I’ve been using ffmpeg a lot and suffering from the lack of updated and reliable releases for Mac OS X. I’m currently using Snow Leopard  version 10.6.8 and toyed around a lot with it, and now I’m sharing this work with the world.

This was compiled using a git checkout. Documentation information is inside (readme, copying, etc). This was compiled with multi-thread support.

FFMpeg for Mac OS X

dmg format. ~11MB Released 2011-07-13

Now, if you’re trying to convert your videos to play on your iPad, AppleTV, iPhone or one of apple gadgets, you can try this 1-pass command:

ffmpeg -i video.avi -vcodec libx264 -b 2600k -g 250 -s 1280x720 -f mp4 -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ab 192k output.mp4

Altough I prefer the 2-pass method below. Using the 1-pass I sometimes have problems with seeking, and other times the video just stops in the middle of the way, so, there you go:

ffmpeg -i video.avi -pass 1 -vcodec libx264 -b 2600k -g 250 -s 1280x720 -f mp4 -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ab 192k output.mp4
ffmpeg -i video.avi -pass 2 -vcodec libx264 -b 2600k -g 250 -s 1280x720 -f mp4 -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ab 192k output.mp4

Let me know if the package and commands worked for you.
Have fun!

But no, not us.

The guys at AppFlow are giving away a family license pack for iStat Menus, from the same makers of Consume (for iPhone and soon for iPad).

Bjango (twitter) is developing some nice applications for iPhone and is coming to the Mac desktop with the iStat Menus, and what a great start! Their application monitors your system (even the battery of you MacBook) in a very discrete way.

The giveaway ends next Saturday, June 5th, so if I were you, I would wait no more.

The iStat Menus is available for download on Bjango site, and the full version costs $16 dollars.

I’ve just finished up creating an iPhone application intended to track packages at Brazilian’s mail company: Correios. You’ll be able to track packages and keep record of what you’re tracking. You need only to enter the information once, and the application keeps it stored for you (until you delete it).

You’ll need only a device with an active internet connection.

Check out the screen shots:

Once the application is approved, i’ll post a link to the iTunes store. The application is free with ads.

The truck icon was made by cemagraphics from DeviantArt.