Ray’s FFmpeg Commander ToolBox

Rays FFmpeg Commander Toolbox is a user-friendly Python script that provides a powerful graphical interface for FFmpeg, making multimedia conversion and processing tasks vastly easier than manual command-line usage.

Overview

  • Provides a modern GUI for FFmpeg operations, allowing seamless video and audio processing tasks without the need to memorize complex command-line options. I applied styles so that the window box looks like something out of the old days of Solaris, if you are old enough to have used that…
  • Significantly improves productivity and reduces errors compared to manual terminal operations.
  • Developed on Ubuntu Linux 25.05 and has been tested successfully on macOS. Windows support is untested, but expected with compatible dependencies and Python/FFmpeg installed.

Cross-Platform Installation

To run Rays FFmpeg Commander Toolbox, the following dependencies are required:

  • Python 3
  • FFmpeg (available on all platforms)
  • GTK 3 & GObject Introspection (GI) for GUI functionality

For macOS, install the required packages via Homebrew:

brew install gtk+3
brew install gtkmm gtkmm3 gtkmm4 cairomm
brew install pygobject3 gtk4

On Linux, use your distribution’s package manager (e.g., apt, dnf, pacman) to install Python, FFmpeg, GTK 3, and GI.

Getting Started

  1. Install the required dependencies as described above.
  2. Visit the GitHub repository for download and usage instructions:
    GitHub: https://github.com/rompstar/Rays_FFmpeg_Commander_Toolbox
  3. A demonstration video is available here:
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3cHSqLoLc

Additional Notes

  • For Windows, while not yet tested, it should work if Python, FFmpeg, GTK 3, and GI bindings are properly installed.
  • Contributions, bug reports, and feedback via GitHub are encouraged to help improve cross-platform support.