Media Converter

A media conversion tool that integrates directly into your Linux file manager. Convert audio and video files with just a few clicks, supporting multiple files and formats simultaneously.

⚠️Please be aware: This project is currently in its early stages. As such, you may encounter bugs or errors. I encourage you to use it with caution and at your own discretion. Thank you for your understanding!⚠️

Features

• 🏠 Fully local
• 🎯 Direct integration with Nautilus file manager
• 📊 Real-time progress tracking

Supported Formats

Audio Formats

• MP3 (MPEG Layer-3 Audio)
• AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
• WAV (Waveform Audio)
• FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
• OGG (Ogg Vorbis Audio)
• M4A (MPEG-4 Audio)
• OPUS (Opus Audio)
• WMA (Windows Media Audio)
• ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
• AC3 (Dolby Digital Audio)
• AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio)
• AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)

Video Formats

• MP4 (MPEG-4 Video)
• MKV (Matroska Video)
• AVI (Audio Video Interleave)
• WebM (WebM Video)
• MOV (QuickTime Video)
• FLV (Flash Video)
• WMV (Windows Media Video)
• M4V (MPEG-4 Video)
• 3GP (3GPP Video)
• TS (MPEG Transport Stream)
• OGV (Ogg Video)
• VOB (DVD Video Object)

Image Formats

• JPG (JPEG Image)
• PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
• WebP (WebP Image)
• GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
• TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
• BMP (Bitmap Image)
• HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format)
• ICO (Icon Image)

Document Formats

• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• DOCX (Microsoft Word Document)
• ODT (OpenDocument Text)
• RTF (Rich Text Format)
• TXT (Plain Text)

Subtitle Formats

• SRT (SubRip Subtitle)
• ASS (Advanced SubStation Alpha)

Archive Formats

• ZIP (ZIP Archive)
• TAR (Tar Archive)
• TAR.GZ (Gzip Tar Archive)
• TAR.BZ2 (Bzip2 Tar Archive)

Requirements

• Linux-based operating system
• Nautilus file manager
• FFmpeg and FFprobe (for audio, video, image, and subtitle processing)
• Zenity (for GUI dialogs)
• Unzip (for ZIP archive extraction)
• Tar (for TAR, TAR.GZ, and TAR.BZ2 archive extraction)
• LibreOffice and Unoconv (for document conversions)
• Ghostscript (for PDF processing)
• Optional: libheif (for HEIF image format support)

Requirements

• Linux-based operating system
• Nautilus file manager
• FFmpeg and FFprobe (for audio, video, image, and subtitle processing)
• Zenity (for GUI dialogs)
• Unzip (for ZIP archive extraction)
• Tar (for TAR, TAR.GZ, and TAR.BZ2 archive extraction)
• LibreOffice and Unoconv (for document conversions)
• Ghostscript (for PDF processing)
• Optional: libheif (for HEIF image format support)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/alexdevflow/media-converter.git
cd media-converter

2. Run the installation script:

chmod +x install.sh    # Make the installation script executable
./install.sh

3. Restart Nautilus:

nautilus -q

Usage

1. Right-click on one file in Nautilus
2. Navigate to Scripts → Media Converter → [Audio/Video/...]
3. Select your desired output format
4. Monitor the conversion progress
5. Find the converted files in the same directory as the originals

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• FFmpeg team for their amazing media processing framework 💝
• GNOME team for Nautilus file manager and the ease of adding such feature 💯
• All contributors who will help improve this tool 🤗

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.

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