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Re-encode movies while downloading them at the same time
Tags: It will be nice when the day arrives that content providers produce their media in all the popular formats. As it stands, your computer is generally very flexible in media playback – assuming you have all the necessary codecs installed. But problems arise when you wish to take that content off your PC and onto another device for enjoyment. The iPod has it’s necessary specifications; likewise the Sony PSP shares a similar situation. If you wish to rip your newly purchased DVD for portable pleasure you will quickly be accustomed to the myriad of options available to you. Quite frankly, there is no shortage of video encoders that convert from one standard to another. Some are better than others, but at the end of the day they all perform basically the same; and to that – they all share one thing in common. They are rather slow!
DamnVid is another free video encoder that provides most of what you are expecting; it’s simply re-encodes content for playback on other devices. That doesn’t make it unique, nor does that fact it is available for Windows, OS X, and Linux – freely. What makes DamnVid damn unique is it’s ability to re-encode content as it is being downloaded from the Internet. I’m a sucker for efficiency and this streamlines the entire process. During the re-encoding process while downloading doesn’t make the entire process suddenly complete 50% faster but it certainly lends itself to a set and forget mantra.
The conversion process can be kick-started by supply the URLs to the content to DamnVid and the queuing system takes care of the rest. Furthering the trend of efficiency, the software monitors the operating system’s clipboard for URLs and automatically injecting them into the queue for conversion. DamnVid utilizes the popular FFmpeg library for it’s processing and includes a number of the most popular encoding profiles.
Broadband comes in all shapes and sizes; a tool like DamnVid should measurably change your experience on slower connections since the bits can be reformed as they trickle down – a clever solution to a problem many likely didn’t know they had.
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