# $Id: README.txt 160 2009-11-06 14:47:03Z tjansson60 $

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# 1.0 ABOUT The Sinthgunt Converter
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The Sinthgunt Converter is an easy to use gui for the ffmpeg package. Using pre-configured conversion settings, it makes the task of converting between different media formates very easy. 

For more info, please visit http://www.sinthgunt.org

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# 2.0 INSTALLATION
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For detailed installation instructions, see http://code.google.com/p/sinthgunt/wiki/Installation
Dependencies: python-gtk2 python-glade2

The generic installation procedures is

* Download the latest source snapshot by issuing the command
svn checkout http://sinthgunt.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ sinthgunt

* Install sinthgunt by running the command (as root)
python setup.py install

* Run Sinthgunt by issuing the command
sinthgunt

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# 3.0 KNOWN ISSUS / TODO
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* The thumbnails are not generated for some files
* How about a direct "Download youtube movie and convert to mp3 function"?

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# 4.0 LICENSE
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Copyright 2009 Kåre Hartvig Jensen (kare1234@gmail.com) and 
Thomas R. N. Jansson (tjansson@tjansson.dk). 

The Sinthgunt Converter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

The Sinthgunt Converter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with the Sinthgunt Converter. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/

# 4.1

Parts of the file presets.xml are Copyright 2006-2009 Matthew Weatherford and are (re)used here under the GPL v3 license.

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# 5.0 Related projects
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http://code.google.com/p/winff/
http://code.google.com/p/pyffmpeg/
http://code.google.com/p/wffmpeg/
http://code.google.com/p/jffmpeggui/
http://code.google.com/p/medpiper/
http://pspvc.sourceforge.net/
