# OggConvert

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{{Short description|Audio and video transcoder}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = OggConvert
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| author                 = 
| developer              = Tristan Brindle
| released               = 
| latest release version = 0.3.3
| latest release date    = {{release date and age|2010|05|24}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = 
| programming language   = Python
| operating system       = [Linux](/source/Linux), experimental [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) version
| platform               = [GNOME](/source/GNOME)
| language               = around 30 languages
| discontinued           = yes
| genre                  = [Transcoding](/source/Transcoding)
| license                = [LGPL-2.1-or-later](/source/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License)
| website                = {{URL|http://oggconvert.tristanb.net}} (down)
}}

'''OggConvert''' is a [free and open-source](/source/free_and_open-source) [transcoder](/source/transcoder) for digital audio and video files of various types into the free [Ogg Vorbis](/source/Vorbis) audio format, and the [Theora](/source/Theora), [VP8](/source/VP8) and [Dirac](/source/Dirac_(video_compression_format)) video formats. It supports [Ogg](/source/Ogg), [Matroska](/source/Matroska) and [WebM](/source/WebM) containers for output. It is developed by a single author, primarily for [Linux](/source/Linux). A number of community translations exist for the software.

OggConvert is nominally a [GNOME](/source/GNOME) utility, but depends only on the [GStreamer](/source/GStreamer) Python bindings package and uses [GTK+](/source/GTK%2B) libraries, allowing it to run in a number of desktop environments. An Experimental Windows version exists and limited support is offered for [Solaris](/source/Solaris_(operating_system)) and macOS, as the author is unable to test on these platforms.

OggConvert uses a point and click interface, requiring the selection of a file and format to convert to.
Providing a gstreamer plugin exists for the media you want to convert, it supports a wide variety of file types.

OggConvert is available to download from the author's page as packaged files for [Ubuntu](/source/Ubuntu_(operating_system)), [Fedora](/source/Fedora_(operating_system)),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/oggconvert/ |title=Oggconvert &#124; PKGDB |access-date=2015-05-04 |archive-date=2015-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009162125/https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/oggconvert/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [Debian](/source/Debian)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://packages.debian.org/OggConvert|title = Debian -- Package Search Results -- OggConvert}}</ref> and [Windows](/source/Windows). The source code is also available.

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Nathan Willis, ''[http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/123574 OggConvert makes Ogg converts (and converts to Oggs)]'', December 21, 2007 (9:00:00 PM), [linux.com](/source/linux.com)
* {{cite web |url = https://launchpad.net/oggconvert |title = OggConvert |author = Brindle, Tristan |quote = OggConvert is a small Gnome utility that uses GStreamer to convert media files to the licence-free Theora, Dirac and Vorbis formats. |date = 2007-01-26 |publisher = Canonical | accessdate  = 2014-03-23}}

==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214062546/http://oggconvert.tristanb.net/ OggConvert Official Site]}}

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Category:Discontinued software
Category:Free video conversion software
Category:Free audio software
Category:Audio software that uses GTK
Category:Software that uses GStreamer

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