Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows

Apps similar to MainConcept H.264/AVC include FFmpeg, which is free and open source. Other options are Shutter Encoder, Freemake Video Converter, Adobe Media Encoder and QuickTime Player. Video Converters like MainConcept H.264/AVC are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

OggConvert is a small Gnome utility that uses GStreamer to convert media files to the licence-free Theora, Dirac and Vorbis formats.



Voukoder Pro is a system wide video- and audio encoding service that improves your media encoding experience.

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



TMPGEnc 4.0 Video Mastering Works gives you the freedom to take almost any video file and encode it to your desired file format including DivX, AVI, QuickTime, MPEG 4-ISO, H.264, DVD-Video, DVD-VR, HDV camcorder, Blu-ray Disc and much more.



TEncoder is a multithreaded video and audio converter that uses MEncoder, MPlayer and FFMpeg. It can convert almost every video and audio type to each other. Subtitles with same name as video can be hard-coded into video.


Xvid is an open-source research project focusing on video compression and is a collaborative development effort. All code is released under the terms of the GNU GPL license.
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.




Video editing has never been easier! Cut, edit & enhance videos - with full Nero power for your Windows PC





A complete set of audio & video tools to convert videos to various formats and devices, smoothly record your computer screen & voice, play movies & music of any format, and quickly edit multimedia on Mac.



