Compressor Alternatives

Compressor is described as 'Tightly integrates with Final Cut Pro to add custom output settings, distributed encoding, and extensive delivery features' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Compressor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Haiku apps. The best Compressor alternative is HandBrake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Compressor are FFmpeg, fre:ac, Freemake Video Converter and Adobe Media Encoder.

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  1. HandBrake icon

    HandBrake

     2029 likes

    Open-source HandBrake offers video transcoding, supporting MP4, MKV formats, 4K rendering, and lossless audio. It allows picture cropping, subtitle handling, encrypts DVD ripping, and operates efficiently offline.

    197 HandBrake alternatives

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    Application types

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    • HandBrake is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Compressor.

    • HandBrake is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Compressor.

    • HandBrake is Free and Open SourceCompressor is Paid and Proprietary
    • HandBrake is LightweightCompressor is not according to our users
  2. FFmpeg icon

    FFmpeg

     674 likes

    Comprehensive multimedia framework for decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playback of nearly any audio or video format, with command-line tools, integrated libraries, portable code, and regular security updates for users and developers.

    95 FFmpeg alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. fre:ac icon

    fre:ac

     243 likes

    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    115 fre:ac alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    • Haiku
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    Adobe Media Encoder

    Standalone media encoding application with robust format support, seamless Adobe app integration, efficient workflow for conversion tasks, and a structured, easy-to-navigate interface.

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  6. Freemake Video Converter icon

    Freemake Video Converter

     298 likes

    Freemake Video Converter is video converter that lets convert videos to avi, wmv, mp4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP, xBox), 3gp, rip dvd, extract mp3, burn DVD and Bluray, create photo slideshow and audio visualization, cut, join, rotate and upload videos, photos and music to YouTube.

    327 Freemake Video Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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    • Freemake Video Converter is the most popular Web-based alternative to Compressor.

    • Freemake Video Converter is the most popular commercial alternative to Compressor.

    • Freemake Video Converter is Paid and ProprietaryCompressor is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Adobe Media Encoder icon

    Adobe Media Encoder

     28 likes

    Standalone media encoding application with robust format support, seamless Adobe app integration, efficient workflow for conversion tasks, and a structured, easy-to-navigate interface.

    192 Adobe Media Encoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. dBpoweramp icon

    dBpoweramp

     65 likes

    dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with mp3 & Wave codecs, practically every audio codec can be installed from Codec Central, as well as Utility Codecs (perform...

    79 dBpoweramp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    CD Ripper
     
  10. LameXP icon

    LameXP

     30 likes

    LameXP is an Audio Encoder Front-End, a graphical user-interface for a number of audio encoders. It was developed to support a huge number of input formats. File formats are detected reliably using MediaInfo.

    50 LameXP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. ffWorks icon

    ffWorks

     38 likes

    ffWorks (formerly iFFmpeg) is a graphical front-end for FFmpeg , a command-line tool used to convert multimedia files between formats. The command line instructions can be very hard to master/understand, so ffWorks does all the hard work for...

    151 ffWorks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. Cyberlink Power2Go icon

    Cyberlink Power2Go

     1 like

    Power2Go is a simple all-in-one solution for all your disc burning, movie disc authoring, media conversion and backup needs. With unparalleled support for a wide-range of disc & mobile formats, you can drag-n-drop files to instantly burn data or movies.

    90 Cyberlink Power2Go alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Windows
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  14. MPEG Streamclip icon

    MPEG Streamclip

     32 likes

    MPEG Streamclip is a powerful free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and...

    95 MPEG Streamclip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Main
     
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    Comments about MPEG Streamclip as an Alternative to Compressor
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    its video editor, not converter!

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    • MPEG Streamclip is Free and ProprietaryCompressor is Paid and Proprietary
  15. FFMPEG Audio Encoder icon

    FFMPEG Audio Encoder

     1 like

    FFMPEG Audio Encoder is a very power audio encoder. It executes ffmpeg.exe, qaac64.exe, and fdk-aac.exe to process audio files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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