[Pkg-pascal-devel] Fwd: Bug#1050550: RFA: winff -- graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv

[Abou Al Montacir]

Hi Paul,

Maybe we can make it team maintained as you suggested.

On Sat, 2023-08-26 at 08:07 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have just requested an adopter for WinFF, written in Free Pascal. 
> Maintaining that package is how I got involved in this Team. Maybe 
> somebody in this team is interested in taking over (and maybe it makes 
> sense to put it in team maintenance). The burden currently is low, 
> because upstream stopped development.
> 
> Paul
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Bug#1050550: RFA: winff -- graphical video and audio batch 
> converter using ffmpeg or avconv
> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:00:43 +0200
> From: Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> 
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: winff at packages.debian.org
> Control: affects -1 + src:winff
> 
> I request an adopter for the winff package. WinFF was the first
> package I created for Debian and it has been a fun ride those 15
> years. Nowadays I focus more on QA and Release Team work and am less
> interested in maintaining packages (particular as I'm not using it
> myself).
> 
> The main upstream developer has stopped development. I still have full
> access to the upstream github instance so I can also help setup people
> that want to take over upstream development (or maintenance).
> 
> The package description is:
>   WinFF is a graphical user interface for FFmpeg or avconv. It will convert
>   almost any video file that FFmpeg or avconv will convert. WinFF does 
> multiple
>   files in multiple formats at one time. You can, for example, convert
>   mpeg's, flv's, and mov's into avi's (or DVD/VCD format or MPEG or 3gp
>   etc.) all at once.
>   .
>   WinFF provides a variety of preset conversion settings for
>   common formats and devices. These presets are intended to hit the
>   "sweet spot" for each individual codec. They have been written with a
>   tip of the balance to quality.
>   .
>   For most presets to work, it is necessary to have the unstripped version
>   of the libavcodec package, which can be obtained by installing
>   libavcodec-extra as suggested by the WinFF suite. It might be necessary
>   to enable additional repositories to find that package.
> 
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-- 
Cheers,
Abou Al Montacir
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