Phonon Alternatives

Phonon is described as 'The Qt multimedia toolkit. It allows developers to add multimedia functionality to applications with minimal effort' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Phonon for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Phonon alternative is FFmpeg, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Phonon are PipeWire, Adobe Media Encoder, GStreamer and NewPlayer.

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  1. FFmpeg icon

    FFmpeg

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    Comprehensive multimedia framework for decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playback of nearly any audio or video format, with command-line tools, integrated libraries, portable code, and regular security updates for users and developers.

    92 FFmpeg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • FFmpeg is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Phonon.

    • FFmpeg is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Phonon.

    • FFmpeg is Free and Open SourcePhonon is also Free and Open Source
    • FFmpeg is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedPhonon is not according to our users
  2. PipeWire icon

    PipeWire

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    PipeWire is a project that aims to greatly improve handling of audio and video under Linux. It provides a low-latency, graph based processing engine on top of audio and video devices that can be used to support the use cases currently handled by both PulseAudio and JACK.

    7 PipeWire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
     
  4. Adobe Media Encoder icon

    Adobe Media Encoder

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    Standalone media encoding application with robust format support, seamless Adobe app integration, efficient workflow for conversion tasks, and a structured, easy-to-navigate interface.

    188 Adobe Media Encoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Adobe Media Encoder is the most popular commercial alternative to Phonon.

    • Adobe Media Encoder is Paid and ProprietaryPhonon is Free and Open Source
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    Adobe Media Encoder

    Standalone media encoding application with robust format support, seamless Adobe app integration, efficient workflow for conversion tasks, and a structured, easy-to-navigate interface.

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  6. GStreamer icon

    GStreamer

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    GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. The applications it supports range from simple Ogg/Vorbis playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio (mixing) and video (non-linear editing) processing.

    11 GStreamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. NewPlayer icon

    NewPlayer

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    NewPlayer is a media framework, which is independent of NewPipe itself. I decided to make it independent, because one of the big issues we have with the current player is that it is deeply integrated into NewPipe.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Kotlin
    • Self-Hosted
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    • NewPlayer is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Phonon.

    • NewPlayer is Free and Open SourcePhonon is also Free and Open Source
    • NewPlayer is Privacy focusedPhonon is not according to our users
  8. ACDSee Video Converter icon

    ACDSee Video Converter

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    Convert videos between all the popular media formats at high speed and quality, share on YouTube and Facebook, and extract audio with ease. Choose the standard version or step up to Pro for added DVD burning and ripping power.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Librempeg

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    Librempeg is a fork of FFmpeg made by Paul B. Mahol, a former 10 year plus contributor of FFmpeg.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  11. Ubuntu Restricted Extras icon

    Ubuntu Restricted Extras

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    Ubuntu's commitment to only include completely free software by default means that proprietary media formats are not configured 'out of the box'. However, you can install the ability to play popular non-free media formats, including DVD, MP3, Quicktime, and Windows...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. Total Video Converter icon

    Total Video Converter

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    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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  13. AnotherGUI icon

    AnotherGUI

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    AnotherGUI is a graphical front-end for audio/video command line converter (such as ffmpeg/ffmbc). Main features: parallel batch processing (better usage of multi core/threads CPU's). support of complexes options in presets (compatible with studio and professional settings).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Gihosoft Total Video Converter icon

    Gihosoft Total Video Converter

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    Gihosoft Total Video Converter is a extremely powerful and full-featured video converter which converts more than 1000 video and audio formats for playing on any device. Moreover, with awesome editing tools, you can easily create and edit your personalized videos.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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