NAME¶

arista-transcode - multimedia transcoding tool for the GNOME Desktop

SYNOPSIS¶

arista-transcode [options] infile outfile...

DESCRIPTION¶

This manual page documents briefly the arista-transcode command. arista is a multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop which allows user to encode audio and video streams for a wide variety of devices. arista-transcode is a command line program which allows user to encode audio and video stream for various devices. Features include automatic discovery of DVD media and V4L devices, ripping from DVD or files, a live quality preview, and included presets for the most popular devices currently in use.

OPTIONS¶

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

-i, --info

Show information about available devices.

-S SUBTITLE, --subtitle=SUBTITLE

Subtitle file to render.

-e, --ssa

Render embedded SSA subtitles.

-f FONT, --font=FONT

Font to use when rendering subtitles.

-c, --crop

Amount of pixels to crop before transcoding. Specify as: Top Right Bottom Left, default: None.

-p PRESET, --preset=PRESET

Preset to encode to [default].

-d DEVICE, --device=DEVICE

Device to encode to [computer].

-o FILENAME, --output=FILENAME

Output file name [auto].

-s, --source-info

Show information about input file and exit.

-q, --quiet

Don't show status and time remaining.

-v, --verbose

Show verbose (debug) output.

--install-preset FILENAME

Install a downloaded device preset file.

--reset-presets

Reset presets to factory defaults.

SEE ALSO¶

arista-gtk(1).

AUTHOR¶

arista-transcode was written by Daniel G. Taylor <dan@programmer-art.org>. This manual page was written by Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).