Format Factory Alternatives for Linux

Format Factory is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is HandBrake, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Format Factory and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Format Factory are FFmpeg, Shutter Encoder, MakeMKV and WinFF.

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Format Factory alternatives are mainly Video Converters, but if you're looking for Audio Converters or DVD Rippers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Format Factory.
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  1. HandBrake icon

    HandBrake

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    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.

    195 HandBrake alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku
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    Top Positive Comment
    LucaFinizio
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    You can do the same things, works on Linux,Windows and Mac, it's open source and it's continuously improving!

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    17

    it only converts to and from mp4 and mkv, is not useful for other formats.

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    2

    Doesn't support enough formats.

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    • Most users think HandBrake is a great Format Factory alternative.

    • HandBrake is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Format Factory.

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

    • HandBrake is Free and Open SourceFormat Factory is Free and Proprietary
    • HandBrake is LightweightFormat Factory is not according to our users
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    FFmpeg

     670 likes
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    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.

    93 FFmpeg alternatives

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    • BSD
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  5. MakeMKV icon

    MakeMKV

     130 likes
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    Rip DVD and Blu-Ray discs to MKV format with lossless preservation of video, audio, chapters, and subtitles. Supports decryption of protected discs, multi-track selection, and streaming output. Retains original quality and meta-data for personal backups.

    70 MakeMKV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Kodi
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  6. WinFF icon

    WinFF

     71 likes
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    WinFF is a GUI frontend and batch parser for the command-line multimedia tool FFmpeg. WinFF works by making a batch file that runs in the command-line, designed to launch the command-line tool with given settings from a preset.

    121 WinFF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FFmpeg
    • Lazarus
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  9. FormatLab icon

    FormatLab

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  10. Mobile Media Converter icon

    Mobile Media Converter

     22 likes
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    The Mobile Media Converter is a free video and audio converter for converting between popular desktop media formats like MP3, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis Audio (ogg), Wave Audio (wav), MPEG video, AVI, Windows Media Video (wmv), Flash Video (flv), QuickTime Video (mov)...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    avconv

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    avconv is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
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    dmMediaConverter

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    dmMediaConverter is a crossplatform FFmpeg frontend (GUI) exposing some of its features. It is intended to be simple and easy to use but also to be able to achieve complex tasks. I have inspired myself from a lot of media converters like Handbrake, WinFF and MkvMergeGui.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Wine
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    FF Multi Converter

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    FF Multi Converter is a simple graphical application which enables you to convert audio, video, image and document files

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    MEncoder

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    MEncoder is a free command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool released under the GNU General Public License. It is a sibling of MPlayer , and can convert all the formats that MPlayer understands into a variety of compressed and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
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