Ubuntu Restricted Extras Alternatives

Ubuntu Restricted Extras is described as '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' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ubuntu Restricted Extras for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Ubuntu Restricted Extras alternative is FFmpeg, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ubuntu Restricted Extras are MPlayer, Adobe Media Encoder, GStreamer and Video Transcoder.

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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 Ubuntu Restricted Extras.

    • FFmpeg is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ubuntu Restricted Extras.

    • FFmpeg is Free and Open SourceUbuntu Restricted Extras is Free and Proprietary
    • FFmpeg is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedUbuntu Restricted Extras is not according to our users
  2. MPlayer icon

    MPlayer

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    MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.

    133 MPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku
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  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 Ubuntu Restricted Extras.

    • Adobe Media Encoder is Paid and ProprietaryUbuntu Restricted Extras is Free and Proprietary
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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. Video Transcoder icon

    Video Transcoder

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    Video Transcoder is an application which uses the open source program FFmpeg to transcode video files from one format to another.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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    • Video Transcoder is the most popular Android alternative to Ubuntu Restricted Extras.

    • Video Transcoder is Free and Open SourceUbuntu Restricted Extras is Free and Proprietary
  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. Phonon icon

    Phonon

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    Phonon is the Qt multimedia toolkit. It allows developers to add multimedia functionality to applications with minimal effort.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • BSD
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     

    • Phonon is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Ubuntu Restricted Extras.

    • Phonon is Free and Open SourceUbuntu Restricted Extras is Free and Proprietary
  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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    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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  15. optimizeVideo icon

    optimizeVideo

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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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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