Best osx app for converting video, gathering meta data etc ?

OU812 · 01-01-2013 11:35pm #1

I use iflicks as it allows you to "stack" stuff to be converted, however, it doesn't allow you to differentiate between TV & Movie - it can only be one or the other.

You add the avi/whatever to it, select what you want it to be, it sucks in the metadata & it converts & inserts it into itunes. Pretty nifty. But is there anything better ?

GhostInTheRuins · 02-01-2013 5:57am

Handbrake? I'm not sure about the metadata bit but handbrake is a brilliant video converter.

OU812 · 02-01-2013 7:18am

Yeah, tried that. It's good but then you have to do all the meta data separately.

vinnycoyne · 02-01-2013 10:19am

I've found VideoDrive to be great for metadata.

I'll move this to the Mac forum — you might get more answers there.

OU812 · 02-01-2013 11:43am

Thanks Vinny.

Do you know if its possible to "stack" conversions in Video Drive?

You can add loads to a queue in iflicks, but I don't see it mentioned on Videodrive.

Colonel Panic · 02-01-2013 1:12pm

Converting from what to what?

OU812 · 02-01-2013 1:21pm

Avi or mp4 or Mkv to iTunes native m4v

Colonel Panic · 02-01-2013 1:38pm

Okay, well I can't help you on the AVI -> MP4 front, but for MKV, if it's H.264 video, you should use Subler to remux the file into an MP4 without reencoding the video, which is what most of these tools do.

In the case of Subler, it will fetch metadata for you, and lets you queue up multiple files to be remuxed. It's even got a command line interface if you're into scripting stuff.

vinnycoyne · 04-01-2013 7:14pm

OU812 wrote: »

Thanks Vinny.

Do you know if its possible to "stack" conversions in Video Drive?

You can add loads to a queue in iflicks, but I don't see it mentioned on Videodrive.

VideoDrive has a queue feature, yes.

Best osx app for converting video, gathering meta data etc ?

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