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video encoding
What are the best video encoding tools?
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Best video encoding tools
Price
Platforms
Technology
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KDENlive
Free
Windows, Linux, Mac
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HandBrake
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Shotcut
Free
Windows, Linux, Mac
C++, Qt
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FFmpeg
Free
Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD
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Final Cut Pro X
$299.99
Mac
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KDENlive
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KDENlive
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KDENlive
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Subtitles included
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Dose not work well in Windows
They do not support windows well like other distribution. You will face a lot of problems.
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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Surpisingly complete
Although this editor is not up with the top of the professional pack of editors, it certainly packs a powerful punch, and should provide enough features for amateur montages, ranging from alpha manipulation, to multiple audio and video live track editing.
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Works great as an audio editor
Audio is edited in the same way as video, which makes it one of the best audio editors.
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Open Source
Kdenlive is licensed under GPLv2, and built on top of other open source projects like FFmpeg.
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HandBrake
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HandBrake
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HandBrake
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Cross-platform
HandBrake works on Windows, Linux and OS X.
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Free and open source
HandBrake is licensed under GPL.
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Wide range of formats and multiple media types supported
HandBrake can handle DVDs, Blu-Rays, .mp4, .mkv, H.264(x264), MPEG-4, MPEG-2, AAC, MP3, FLAC, AC3, Vorbis, AC-3, DTS and DTS-HD among others.
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Advanced features
Although HandBrake is pretty straightforward to use, you can adjust pretty much any aspect of your conversion if necessary. For example, when transcoding video you have the option of adjusting between constant and variable framerate, adjusting average bitrate and constant quality, having 2-pass encoding or not, as well as tinkering with encoder specific options, and many, many, many more options.
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Great, easy to use presets
There are presets for everything, so you don't have to delve deep in to advanced features if you don't want or need to. And in most cases you won't have to because the presets are great.
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Shotcut
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Shotcut
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Shotcut
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5
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3
Cons
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Pro
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Advanced features
The advanced features have a learning curve, but the Shotcut YouTube channel has a collection of video tutorials to help.
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Learning curve
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Technology:
C++, Qt
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Free and open-source
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Cross platform
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FFmpeg
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FFmpeg
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FFmpeg
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Available on Android
Currently ffmpeg is available on Android in both GUI and CLI.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD
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Powerful
In addition to having great flexibility over demuxer, decoder, processer, encoder, muxer choice and settings, ffmpeg can crop, stream, merge audio and video from different sources and perform many other tasks.
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Excellent streaming support
Because ffmpeg allows transcoding on the fly and supports multiple streaming protocols such as rtmp, rtsp, http, ftp, hls, you can use it to stream to services such as twitch.tv or set up your own streaming solution. You can use both local realtime recordings or another stream as a source, transcode it if necessary, and output it to a different stream. ffmpeg -i rtmp://server/live/originalStream -c:a copy -c:v libx264 -vpre slow -f flv rtmp://server/live/h264Stream
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Screen capture
You can use ffmpeg to record your desktop along with audio.
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Free and open source
Licensed under LGPL.
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Cross-platform
Works on Linux, OS X and Windows.
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Multiple graphical front-ends
There are multiple GUI implementations of ffmpeg for ease of use. Among the most commonly used WinFF (Windows, Linux), Avanti (Windows) and Miro (cross-platform) are worth taking a look at.
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Final Cut Pro X
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Final Cut Pro X
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Mac only
Only mac owners can access this tool.
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Platforms:
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Avanti
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Avanti
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RickZeeland's Experience
Avanti is a front end for FFmpeg that allows you to convert audio/video files, and lets you manipulate some other parameters.
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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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3
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2
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Pro
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Free and open-source
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Platforms:
Windows
Technology:
C#
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Portable
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Free
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FormatFactory
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FormatFactory
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FormatFactory
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Platforms:
Windows
File Size:
46M
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Vidcoder
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Vidcoder
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Vidcoder
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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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Hybrid
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Selene
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Selene
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Selene
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free
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WinFF
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WinFF
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WinFF
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QWinFF
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QWinFF
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QWinFF
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AviSynth+
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AviSynth+
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AviSynth+
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TEncoder
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TEncoder
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TEncoder
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FREE
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Internet Friendly Media Encoder
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Internet Friendly Media Encoder
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Internet Friendly Media Encoder
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myFFmpeg
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myFFmpeg
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myFFmpeg
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Avisynth
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Avisynth
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