Windows Media Encoder Alternatives

Windows Media Encoder is described as '9 Series is a powerful tool for content producers who want to take advantage of the many innovations' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Windows Media Encoder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best Windows Media Encoder alternative is FFmpeg, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Media Encoder are XMedia Recode, Freemake Video Converter, VidCoder and MediaCoder.

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  1. FFmpeg icon
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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.

    95 FFmpeg alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. XMedia Recode icon
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    XMedia Recode can convert nearly all popular audio and video formats including 3GP, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AAC, AC3, AMR, ASF, AVI, AVISynth, DVD, FLAC, FLV, H.261, H.263, H.264, M4A , M1V, M2V, M4V, Matroska (MKV), MMF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, TS, TRP, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MOV, OGG, PSP...

    113 XMedia Recode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Freemake Video Converter is video converter that lets convert videos to avi, wmv, mp4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP, xBox), 3gp, rip dvd, extract mp3, burn DVD and Bluray, create photo slideshow and audio visualization, cut, join, rotate and upload videos, photos and music to YouTube.

    328 Freemake Video Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  4. MediaCoder icon
     109 likes

    MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. AnvSoft Any Video Converter is the most renowned video converter for converting video files between various formats, with fast converting speed and excellent video quality.

    215 Any Video Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

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

    193 Adobe Media Encoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Wondershare UniConverter is a multimedia tool featuring a DVD and video converter, DVD burner, and video downloader. It supports multiple formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, and MPG, and can convert videos to 3D.

    187 Wondershare UniConverter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. ffWorks icon
     38 likes

    ffWorks (formerly iFFmpeg) is a graphical front-end for FFmpeg , a command-line tool used to convert multimedia files between formats. The command line instructions can be very hard to master/understand, so ffWorks does all the hard work for...

    151 ffWorks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Video editor featuring AI-driven tools like video enhancement, speech to text, and motion tracking. Includes custom avatars, professional titles, templates, and stock content for creative projects.

    112 Cyberlink PowerDirector alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. 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...

    133 MEncoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
     
  11. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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