Cute Giraffe Files

Author: Alex Borisov
Contributors: Yuri Bongiorno
 
Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Alex Borisov
 
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms 
of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either 
version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with 
this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


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* Cute Giraffe - Qt-based Graphical Interface Wrapper for FFMPEG *
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Cute Giraffe is the ultimate video/audio/image codec - a GUI wrapper for FFMPEG.


FEATURES:

- Video, audio, image conversion
- Convert multiple files (batch conversion)
- Convert audio/video from/to anything FFMPEG supports
- Convert/resize/rotate images from/to PNG/JP(E)G/TIFF/BMP/SVG*/PDF etc.
- Rotate/flip videos
- Adjust audio volume
- Variable start/stop encoding times
- Audio/video presets (from WinFF)
- Custom input variables

- Written in Python and Qt
- OS independent (tested on Linux and Windows)**
- Minimalistic and simplistic approach
- Licensed under GPL3

* It seems there is no SVG support in PortablePython-2.7.3+'s version of Qt.
** Tested only on Linux and Windows.

NOTE: Linux and Windows versions of ffmpeg use different encoder libraries, 
so some options or presets may fail. Check FFMPEG supported formats and codecs 
for details and enter them manually if you experience problems.


PREREQUISITES:

- Python-2.7+ (please note Python-3.x was not tested and may not work)
- PyQt-4.7+


HOW TO INSTALL FOR WINDOWS USERS:

- Python: 
    - www.python.org/download/
- PortablePython: 
    - www.portablepython.com/wiki/Download
- Qt: 
    - www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download
        - For PortablePython on Windows, PyQt has to be installed in ../PortablePython/App
        - Make sure PyQt version matches Python version (e.g. if Python-2.7.* is installed, 
          then install corresponding PyQt-Py2.7-*, otherwise it will not work)
- FFMPEG:
    - http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
        - On first start of Cute Giraffe, select FFMPEG:
          <PATH_TO_FFMPEG>\bin\ffmpeg.exe


TO START Cute Giraffe:

- For Linux users: run/open 'cutegiraffe.pyw' with 'python
- For Windows users: open 'cutegiraffe.pyw' with 'pythonw.exe'


SPECIAL THANKS TO DEVELOPERS AND SUPPORTERS:

- Yuri Bongiorno for presets option
- WinFF for Ffmpeg presets
- OpenClipart for artwork
- Python, Qt, PyQt, PyEnchant, LibreOffice, SQLAlchemy, SQLite
- Joakim Low from PythonWare for PortablePython Windows Registry script
- sqlitefktg4sa for SQLite Foreign Key Trigger Generator for SQLAlchemy