When comparing Apple Music Converter vs ffmpeg, the Slant community recommends ffmpeg for most people. In the question“What is the best M4V to AVI converters for Mac / PC? ” ffmpeg is ranked 1st while Apple Music Converter is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose ffmpeg is:
Works on Linux, OS X and Windows.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free trial version lets you try it before buying
You can download Apple Music Converter and try it for free, and there is also a 30 day money back guarantee.
Pro Makes it easy to remove DRM
Apple Music Converter can remove DRM (digital rights music) protection from both iTunes as well as Apple Music. It can also strip off DRM from AA/AAX audiobooks and convert them to DRM-free file types such as MP3, FLAC or AAC.
Pro Fast conversion speed and losless quality kept
Pro Cross-platform
Works on Linux, OS X and Windows.
Pro 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.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under LGPL.
Pro Screen capture
You can use ffmpeg to record your desktop along with audio.
Pro Extensive list of formats supported
Among the more common formats ffmpeg can handle are h.264, HEVC(h.265), mp3, AAC, mpeg-4, wmv3, ProRes, QuickTime, SWF, Speex, FLAC, VP9 and many more. To get a full list in terminal type: ffmpeg-formats
Pro 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
Cons
Con Dated interface
Not enough user-friendly.
Con Steep learning curve
Unless you use a front-end (that has reduced functionality), ffmpeg might be intimidating at first.