VidCoder Alternatives for Linux

VidCoder is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is HandBrake, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to VidCoder and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to VidCoder are Shutter Encoder, FFMPEG UI, FormatLab and WinFF.

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  1. HandBrake icon
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    Open-source HandBrake offers video transcoding, supporting MP4, MKV formats, 4K rendering, and lossless audio. It allows picture cropping, subtitle handling, encrypts DVD ripping, and operates efficiently offline.

    197 HandBrake alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
     
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    Handbrake is better than VidCoder as it's cross-platform, doesn't require .NET bloatware, and offers more options.

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    • Almost everyone thinks HandBrake is a great VidCoder alternative.

    • HandBrake is Free and Open SourceVidCoder is also Free and Open Source
  2. FFMPEG UI icon
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    A user interface to quickly and easily convert media files using FFMPEG behind the scenes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. FormatLab icon
     6 likes

    FormatLab is a Powerful Tool for Converting Video and Audio files and supports almost All Formats with modern and widely supported codecs.

    81 FormatLab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
  4. WinFF icon
     71 likes

    WinFF is a GUI frontend and batch parser for the command-line multimedia tool FFmpeg. WinFF works by making a batch file that runs in the command-line, designed to launch the command-line tool with given settings from a preset.

    123 WinFF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FFmpeg
    • Lazarus
     
  5. MEncoder icon
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    MEncoder is a free command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool released under the GNU General Public License. It is a sibling of MPlayer , and can convert all the formats that MPlayer understands into a variety of compressed and...

    132 MEncoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
     
  6. dmMediaConverter is a crossplatform FFmpeg frontend (GUI) exposing some of its features. It is intended to be simple and easy to use but also to be able to achieve complex tasks. I have inspired myself from a lot of media converters like Handbrake, WinFF and MkvMergeGui.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  7. Videomass icon
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    Designed for advanced and beginner users, it offers a wide range of features and functions, making it a comprehensive software solution.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FFmpeg
    • youtube-dl
     
  8. The Mobile Media Converter is a free video and audio converter for converting between popular desktop media formats like MP3, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis Audio (ogg), Wave Audio (wav), MPEG video, AVI, Windows Media Video (wmv), Flash Video (flv), QuickTime Video (mov)...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. FastFlix icon
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    FastFlix is a free GUI for HEVC and AV1 encoding, GIF/WebP/AVIF creation, and more!

    62 FastFlix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Convert all your video to the latest and next generation video codec. The H.265 standard, able to produce same quality while reduce bandwidth up to 50%, which mean capable shrink half of original file size!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. 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
     
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