HandBrake Alternatives

HandBrake is described as 'An open-source multithreaded video transcoder, HandBrake compresses and converts digital media, supporting MP4, MKV formats, and offers hardware-accelerated conversion' and is a leading Video Converter in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 100 alternatives to HandBrake for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best HandBrake alternative is FFmpeg, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HandBrake are Avidemux, Shutter Encoder, File Converter and VidCoder.

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HandBrake 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, Android, Linux, Mac, Google Chrome, Windows + Open Source and DVD Ripper. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to HandBrake.
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  1. iWisoft Free Video Converter can fast convert videos between all popular formats like AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, XviD, MP4, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, FLV, MKV, RM, MOV, 3GP, and audio MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG.

    132 iWisoft Free Video Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. FFmate icon
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    Fmate is an open-source automation layer built on top of FFmpeg designed to simplify video and audio transcoding workflows. It provides a modern REST API, a clean Web UI, and powerful features like task queuing, presets, watchfolders, webhooks, and pre/post-processing scripts.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  3. Improved fork of ilstam/FF-Multi-Converter, additionally supporting markdown formats, 3D-Models and Windows.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. RedpandaCompress is a free online platform designed to compress video files efficiently. It leverages ffmpeg.js and WebAssembly to process videos directly in the browser, eliminating the need for software installation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. OggConvert icon
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    OggConvert is a small Gnome utility that uses GStreamer to convert media files to the licence-free Theora, Dirac and Vorbis formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Have you ever been limited to the videotape format? Especially when you really wanted to share films with your family and friends.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. Convert to it! is an open source, self-hosted file conversion program that works online and provides a choice between any two file formats. You can convert mp4 to png.

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Compress video size while retaining quality with Simple Video Compressor, a free application. Reduce video file size with a right mouse click !.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Pazera Free MP4 Video Converter is a free program that converts video files to MP4 format. For encoding the video stream the application can use H.264, H.265 or Xvid encoder. MP4 files created by the program can be played on many portable devices (iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy...

    39 Pazera Free MP4 Video Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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