic-fox
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
VidCom is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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