WinFF Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to WinFF for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. 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 WinFF and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to WinFF are FFmpeg, Shutter Encoder, MEncoder and QWinFF.

WinFF alternatives are mainly Video Converters but may also be Audio Converters or DVD Rippers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of WinFF.

WinFF

Free • Open Source
Video Converter

WinFF is a GUI frontend and batch parser for the command-line multimedia tool FFmpeg. WinFF works by...

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HandBrake
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Xfce
188 HandBrake alternatives
HandBrake is an open-source, multithreaded video transcoder – it compresses and converts digital media from one format to another. HandBrake can rip encrypted DVDs with libdvdcss (libdvdcss is installed with VLC media player on macOS, or AnyDVD/DVD 43 on Windows).
- - HandBrake is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to WinFF.
- - HandBrake is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinFF.
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HandBrake Features
1. Ad-freeHandBrake doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in HandBrake without registration.
3. Dark ModeHandBrake supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
4. Support for scriptingHandBrake supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
5. Command line interfaceHandBrake either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
6. Support for 4KHandBrake supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
7. Works OfflineHandBrake can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
8. LightweightHandBrake consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Batch processing
Batch conversion
Graphical User Interface
GPU Support
Support for subtitles
Convert video to audio (mp3)
Blu-Ray ripping
Convert DVD to AVI
Mts to mp4
HEVC
FFmpeg
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
61 FFmpeg alternatives
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
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FFmpeg Features
1. Command line interfaceFFmpeg either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. LightweightFFmpeg consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Ad-freeFFmpeg doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. No TrackingFFmpeg will not track you or use your personal data.
5. Works OfflineFFmpeg can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
6. Privacy focusedFFmpeg is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
7. Support for 4KFFmpeg supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
8. PortableFFmpeg can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
9. Lossless AudioFFmpeg has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Integrated Codecs
Customizable
Video filters
Console-based
Support for MIDI
Shutter Encoder
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
DVD Ripper
Mac
Windows
Linux
AppImageHub
Homebrew
173 Shutter Encoder alternatives
Open source software without any restriction - converter all formats video|audio|image professionnals codecs and standards - swiss knife tool Windows and OSX.
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Shutter Encoder Features
1. Works OfflineShutter Encoder can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Shutter Encoder without registration.
3. Dark ModeShutter Encoder supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
4. PortableShutter Encoder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
5. Support for 4KShutter Encoder supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
6. Colour GradingShutter Encoder lets you manipulate color in creative and artistic ways.
7. Ad-freeShutter Encoder doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
8. LightweightShutter Encoder consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
9. Lossless AudioShutter Encoder has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Crop video
Cut video
Support for subtitles
Embed subtitles into video
Lossless Muxing
Convert YouTube videos to Mp3
Lossless Cropping
MEncoder
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Haiku
MPlayer
148 MEncoder alternatives
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...
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MEncoder Features
1. Command line interfaceMEncoder either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. PortableMEncoder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
QWinFF
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
Windows
Linux
200 QWinFF alternatives
QWinFF is a GUI for FFmpeg, a powerful command-line media converter. FFmpeg can read audio and video files in various formats and convert them into other formats. QWinFF provides an intuitive graphical interface and a rich set of presets to help you use ffmpeg easily without...
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QWinFF Features
1. PortableQWinFF can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Built-in editor
Multiple languages
Convert video to audio (mp3)
Discontinued
The project is still developed as of 2018, but latest version, 0.2.1, dates back August 2015. It can be still downloaded from the official website.
OggConvert
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
Mac
Windows
Linux
246 OggConvert alternatives
OggConvert is a small Gnome utility that uses GStreamer to convert media files to the licence-free Theora, Dirac and Vorbis formats.
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OggConvert Features
OGG
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 0.3.3, released on 24 May 2010, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine and Launchpad.
FF Multi Converter
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
Linux
194 FF Multi Converter alternatives
FF Multi Converter is a simple graphical application which enables you to convert audio, video, image and document files
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FF Multi Converter Features
Support for Multiple Users
Discontinued
Last release is from 2016-06-30
Mobile Media Converter
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Free • Proprietary
Video Converter
Audio Converter
DVD Ripper
Mac
Windows
Linux
142 Mobile Media Converter alternatives
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)...
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Mobile Media Converter Features
Convert DVD to AVI
Ringtone Maker
Support for subtitles
Trim video
Curlew
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Linux
133 Curlew alternatives
Simple video converter.
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Discontinued
Discontinued - latest version is from 2018-05-26
Internet Friendly Media Encoder
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Windows
Linux
164 Internet Friendly Media Encoder alternatives
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!
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Internet Friendly Media Encoder Features
1. PortableInternet Friendly Media Encoder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiple languages
Support for subtitles
Graphical User Interface
Panther Media Converter
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
Windows
Linux
160 Panther Media Converter alternatives
Panther is a free and open source program that you can use to encode your audio and video files from one format to the other. It has a simple user interface and should be very easy to get started with. It can even reduce the size of music files.
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Discontinued
Last update 4 years ago: https://github.com/sankha93/Panther
Format Junkie
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Free • Open Source
Video Converter
Audio Converter
Image Converter
Linux
119 Format Junkie alternatives
Format Junkie is a Linux application for converting audio, video and image files to multiple popular different formats. The program is just a frontend to avconv and to ImageMagick.
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Format Junkie Features
Embed subtitles into video
Discontinued
No updates since 2012-07-09