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=== Custom Encoding === | === Custom Encoding === | ||
Whether to save space, to make your files readable by a portable music player or a particular software program, '''Amarok''' can handle it. Choose a codec from the list and a custom setting and click <menuchoice>Transcode</menuchoice>. | |||
[[File:Amarok2.4TranscodeTracksDialog.png|400px|center]] | [[File:Amarok2.4TranscodeTracksDialog.png|400px|center]] | ||
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| <menuchoice>Back</menuchoice> || Back to the basic ''Transcoding menu''. | | <menuchoice>Back</menuchoice> || Back to the basic ''Transcoding menu''. | ||
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| <menuchoice>Encoder list</menuchoice> || List of all your installed codecs; choose among them to make custom presets. If this list is empty, you need to | | <menuchoice>Encoder list</menuchoice> || List of all your installed codecs; choose among them to make custom presets. If this list is empty, you need to install ''FFmpeg''. | ||
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| <menuchoice>Transcode</menuchoice> || Begins encoding with the selected codecs and parameters. | | <menuchoice>Transcode</menuchoice> || Begins encoding with the selected codecs and parameters. | ||
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| <menuchoice>Cancel</menuchoice> || Exits the ''Transcoding menu'' and returns to the ''Media Sources pane''. | | <menuchoice>Cancel</menuchoice> || Exits the ''Transcoding menu'' and returns to the ''Media Sources pane''. | ||
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Revision as of 08:10, 21 March 2011
Overview
Transcoding is a new Amarok feature as of version 2.4. It allows you to encode media files to a variety of formats while copying them to your collection. A word of warning: be careful when you use this feature, as you are working with actual files on your hard drive. Have a backup!
Interface
Use transcoding while you copy files to your collection folder by right-clicking a media file then and a menu will appear.
Transcode Menu
If you choose to copy files to your collection, the following menu interface will pop up.
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Selected media files will be copied to your collection without encoding. | |
| Selected media files will be coded with the default encoding preset: medium compression, high quality, Ogg Vorbis (lossy), and a menu interface will pop up. More about this interface here. | |
| Media files will be encoded to custom formats, provided that you have the required codecs. Selecting this option causes a new menu to appear. |
Custom Encoding
Whether to save space, to make your files readable by a portable music player or a particular software program, Amarok can handle it. Choose a codec from the list and a custom setting and click .
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Back to the basic Transcoding menu. | |
| List of all your installed codecs; choose among them to make custom presets. If this list is empty, you need to install FFmpeg. | |
| Begins encoding with the selected codecs and parameters. | |
| Exits the Transcoding menu and returns to the Media Sources pane. |