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Medix

Quick Start

This walks through a typical first run. Swap the paths for your own.

1. Install

Terminal window
pip install medix

2. Point Medix at a file

Terminal window
medix /path/to/video.vob

Or a whole directory:

Terminal window
medix /path/to/videos/

3. Let Medix check FFmpeg

If FFmpeg is missing, Medix will offer to install it for you. Accept, and it runs the right brew / apt / winget command under the hood.

4. Pick an output format

Medix lists discovered files, then asks which output format you want:

? Choose output format
  MP4 (H.264 + AAC — universal playback)
  MKV (H.264 + AAC — flexible container)
  WebM (VP9 + Opus — web streaming)
  MOV (H.264 + AAC — Apple ecosystem)
  AVI (H.264 + MP3 — legacy)
  TS (H.264 + AAC — broadcast)

5. (Optional) Tweak encoding

Say yes to advanced settings if you want to override the defaults — video codec, resolution, frame rate, CRF, preset, audio bitrate.

6. Confirm and watch it run

Medix shows the conversion plan, you confirm, and the progress bars take over.

Common invocations

Terminal window
# Single file
medix video.mp4


# Directory
medix ~/Videos/


# Recurse into subdirectories
medix ~/Videos/ -r


# Custom output directory
medix ~/Videos/ -o ~/Converted/


# Preview without converting
medix ~/Videos/ --dry-run


# Recurse + dry run + custom output
medix ~/Videos/ -r -o ~/Converted/ --dry-run

Next steps