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 50 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, Video Compression and Shutter Encoder.

filter to find the best alternatives

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.
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
FFmpeg alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. NewPlayer icon
     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    NewPlayer is a media framework, which is independent of NewPipe itself. I decided to make it independent, because one of the big issues we have with the current player is that it is deeply integrated into NewPipe.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Kotlin
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Smoothie applies motion blur on footage, it's got features similar to smart-resampling and RSMB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    This software enables playback of ProRes RAW and ProRes RAW HQ video files in compatible applications on Windows systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Subler icon
     17 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Subler is a Mac OS X application that opens media containers, allows you to add or remove media tracks inside them, and then saves them out again. In the specialized language of the video world, Subler is a “transcoder” or “demuxer” depending on how you use it.

    39 Subler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5.  1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Compress videos in your browser to fit Discord limitations and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. FFAStrans icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    FFAStrans is a powerful and easy to use Task automation Engine, mostly used in but not limited to the wonderful world of audio and video visual content creation and management. Also known as workflow engine, transcoder, Enterprise Service Bus.

    49 FFAStrans alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Phonon icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Phonon is the Qt multimedia toolkit. It allows developers to add multimedia functionality to applications with minimal effort.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • BSD
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    FoneDog Online Video Converter is a versatile platform designed to facilitate the conversion of video and audio files with ease and efficiency. This online service is accessible across various devices and platforms, ensuring a wide range of users can take advantage of its...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. VidMyFigs icon
     Like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A client-side javascript application with a graphical user interface. Can be used to display any kind of browser-compatible image (png, jpeg, etc.) to make a video from a collection of stills. No reduction in image resolution occurs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Shotstack icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    An API for generating and editing videos and images. Developers use the API to build video editing applications and workflows or to create reusable templates that can be used to automatically generate thousands of videos and images.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. 8mb.video icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Perfectly compressed video files in just under 8MB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
You are at page 6 of FFmpeg alternatives