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Install Selene Video Converter for Linux Ubuntu

Install Selene Video Converter for Linux Ubuntu

August 5, 2020

Selene Media Converter 17.7 for Linux Ubuntu. Selene Media Converter, powered by ffmpeg an audio and video converter. Selene can be used for converting files to OGG/OGV/ MKV/MP4/WEBM/OPUS/AAC/FLAC/MP3/WAV formats. It aims to provide a simple GUI for converting files to popular formats along with powerful command-line options for automated/unattended encoding.

Selene Media Converter 17.7 supports almost all input file formats that you are likely to come across (powered by ffmpeg). Selene can encode videos to common file formats like MKV, MP4, OGV, and WEBM, music to common audio formats like MP3, MP4, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, and WAV. It supports encoding to latest formats like H265/HEVC, WEBM and OPUS. For more optimum functions the converter has an option to pause and resume encoding, an option to run in background and shutdown PC after encoding. It comes with a commandline interface for unattended/automated encoding and also the Bash scripts can be written to control the encoding process.

Features:

  • Encode videos to MKV/MP4/OGV/WEBM formats.
  • Encode music to MP3/AAC/OGG/OPUS/FLAC/WAV formats.
  • Option to pause/resume encoding
  • Option to run in background and shutdown PC after encoding
  • Bash scripts can be written to control the encoding process
  • Commandline interface for unattended/automated encoding

Install Selene on Linux Ubuntu

Packages are available in the Launchpad PPA for supported Ubuntu releases. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install selene

Installers are available on the Releases page for older Ubuntu releases which have reached end-of-life.

Other Linux Distributions

Installers are available on the Releases page. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

# 64-bit
sudo chmod a+x ./selene-*-amd64.run
sudo ./selene-*-amd64.run
# 32-bit
sudo chmod a+x ./selene-*-i386.run
sudo ./selene-*-i386.run

You may also need to install the packages for following dependencies:

Required: libgtk-3 libgee2 libjson-glib rsync libav-tools mediainfo
Optional: vorbis-tools, opus-tools, vpx-tools, x264, lame, mkvtoolnix, ffmpeg2theora, gpac, sox

Install Selene Video Converter for Linux Ubuntu originally posted on Source Digit – Latest Technology, Gadgets & Gizmos.

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