FFmpeg Alternatives

FFmpeg is described as 'Cross-platform multimedia framework performing decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playback for nearly all media formats' and is a leading Audio Converter in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to FFmpeg for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best FFmpeg alternative is HandBrake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FFmpeg are Avidemux, MKVToolnix, Shutter Encoder and Video Compression.

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FFmpeg alternatives are mainly Video Converters, but if you're looking for Audio Converters or Video Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux, Mac and Android. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to FFmpeg.
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  1. ffWorks icon
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    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...

    170 ffWorks alternatives

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    • Mac
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  2. FFMPEG UI icon
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    A user interface to quickly and easily convert media files using FFMPEG behind the scenes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. MediaHuman Audio Converter is a freeware application for macOS and Windows. It can help you in case you need to convert your music in WMA, MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG, Opus, AIFF or Apple Lossless format. This software was designed especially to simplify as much as possible the...

    70 MediaHuman Audio Converter alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. LameXP icon
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    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.

    58 LameXP alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  5. Efficiently convert videos between more than 180 formats with Movavi Video Converter. Enhance video quality, edit subtitles, and enjoy fast, high-quality results with SuperSpeed mode and hardware acceleration support for Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD Radeon technologies.

    136 Movavi Video Converter alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  6. Compressor icon
     4 likes

    Compressor tightly integrates with Final Cut Pro to add custom output settings, distributed encoding, and extensive delivery features.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. Convert audio free to MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, AAC, M4A, OGG, convert audio to MP3 player, iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP, extract audio from video, join audio files.

    106 Freemake Audio Converter alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Bundleware

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    • Windows
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  8. FastFlix icon
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    FastFlix is a free GUI for HEVC and AV1 encoding, GIF/WebP/AVIF creation, and more!

    70 FastFlix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Cross-platform tool retains HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision, and HDR10+ metadata, preserves all audio tracks and subtitles, supports MXF, MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, and more, enables 8K video, offers analysis features, and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  10. A comprehensive multimedia software suite for Windows PCs offering over 200 tools for media handling, AI editing, system optimization, and cloud backup, with a newly designed user interface for seamless system and media management.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. FormatLab icon
     6 likes

    FormatLab is a Powerful Tool for Converting Video and Audio files and supports almost All Formats with modern and widely supported codecs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  12. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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