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. 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

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Curlew icon
     7 likes

    Simple video converter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. FFmpegYAG icon
     11 likes

    FFmpegYAG is an advanced GUI for the popular FFmpeg audio/video encoding tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. 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
     
  8. An extremely powerful and full-featured video converter which converts any video and audio to mp4, avi, iPhone, iPad, mobile, PSP, DVD... and burns video to DVD, AVCHD, Blu-Ray and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. Panther is a free and open source program that you can use to encode your audio and video files from one format to the other. It has a simple user interface and should be very easy to get started with. It can even reduce the size of music files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. QtlMovie icon
     3 likes

    QtlMovie is a graphical frontend to FFmpeg, DVD Author, telxcc, CCExtractor, mkisofs and growisofs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. VideoToolbox icon
     2 likes

    VideoToolbox allows you to have all your tools easy to access in a beautiful and clear interface. You no longer need to launch Quicktime X or Final Cut Pro to simply extract a picture or convert a movie.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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