FFAB unlocks the batch audio powers of the free ffmpeg with a GUI

FFmpeg, the free multimedia toolkit, is so powerful that, honestly, it’s entirely possible not to know all that it can do. For audio, the new FFAB offers a graphical front-end on Mac and Linux, with real-time preview, drag-and-drop filters, parallel processing, and useful visualizations that even command line lovers won’t want to miss.

Batch-process video, free: new FFmpeg Explorer filter tool works visually

ffmpeg is a powerful but sometimes daunting free and open source video command line tool. Developer Sam Lavigne has found a way to make it easier to explore its complex filter processing tools – giving it a node-based patching interface for trying out filters in a browser. And Sam is looking for testers.

Peter Kirn - August 31, 2023

Exquisite paintings, with analog signal and modular gear as brush

Working with image signal instead of sound remains to many an undiscovered country. One artist is producing beautiful meditations on analog video – and charting his work.

Peter Kirn - January 23, 2020