How to install Curlew 0.2.5 GTK3 Video Converter for Ubuntu 18.04

     Curlew is a free multimedia converter for Ubuntu Linux that features small package size, few library dependencies, 100+ output formats, easy to use UI, and more.

Curlew is a GTK3 software written in Python and uses ffmpeg/avconv for media encoding. The latest Curlew 0.2.5 features:

• Added an option to include all audio tracks of file.
• Added support for merging files.
• Added Fade In/Out filter feature.
• Added paste "from the Clipboard" feature.
• Use Home directory as default converting destination.
• Hide unused page/widget.
• Add xplayer to players list.
• Colored buttons (Convert/Close).
• Removed CSD option.
• Deleted stdeb config files and use native debian packaging system.
• Fix disabled convert button issue.

How to Install HandBrake 1.1.2 on Ubuntu 18.04

     HandBrake is a free and open-source video transcoder, originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit (aka "titer" from his SVN repository username) to make ripping a film from a DVD to a data storage device easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions.
     HandBrake is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It uses third-party libraries such as Libav, libvpx, and x265.

HandBrake 1.1.2 Changelog:
 
General

• Fixed Blu-ray title name where reading from raw device
• Improved handling of broken units in Blu-ray source (skip and continue reading)

Video

• Fixed rare crash related to preview images, anamorphic, and default preset values
• Fixed jitter produced by 59.94 fps to 29.97 fps frame rate conversion

Audio

• Fixed duration of silence buffers (may improve audio/video sync for some sources)

How to Install Audacity 2.2.1 on Ubuntu 17.04, 18.04 via PPA

   Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
Compilation instructions for Audacity are provided in the source code:

• Windows: win\compile.txt
• macOS: mac/Build.txt
• GNU/Linux: INSTALL.

Audacity 2.2.1 Changelog: 

• Updated message translations for nineteen languages
• Several bugs/annoyances in 2.2.0 are now fixed, most importantly:
• Chains once again apply properly
• Auto-scrolling works when adjusting selection boundaries

How to Install MKVToolNix 18.0.0 on Ubuntu 17.10

    MKVtoolnix is a set of tools to create, alter, split, join and inspect Matroska files(mkv). With these tools one can get information about (mkvinfo) Matroska files, extract tracks/data from (mkvextract) Matroska files and create (mkvmerge) Matroska files from other media files. Matroska is a multimedia file format aiming to become THE new container format for the future. Use MKVCleaver or gMKVExtractGUI to extract/demultiplex mkv video and audio files.

MKVToolNix 18.0.0 Changelog:
New features and enhancements

• build system: when building with clang v3.8.0 or newer, configure will no longer restrict optimization flags to -O1 and use -O3 again (older versions of clang suffered from excessive memory usage with higher optimization levels).
• build system: when building with mingw 7.2.0 or newer, configure will no longer restrict optimization flags to -O2 and use -O3 again (older versions of mingw suffered from bugs such as segmentation faults with higher optimization levels).

How to Install Audacity 2.2.0 via PPA on Ubuntu 17.04, 18.04

   Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
Compilation instructions for Audacity are provided in the source code:

• Windows: win\compile.txt
• macOS: mac/Build.txt
• GNU/Linux: INSTALL.

Audacity 2.2.0 Changelog:

• Four supplied user interface themes, and customizability of themes for advanced users.
• Playback of MIDI files (fully automatic on Windows; requires cooperating software synthesizer programs on macOs or Linux; special thanks to Audacity co-founder Roger Dannenberg and new contributor “pokechu22”)
• Better organized menus

Install Kid3 Audio Editor 3.5.1 Improved High-DPI Support on Ubuntu 17.04

   Kid3 is an open-source cross-platform audio tag editor for many audio file formats. It supports DSF, MP3, Ogg, FLAC, MPC, MPEG-4 (mp4/m4a/m4b), AAC, Opus, SPX, TrueAudio, APE, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AIFF, tracker modules.

Features

• Edit ID3v1.1 tags
• Edit all ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 frames
• Convert between ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags
• Edit tags in MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, DSF, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Opus, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AIFF files and tracker modules (MOD, S3M, IT, XM)
• Edit tags of multiple files, e.g. the artist, album, year and genre of all files of an album typically have the same values and can be set together.

How to install Curlew 0.2.4 GTK3 Video Converter for Linux

     Curlew is a free multimedia converter for Ubuntu Linux that features small package size, few library dependencies, 100+ output formats, easy to use UI, and more.

    Curlew is written in Python and GTK+ 3, and uses FFMPEG (or Libav-tools) to transcode media files. The main features are:

•     Easy to use user interface (New GTK3 Header bar).
•     Hide the advanced options with the ability to show them.
•     More than 100 output formats.

How to Install MKVToolNix 13.0.0 on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

    MKVtoolnix is a set of tools to create, alter, split, join and inspect Matroska files(mkv). With these tools one can get information about (mkvinfo) Matroska files, extract tracks/data from (mkvextract) Matroska files and create (mkvmerge) Matroska files from other media files. Matroska is a multimedia file format aiming to become THE new container format for the future. Use MKVCleaver or gMKVExtractGUI to extract/demultiplex mkv video and audio files.

MKVToolNix 13.0.0 changelog:
New features and enhancements

• mkvmerge: MPEG TS reader: information about multiple programs will be output as container properties during verbose/JSON identification.
•  MKVToolNix GUI: multiplex tool: added a column "program" to the tracks list. Certain container types such as MPEG transport streams can contain multiple programs. The new column will contain the service name (think TV

How to Install MKVToolNix 12.0.0 on Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

      MKVtoolnix is a set of tools to create, alter, split, join and inspect Matroska files(mkv). With these tools one can get information about (mkvinfo) Matroska files, extract tracks/data from (mkvextract) Matroska files and create (mkvmerge) Matroska files from other media files. Matroska is a multimedia file format aiming to become THE new container format for the future. Use MKVCleaver or gMKVExtractGUI to extract/demultiplex mkv video and audio files.

MKVToolNix 12.0.0 changelog:

New features and enhancements

•     MKVToolNix GUI: the key combination Ctrl+Shift+Space will now toggle the selection of the current item in all tree views where multiple selections are allowed.
•     MKVToolNix GUI: chapter editor: added the extension `*.cue` (for cue sheet files) to the "open chapter file" dialog.

How to install MakeMKV 1.10.5 on Ubuntu 17.04

  MakeMKV 1.10.5  is tool converts video clips from DVD / Blu-ray disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information, so you may watch Blu-ray and DVD discs with your favorite player on your favorite OS or on your favorite device.

 

The software features:

•     Reads DVD and Blu-ray discs
•     Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+
•     Preserves all video and audio tracks, including HD audio
•     Preserves chapters information

How to Install HandBrake 1.0.3 on Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10

     HandBrake is a free and open-source video transcoder, originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit (aka "titer" from his SVN repository username) to make ripping a film from a DVD to a data storage device easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions.
     HandBrake is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It uses third-party libraries such as Libav, libvpx, and x265.

HandBrake 1.0.3 Changelog:

Video

•     Fixed H.264 decoding using Libav where the initial GOP was dropped
•     Fixed 2-pass x265 encoding where the source header incorrectly specifies frame rate

How to install ImageMagick 7.0.5 released on Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10

    ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, JPEG-2000, GIF, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses Bézier curves.

Features and Capabilities

Here are just a few examples of what ImageMagick can do:

•     Format conversion: convert an image from one format to another (e.g. PNG to JPEG).
•     Transform: resize, rotate, deskew, crop, flip or trim an image.
•     Transparency: render portions of an image invisible.
•     Draw: add shapes or text to an image.

How to Install HandBrake 1.0.2 on Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10

  HandBrake is a free and open-source video transcoder, originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit (aka "titer" from his SVN repository username) to make ripping a film from a DVD to a data storage device easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions.
   HandBrake is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It uses third-party libraries such as Libav, libvpx, and x265.

HandBrake 1.0.2 Changelog:

• Add options for saving and loading queue files
• Removed system tray icon due to performance issues on Ubuntu
• Usability improvements
• Miscellaneous bug fixes
• And much more, see the announcement 

How to Install HandBrake 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10

   HandBrake is a free and open-source video transcoder, originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit (aka "titer" from his SVN repository username) to make ripping a film from a DVD to a data storage device easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions.
   HandBrake is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It uses third-party libraries such as Libav, libvpx, and x265.

HandBrake 1.0.1 Changelog:

Video

• Fixed a potential crash when using the VP8 or VP9 video encoders
• Fixed a potential crash when using 2-pass ABR

How to install MakeMKV 1.10.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 to Play DVD/Blu-rays Discs

   MakeMKV 1.10.2  is tool converts video clips from DVD / Blu-ray disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information, so you may watch Blu-ray and DVD discs with your favorite player on your favorite OS or on your favorite device.

The software features:

•     Reads DVD and Blu-ray discs
•     Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+
•     Preserves all video and audio tracks, including HD audio
•     Preserves chapters information
•     Preserves all meta-information (track language, audio type)
•     Fast conversion - converts as fast as your drive can read data.

How to install Curlew 0.2.2 GTK3 Video Converter for Linux

      Curlew is a free multimedia converter for Ubuntu Linux that features small package size, few library dependencies, 100+ output formats, easy to use UI, and more.

 Curlew is written in Python and GTK+ 3, and uses FFMPEG (or Libav-tools) to transcode media files. The main features are:

•     Easy to use user interface (New GTK3 Header bar).
•     Hide the advanced options with the ability to show them.
•     More than 100 output formats.
•     Allow to edit formats.
•     Shutdown or suspend PC afer a conversion process.
•     Show file informations, file details using mediainfo.
•     Allow to skip or remove file during conversion process.