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Clever FFmpeg GUI is a small, but smart GUI for FFmpeg. It processes Audio and Video streams separately. These can be muxed after processing. It's for Windows Systems, portable, x86 and x64. Automatic stream detection, Video, Audio and Subtitle stream conversion, Video, Audio and Subtitle stream extraction, Audio volume detection, Audio length and pitch modification, automatic Video crop detection, Audio and Video Fade In and Fade Out, Change aspect ratio, Change Audio and Subtitles stream language, Change profile level without recoding (for x264 and hevc). DVD movie rip implemented (unprotected DVD's only). Point to VOB 1 of a Title Set (g.e. VTS_01_1.VOB for Titleset 1), answer Yes to the questions and the entire movie will be ripped and imported. Requires ffmpeg and .NET 4.8.
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Download clever FFmpeg-GUI 3.3.9 298KB Win
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March 05, 2025 release version 3.3.9.
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Added:
Choice to use ffplay or virtualdub for keyframe search in cut page.
Video preview adapted to a changed duration in video encoding section.
Time lapse in video encoding.
Preview for video properties filter.
DVD-rip: Test for protected DVDs.
Vobs can be joined now.
Update reminder on start page (background check 15 days after last manual check).
Video preview with tonemapping HDR to SRD.
Subtitle conversion: Stay open, last used codec is saved.
Fixed:
Bug with missing reset of nlmeans, unsharp, grey_scale filter.
Bug with audio channels select from/to single channel extract/join.
Bug with missing UTF-8 encoding in analyze_new_source.
Bug with missing audio filter cleverNorm for many channels.
Bug with changing target folder.
Bug with adding timelaps encodes/batchs to mux grid.
Bug with groupbox display in cut grid.
Bug with drag vob/dvd vob to program icon.
Bug with UTF-8 title metadata muxing.
Bug with missing chapter muxing (if video has offset).
Bug in join code (missing streams in output).
Bug in preview window settings saving.
Bug with chapters help remaining open with video preview.
Bug with audio delay in mux grid.
Bug in audio filter.
Bug with ttml subtitle batch.
Bug with missing -strict -2 parameter in muxing (thx to neptune84).
Changed:
Back to original DynAudNorm parameter values for cleverNorm (thx to manneguin80).
Video preview starts at 5% duration instead at 20 seconds.
Time lapse output naming.
New color now (yellow) for output to source folder.
Font segoeui.ttf instead of arialn.ttf for video preview overlays.
Scale calulation base for video preview (from width to height).
New audio delay code in mux grid.
Spectrogram, audio volume detection and ac3 patch moved to audio encoding page.
Video cropping moved to video encoding page.
Improved:
Dvd-rip code.
Join code.
Downmix to stereo (contains FC now).
March 05, 2025 release version 3.3.9.
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Added:
Choice to use ffplay or virtualdub for keyframe search in cut page.
Video preview adapted to a changed duration in video encoding section.
Time lapse in video encoding.
Preview for video properties filter.
DVD-rip: Test for protected DVDs.
Vobs can be joined now.
Update reminder on start page (background check 15 days after last manual check).
Video preview with tonemapping HDR to SRD.
Subtitle conversion: Stay open, last used codec is saved.
Fixed:
Bug with missing reset of nlmeans, unsharp, grey_scale filter.
Bug with audio channels select from/to single channel extract/join.
Bug with missing UTF-8 encoding in analyze_new_source.
Bug with missing audio filter cleverNorm for many channels.
Bug with changing target folder.
Bug with adding timelaps encodes/batchs to mux grid.
Bug with groupbox display in cut grid.
Bug with drag vob/dvd vob to program icon.
Bug with UTF-8 title metadata muxing.
Bug with missing chapter muxing (if video has offset).
Bug in join code (missing streams in output).
Bug in preview window settings saving.
Bug with chapters help remaining open with video preview.
Bug with audio delay in mux grid.
Bug in audio filter.
Bug with ttml subtitle batch.
Bug with missing -strict -2 parameter in muxing (thx to neptune84).
Changed:
Back to original DynAudNorm parameter values for cleverNorm (thx to manneguin80).
Video preview starts at 5% duration instead at 20 seconds.
Time lapse output naming.
New color now (yellow) for output to source folder.
Font segoeui.ttf instead of arialn.ttf for video preview overlays.
Scale calulation base for video preview (from width to height).
New audio delay code in mux grid.
Spectrogram, audio volume detection and ac3 patch moved to audio encoding page.
Video cropping moved to video encoding page.
Improved:
Dvd-rip code.
Join code.
Downmix to stereo (contains FC now).
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Video Stream Encoding to: mpeg2, x264 (avc), x265 (hevc), Divx, Xvid, VP8, VP9, DnxHR.
Audio Stream Encoding to: aac, ac3, eac3, dts, flac, mp2, mp3, opus, vorbis, pcm, trueHD.
Multiplex to: 3gp, asf, avi, m2ts, mov, mpg, mp4, mkv, ts, vob, mfx, webm.
Audio Stream Encoding to: aac, ac3, eac3, dts, flac, mp2, mp3, opus, vorbis, pcm, trueHD.
Multiplex to: 3gp, asf, avi, m2ts, mov, mpg, mp4, mkv, ts, vob, mfx, webm.
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Clever program with many useful features and a powerful and helpful development.
Review by cobald84 on
Mar 19, 2025 Version: 3.3.9.05
OS: Windows 11 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Really love using this application.
Review by billy.morre on
Mar 15, 2025 Version: 339
OS: Windows 11 Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Excelent Software.
Review by meridare on
Mar 14, 2025 Version: 3.3.8
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 10/10
I use the GUI for my recordings.
Nice tool.
Thanx!
Nice tool.
Thanx!
Review by cleumerx3 on
Mar 13, 2025 Version: 3.3.8
OS: Windows 11 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Streams get processed separately and can be multiplexed at the end. The smartest gui for ffmpeg I know.
Review by kilopond on
Mar 10, 2025 Version: 3.3.9
OS: Windows 11 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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