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Free Software that I rely on. One per day.

Day 18:

MKVToolNix

This is a tool kit of utilities, including a GUI front end, for manipulating Matroska streaming multimedia files (usually "MKV" or "MKA" files).

The Matroska container format allows for multiple audio, video, and text streams, which means you can encode a video with multiple options for audio and subtitles (as well as alternate video tracks).

It also supports setting up "Chapter" marks.

A must-have for authoring and checking complex videos for streaming and download use.

mkvtoolnix.download/

Screen capture of MKVToolNix GUI when I start it up (no file has been selected yet). This tab has the options for input and output files.
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Free Software that I rely on. One per day.

Day 19:

PeerTube

PeerTube is the main federated video publishing platform, with an interface similar to YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo, etc.

Videos are federated like other posts on the Fediverse, as are comments.

It supports many channels and playlists per user.

Discoverability is still a little weak, and the total volume is small compared to the corporate behemoths, but we do have Framasoft's "Sepia Search" service, and the PeerTube universe is growing.

Our PeerTube server is probably the 2nd most important web application I'm running on our server. This has become my primary publication point for both "Lunatics!" and "Film Freedom".

joinpeertube.org
sepiasearch.org/

Our own server:
tv.filmfreedom.net

Film Freedom project channel page on our Film Freedom PeerTube site. There's a top banner, avatar, and channel name. Below are videos listed from the project, including some of my experimental work."More" page for the Film Freedom PeerTube site, with some stats and server info.
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