In this article, we are going to learn How to install Selene media encoder in Ubuntu. Selene is an open-source audio & video converter application used to convert media files from one format to another format. This application is capable to convert video files into various formats i.e. OGV, MKV, WEBM, MP4 and can convert audio files into OGG, WAV, MP3, OPUS, etc. You can use the command-line interface of this application to make an unattended video/audio encoding process. If the encoding process takes a long time then you can schedule to shut down the system automatically once completed the encoding process OR you can pause the encoding process and resume later on. Selene audio & video converter application allows updating the metadata information of the media file for eg: Album Name, Artist Name, and so on. Here we are going to install the latest version of Selene media encoder in Ubuntu.
Follow the below steps to Install Selene Media Encoder in Ubuntu – Best Audio & Video Converter Application for Linux:
Before starting the installation we have to install the official PPA repository for Selene media encoder as it’s not a part of the default repository of Ubuntu. So to install the PPA repository use the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa # Install PPA Repository More info: https://launchpad.net/~teejee2008/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpj13q_p37/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpj13q_p37/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 2D0F61F0 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmpj13q_p37/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 2D0F61F0: public key "Launchpad PPA for Tony George" imported gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) OK
After installing the PPA repository just update the Packages & Repositories of Ubuntu using the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update # Update Packages & Repositories Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeffreyratcliffe/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jtaylor/keepass/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Reading package lists... Done
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Now we are ready to install the Selene media encoder package. So to install the same refer to the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install selene # Install Selene Audio & Video Converter package Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libjansson4 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed: esound-common fdkaac ffmpeg gpac gpac-modules-base lame libaudiofile1 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libboost-regex1.58.0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libebml4v5 libenca0 libesd0 libfdk-aac0 libffms2-4 libfreenect0.5 libgpac4 libkate-tools libmatroska6v5 libmediainfo0v5 liboggkate1 liboggz2 libsox-fmt-alsa libsox-fmt-base libsox2 libtinyxml2-2v5 libvorbisidec1 libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 libzen0v5 mediainfo mkvtoolnix mplayer oggz-tools opus-tools python-pythoncard python-wxgtk3.0 python-wxversion sox vorbis-tools vpx-tools x264 x265 Suggested packages: ffmpeg-doc pulseaudio-esound-compat libsox-fmt-all mediainfo-gui mkvtoolnix-gui mplayer-doc netselect | fping pythoncard-tools pythoncard-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: esound-common fdkaac ffmpeg gpac gpac-modules-base lame libaudiofile1 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libboost-regex1.58.0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libebml4v5 libenca0 libesd0 libfdk-aac0 libffms2-4 libfreenect0.5 libgpac4 libkate-tools libmatroska6v5 libmediainfo0v5 liboggkate1 liboggz2 libsox-fmt-alsa libsox-fmt-base libsox2 libtinyxml2-2v5 libvorbisidec1 libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 libzen0v5 mediainfo mkvtoolnix mplayer oggz-tools opus-tools python-pythoncard python-wxgtk3.0 python-wxversion selene sox vorbis-tools vpx-tools x264 x265 0 upgraded, 44 newly installed, 0 to remove and 217 not upgraded. Need to get 26.2 MB of archives. After this operation, 105 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ---> Enter 'y' continue the installation
As you can see above we have successfully installed the Selene Encoder (Audio & Video Converter) package. To confirm the same refer to the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l selene # Confirm the installed package Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-====================================-=======================-=======================-============================================================================= ii selene 17.7-0~201707260225~ubu amd64 Audio-video converter for Linux.
Now to open the application just type the command Selene on the shell prompt. Refer to the command below.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ selene # Open the Selene Audio & Video Converter application
You can also open the Selene media encoder application graphically using the Search your computer box.
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How To Uninstall Selene Media Encoder On Ubuntu?
To uninstall the Selene Audio & Video converter application use the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r selene # Uninstall the application (Reading database ... 213519 files and directories currently installed.) Removing selene (17.7-0~201707260225~ubuntu16.04.1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
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