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 Shutter Encoder, Avidemux, VidCoder and File Converter.

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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, Mac, Linux, iPad, Windows + Open Source and Google Chrome. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to HandBrake.
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    WebM for bakas. Basically, a wrapper around ffmpeg made for converting videos to WebM without having to use the command line.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Simple x264/x265 Launcher is a Video Converter & lightweight GUI front-end for the x264 H.264/AVC as well as the x265 H.265/HEVC encoder, based on the Qt toolkit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. macXvideo icon
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    Free edit, shrink, resize and encode 4K/5K/8K/HD/SD videos on Mac at 5X faster speed with no quality loss.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    macXvideo supports more output video formats than HandBrake

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • macXvideo is Free and ProprietaryHandBrake is Free and Open Source
  4. Curlew icon
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    Simple video converter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Selene is an audio/video converter for converting files to various formats. It aims to provide a simple GUI for converting files to popular formats along with powerful command-line options for automated/unattended encoding.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Transcoder icon
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    Transcoder is a video converter for Linux using GTK+ as GUI toolkit and ffmpeg as backend.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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    Finally, video conversion made easy. Ready any video type for AirPlay, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox, PlayStation and just about anything else.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    optimizeVideo is just a simple wrapper around ffmpeg, but that saves a lot of guessing. It analyzes the contents of a target video file, and sets the conversion parameters according to Google standards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    VideoSolo Video Converter Ultimate’s primary function is converting video files from one format to another. This software also allows you to download, edit and enhance all types of video files from nearly any source.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. FFmpegYAG icon
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    FFmpegYAG is an advanced GUI for the popular FFmpeg audio/video encoding tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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