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, VidCoder and File Converter.

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  1. DivX icon
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    The best version of DivX Software is now available. Get an unparalleled video experience with an advanced video player and video converter. All for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    DivX quality is second to none, is much more customizable, more intuitive and produces a higher quality converted product. Not the best but a great alternative to HandBrake!

    • DivX is Freemium and ProprietaryHandBrake is Free and Open Source
    • DivX is a Media Player HandBrake is a Video Converter
  2. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. MEncoder icon
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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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
     
  4. Permute icon
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    Permute is the easiest to use media converter with its easy to use, no configuration, drag and drop interface; it will meet the needs to convert all your media files.

    21 Permute alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Pimosa icon
     7 likes

    Edit, convert, and enhance video, audio, and images in one web platform with crop, trim, merge, resize, rotation, speed control, format conversion, compression, overlays, filters, batch processing, waveform creation, and metadata editing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. 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)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
  7. Stream Manager is a free, open source app for streamers, built around your local stream library. It started as a way to organize raw recordings and grew into the foundation for an entire streaming workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Compresto icon
     7 likes

    Experience up to 90% file size reduction for videos and images while working entirely offline to ensure privacy. Supports conversion to GIF and is compatible with formats like MP4 and WebM. Enhances productivity by allowing batch processing and provides multiple quality options.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    67 FastFlix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. ASXGui icon
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    An open source video encoder GUI. It aims to be the most user friendly and easy to use encoding solution, while also providing advanced features for power users. Current version (2.x) is developed in VB.NET, however, it is being ported to C# for v. 3.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Free Video Compressor is a free and lightweight video compression software that can compress almost common video files, it can help you to easily shrink a video clip and reduce video file size. This software can work with many popular video formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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