VapourBox
VapourBox is a desktop app for archiving and converting video: tape captures, camcorder footage, film scans, DVDs, and the digital files you already have. It runs VapourSynth, QTGMC and FFmpeg, the tools the video restoration community already uses, without requiring you to write a script.
- Converts DV, AVCHD, MPEG-2, MXF and ordinary MP4, MKV, AVI and MOV files, DVD folders and discs
- Deinterlaces with QTGMC and reverses telecine, after detecting how the source is stored
- Optional cleanup filters for tape noise, colour bleed, film dust and scratches, ghosting and more
- Presets named after the source: VHS, DV camcorder tape, DVD and broadcast, anime, 8mm and Super 8 film
- A side-by-side preview of the source and the processed result, and a queue for batches
- Encodes to H.264, HEVC, ProRes and lossless formats, with hardware encoders where available
- Transcribes speech to subtitles
The AppImage includes the processing components, so it works without a network connection. It needs glibc 2.39 or newer (Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 13).
Compatibility: Uses the C library of the system (may need glibc 2.34 or later)
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Usage
VapourBox is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. Awesome!
AppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions.
This AppImage uses the C library of the system and may need glibc 2.34 or later. It does not run on distributions that use a different C library (such as musl on Alpine Linux) or an older glibc.
Running VapourBox on Linux without installation
Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.Beware! AppImages are usually not verified by others. Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. Use at your own risk!
Download the VapourBox AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal:
chmod +x ./*.AppImageThen double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it.
Sandboxing VapourBox
If you want to restrict what VapourBox can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. This is entirely optional and currently needs to be configured by the user.
Updating VapourBox
If you would like to update to a new version, simply download the new VapourBox AppImage.
The VapourBox AppImage also can be updated using AppImageUpdate. Using this tool, VapourBox can be updated by downloading only the portions of the AppImage that have actually changed since the last version.
Integrating AppImages into the system
If you would like to have the executable bit set automatically, and would like to see VapourBox and other AppImages integrated into the system (menus, icons, file type associations, etc.), then you may want to check the optional appimaged daemon.
Note for application authors
Thanks for distributing VapourBox in the AppImage format for all common Linux distributions. Great! Here are some ideas on how to make it even better.
Pro Tips for further enhancing the VapourBox AppImage
Please consider making the VapourBox AppImage self-contained, so that it does not depend on the C library of the system and runs on more distributions: ship the C library including its loader (ld-linux-*.so.*) and use it to launch the application, or link statically.
Thanks for shipping AppStream metainfo inside your AppImage. Please open a pull request on https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/blob/master/data/VapourBox if you have changed it and would like to see this page updated accordingly.
If you would like to see a donation link for the application here, please include one in the AppStream data.