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, Frame - Offline Media Converter and QWinFF.

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  1. HandBrake icon
     2108 likes

    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.

    234 HandBrake alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flatpak
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  2. FFmpeg icon
     744 likes

    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.

    138 FFmpeg alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Haiku
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  3. Shutter Encoder icon
     75 likes

    Shutter Encoder is a free professional encoding and conversion software for everyone, developed with video editors.

    212 Shutter Encoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Homebrew
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  4. Frame is a high-performance media conversion utility built on the Tauri v2 framework. It provides a native interface for FFmpeg operations, allowing for granular control over video and audio transcoding parameters.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. QWinFF icon
     17 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
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  6. FFMPEG UI icon
     3 likes

    A user interface to quickly and easily convert media files using FFMPEG behind the scenes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. MEncoder icon
     23 likes

    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...

    137 MEncoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
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  8. FastFlix icon
     1 like

    FastFlix is a free GUI for HEVC and AV1 encoding, GIF/WebP/AVIF creation, and more!

    70 FastFlix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. 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

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. FF Multi Converter is a simple graphical application which enables you to convert audio, video, image and document files

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. Curlew icon
     7 likes

    Simple video converter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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