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Video Editors
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video transcoders
What are the best video transcoders for Windows?
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Best video transcoders for Windows
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HandBrake
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Vidcoder
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Shutter Encoder
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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XMedia Recode
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Axiom
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Windows
C#
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HandBrake
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HandBrake
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HandBrake
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Con
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Not for 1:1 archiving or true backup use
Most uses of Handbrake are lossy, lossless is possible but it usually entails crazy huge file sizes.
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Fast, especially when using hardware acceleration
Very fast software transcoding and extremely fast hardware transcoding.
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no linux support for hw acceleration
I know that it is not as high quality, but transcoding terabytes of 1080p videos to h265 without hw support isn't realistic and wont be for a long time
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Supports ques
Make a long queue and go do something else while it transcodes.
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There is no way to preserve menus and special features
Menus and special features will typically not be included in the output from a handbrake encode. Third party software would need to be used.
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Supports only two containers
You can output only .mp4 and .mkv.
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Hardware acceleration is not yet supported on Linux
So no extremely fast transcoding for now.
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Hardware acceleration is slightly inferior to software transcoding
It will either produce slightly larger files of the same quality or lower quality videos of the same size.
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Vidcoder
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Vidcoder
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Vidcoder
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Shutter Encoder
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Shutter Encoder
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Shutter Encoder
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Powerful Cropping Support
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RickZeeland's Experience
Shutter Encoder is a free and open-source video converter, it also handles images and audio. It makes use of FFmpeg to handle its encoding, allowing support for almost every codec.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
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Free
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Subtitle Embedding
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Free
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XMedia Recode
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XMedia Recode
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XMedia Recode
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Axiom
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Axiom
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Axiom
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Windows
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FormatFactory
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FormatFactory
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FormatFactory
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Free
Proprietary code that you can use in whatever way you want, even for commerce.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows
File Size:
46M
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Pro
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Good variety of formats and media types supported
In addition to DVDs, BluRays, CDs and disk images, FormatFactory can handle mp4, 3gp, mpg, avi, wmv, flv, swf, mp3, wma, amr, ogg, aac, wav, jpg, bmp, png, tif, ico, gif and tga.
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Easy to use GUI
Uncluttered, intuitive interface.
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Supports batch converting
You can convert multiple files at a time.
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Lightweight
It is designed to convert, no added bloat.
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MediaCoder
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MediaCoder
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MediaCoder
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Free
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Hybrid
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Hybrid
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