Video converters are computer programs that can change the storage format of digital video. They may recompress the video to another format in a process called transcoding, or may simply change the container format without changing the video format. The disadvantages of transcoding are that there is quality loss when transcoding between lossy compression formats, and that the process is highly CPU-intensive.
This article compares video converters that have their own articles on Wikipedia.
| Video converter | Developer | License | Supported platform | ||||
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| class="table-rh" | Avidemux | Mean, Gruntster, Fahr | |||||
| class="table-rh" | Dr. DivX | DivX, Inc. | |||||
| class="table-rh" | DVDVideoSoft Free Studio | DVDVideoSoft | |||||
| class="table-rh" | FFmpeg | FFmpeg project | |||||
| class="table-rh" | FormatFactory | Chen Jun Hao | |||||
| class="table-rh" | Freemake Video Converter | Freemake | |||||
| class="table-rh" | HandBrake | Handbrake Project | |||||
| class="table-rh" | MediaCoder | Stanley Huang | |||||
| class="table-rh" | MEncoder | The MPlayer Project | |||||
| class="table-rh" | OggConvert | Tristan Brindle | |||||
| class="table-rh" | SUPER | eRightSoft | |||||
| class="table-rh" | VirtualDub | Avery Lee | |||||
| Video converter | Apple-TV | iPad | iPhone | iPod | Android | PSP | PS3 | Xbox | HTC | Nokia mobile phones | BlackBerry | Zune | Nintendo DS | Samsung mobile phones | ||
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| FFmpeg | ||||||||||||||||
| FormatFactory[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| DVDVideoSoft Free Studio | ||||||||||||||||
| Freemake Video Converter | [2] | |||||||||||||||
| HandBrake | ||||||||||||||||
| SUPER |
| Video converter | Converts without transcoding | Batch convert | Join files | Converts audio files | Converts photos | Extract audio | Preview | Include effects | Editing tools | DVD burning | Blu-ray burning | Menu templates | Splitting into chapters | Converts online videos | Subtitles support | Upload to YouTube | Variable frame rate inputs | ||
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| Avidemux | |||||||||||||||||||
| FFmpeg | |||||||||||||||||||
| FormatFactory | ? | ||||||||||||||||||
| DVDVideoSoft Free Studio | ? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freemake Video Converter | |||||||||||||||||||
| HandBrake[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| SUPER | ? |
| Video converter | By telephone | By email | By live chat | By forum | ||
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| Any Video Converter | ||||||
| Avidemux | ||||||
| DVDVideoSoft Free Studio | ||||||
| FFmpeg | ||||||
| HandBrake[4] | ||||||
| Freemake Video Converter | ||||||
| SUPER | ||||||
| FormatFactory |