Got tired of laggy .ts downloads from IDM, so I built a lightweight FFmpeg GUI
Posted by mohdsamnaan@reddit | Python | View on Reddit | 2 comments
A lot of videos downloaded from IDM and stream sites get saved as .ts files instead of normal .mp4.
The problem is those files often:
- lag in VLC
- behave inconsistently across players
- become annoying on phones/TVs
- require messy conversion settings
So I built a lightweight Windows GUI around FFmpeg that converts .ts → .mp4 using fast stream copy (-c copy).
That means many files convert in seconds without re-encoding or quality loss.
Features:
- Batch conversion
- Simple lightweight UI
- Bundled FFmpeg
- No terminal needed
- No Python install required for users
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theevildjinn@reddit
I'm on my phone so not tested it out, but what's the advantage of the GUI over just doing:
ffmpeg -i input.ts -c copy output.mp4
Or:
for f in *.ts; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -c copy "${f%.ts}.mp4" done