Render Watch

Render Watch is an open source video transcoder for Linux.

Compatibility

Render Watch is available as a flatpak(version 1.0.0) and can also be installed from source. Render Watch should theoretically work on any Linux distribution that has the ability to run Python, Gtk, PyGObject, and ffmpeg/ffinfo/ffplay.

Installation

Flatpak:

Available starting version 1.0.0

From source:

1. Install dependencies
   • ffmpeg
   • PyGObject
   • python-pip
2. Clone repository

   git clone https://github.com/mgregory1994/RenderWatch.git

3. Manually install Render Watch

   cd RenderWatch
   git checkout v0.2.0-beta
   sudo python setup.py install

4. Copy .desktop file and program icons

   cp data/render-watch.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
   cp -r data/icons/. ~/.icons

Uninstall

Flatpak:

Available starting version 1.0.0

From source:

1. Remove .desktop file

   rm ~/.local/share/applications/render-watch.desktop

2. Remove Render Watch using pip

   sudo pip uninstall render-watch

Usage

Once you have installed Render Watch, you can find it among your installed applications.

You can also run Render Watch from the command line

render-watch

You can also run Render Watch in debug mode

render-watch-debug

The log file can then be found in

~/.config/"Render Watch"/

Screenshots

Contributing

Pull requests and issue reports are welcome.

Before opening a pull request, consider discussing the change as an issue first.

License

Render Watch is licensed under GPLV3

--Screenshots with Big Buck Bunny--

(c) copyright 2008, Blender Foundation / www.bigbuckbunny.org