Video Converters

Apps like FRAPS can sometimes record video in a lossless quality that takes up a huge amount of space on your hard drive when it doesn’t even need to be half as big. In this case, software like HandBrake saves the day with the ability to transcode the video into a lossy but still high quality format that features a much smaller file size with minimal to no loss in video or audio quality.

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  1. HandBrake icon
     1993 likes

    An open-source multithreaded video transcoder, HandBrake compresses and converts digital media, supporting MP4, MKV formats, and offers hardware-accelerated conversion.

    • Video Converter
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    HandBrake screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are FFmpeg iconFFmpegandShutter Encoder iconShutter Encoder188 alternatives
  2. FFmpeg icon
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    FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

    FFmpeg screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandAvidemux iconAvidemux79 alternatives
  3. Shotcut icon
     438 likes

    Free, open-source video editing with multi-format timelines, frame accurate seeking, and robust capture support up to 4k for diverse projects.

    • Video Editor
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    Text filter settings
    Best alternatives are Kdenlive iconKdenliveandDaVinci Resolve iconDaVinci Resolve122 alternatives
  4. Avidemux icon
     644 likes

    Free and simple video editor that supports a variety of file types and automated tasks. SIMPLE video editor, dedicated for ONE video at a time. NOT for multi video editing/montage.

    • Video Editor
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    Avidemux screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Kdenlive iconKdenliveandShotcut iconShotcut140 alternatives
  5. Compress Videos for Free. Forever. Say goodbye to bulky files! Crush video sizes by 90% with no quality loss, even offline. And the best part? It's free!.

    UI for How the tool looks like
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandFFmpeg iconFFmpeg48 alternatives
  6. fre:ac icon
     231 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.

    Main window converting FLAC files to MP3
    Best alternatives are XMedia Recode iconXMedia Recode114 alternatives
  7. File Converter icon
     146 likes

    File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in Windows Explorer.

    File Converter screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandFFmpeg iconFFmpeg258 alternatives
  8. Shutter Encoder icon
     60 likes

    Open source software without any restriction - converter all formats video|audio|image professionnals codecs and standards - swiss knife tool Windows and OSX.

    Shutter Encoder screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandFFmpeg iconFFmpeg181 alternatives
  9. MakeMKV icon
     127 likes

    MakeMKV is a program designed for ripping DVD and Blu-Ray disc video. It works by decrypting proprietary discs to transfer codecs from the formats VOB and M2TS into MKV, preserving the necessary data without doing any lossy codec conversion.

    • DVD Ripper
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Kodi
    MakeMKV screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandFile Converter iconFile Converter66 alternatives
  10. Download high-quality videos from various platforms on Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, and Android, supporting playlists, channels, and subtitles.

    4k Video Downloader screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are youtube-dl iconyoutube-dl272 alternatives
  11. XMedia Recode icon
     119 likes

    XMedia Recode can convert nearly all popular audio and video formats including 3GP, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AAC, AC3, AMR, ASF, AVI, AVISynth, DVD, FLAC, FLV, H.261, H.263, H.264, M4A , M1V, M2V, M4V, Matroska (MKV), MMF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, TS, TRP, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MOV, OGG, PSP...

    Format
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandFFmpeg iconFFmpeg110 alternatives
  12. 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.

    Discontinued
    Main Window
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandFFmpeg iconFFmpeg322 alternatives
  13. Format Factory icon
     223 likes

    Efficiently convert media files with video, audio, and image options. Rips DVDs and CDs, supports diverse formats, and includes a screen recorder.

    Warning
    Main user interface for version 4.0.0
    Best alternatives are HandBrake iconHandBrakeandFFmpeg iconFFmpeg263 alternatives
  14. ClipGrab icon
     91 likes

    ClipGrab is a free downloader and converter for YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion and many other online video sites.

    Bundleware
    ClipGrab screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are NewPipe iconNewPipeandyt-dlp iconyt-dlp197 alternatives
  15. VERT.sh icon
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    VERT.sh is an online file converter that processes files on your device instead of the cloud. It's blazingly fast, ad-free, and open source.

    • Audio Converter
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Landing page (light mode)
    Best alternatives are File Converter iconFile Converter48 alternatives