FFAStrans
Free to use Workflow Automation Software·ffastrans.com
FFAStrans is a free, broadcast-grade workflow automation platform for Windows, built by broadcasters for broadcasters. It is dependency-free and fully portable, requiring no installation. While best known for media transcoding, it is a general-purpose automation engine whose workflows can orchestrate media processing, file operations, HTTP API calls, command-line tools, QC systems, MAM systems, and cloud services. An optional web-based interface (FFAStrans WebInterface) allows no-code job submission via custom HTML forms.
What it's for
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- Active Directory / Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) authentication for WebInterface
- Automatic fetching of web videos via dropped URL shortcuts
- Broadcast format encoding: HEVC/HDR, XDCAM-HD, AVC-Intra, XAVC, DNxHD/HR, ProRes
- Cron-driven job scheduling
- Custom FFmpeg-based encoder profiles and custom AviSynth scripts
- Custom user variables, functions, and JSON data extraction
- Distributed processing farms with host scaling
- EBU-R128 loudness control and broadcast color/LUT conversions
- Execute arbitrary DOS/command-line tools within workflows
- Folder, FTP, sequence, P2, XF, and GoPro monitors
- Graphical node-based workflow editor
- No-code job submission via custom HTML forms (WebInterface)
- PAL/NTSC conversion with blending, speed adjustment, inverse telecine
- REST/JSON-based API for job creation, control, and monitoring
- Restart jobs from start or point of failure
- Send email notifications with dynamic job data
- Standalone real-time job viewer and web monitor interface
- Timecode preservation and superimposed timecode overlay
- World-class deinterlacing (QTGMC) and neural network upscaling (NNEDI3)
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Product is entirely free to use, including commercial use. A donate button is offered for voluntary support.
Software is free; donations are welcomed but not required.