Install HandBrake on Linux Mint 13

July 29, 2012 by · 9 Comments
Filed under: HowTo, linux, Linux Mint, video 

HandBrake is a program for transcoding video files. By default it transcodes video to H.264 format, so the files get compressed to a reasonable size while retaining high audio and video quality. There are versions available for Windows, OSX, and Linux. In this post I'm going to show how to install it in Linux Mint 13 using an Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive). Read more

Adding Video Captions With Avidemux

January 16, 2011 by · 5 Comments
Filed under: HowTo, linux, Ubuntu, video 

I spent some time back in December compiling videos of my daughter for a family DVD. One of the things I wanted to do was to add a small caption to each video clip to document the date of the recording. I ended up using Avidemux and the subtitle video filter to add the captions to the video.

You'll of course need to have Avidemux installed on your system in order to follow this process. Check your distro's repositories. Read more