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.

Overview Video converter Developer License Supported platform Windows Mac OS X LinuxAny Video Converter Anvsoft Inc. Avidemux Mean, Gruntster, Fahr Dr. DivX DivX, Inc. DVDVideoSoft Free Studio DVDVideoSoft FFmpeg FFmpeg project FormatFactory Chen Jun Hao Freemake Video Converter Freemake HandBrake Handbrake Project MediaCoder Stanley Huang MEncoder The MPlayer Project OggConvert Tristan Brindle SUPER eRightSoft VirtualDub Avery Lee MiniTool Video Converter MiniTool® Software Limited

Input + Supported input container formats Video converter 3GP AVI Blu-ray video DVD video FLV Matroska MP4 MPEG-PS Ogg QuickTime SVCD TS TOD VCD WMVAny Video Converter Avidemux FFmpeg Freemake Video Converter FormatFactory DVDVideoSoft Free Studio HandBrake Prism Video Converter SUPER MiniTool Video Converter

Output

+ Supported output container formats Video converter 3GP AVI Blu-ray video DVD video FLV Matroska MP4 MPEG-PS Ogg QuickTime Super Video CD TS TOD Video CD Webm WMVAny Video Converter Avidemux FFmpeg FormatFactory DVDVideoSoft Free Studio Freemake Video Converter HandBrake Prism Video Converter SUPER MiniTool Video Converter

+ Supported target devices Video converter Apple-TV iPad iPhone iPod Android PSP PS3 Xbox HTC Nokia mobile phones BlackBerry Zune Nintendo DS Samsung mobile phonesAny Video Converter Avidemux FFmpeg FormatFactory DVDVideoSoft Free Studio Freemake Video Converter HandBrake SUPER MiniTool Video Converter

Features

Video converter Any Video Converter Avidemux FFmpeg FormatFactory DVDVideoSoft Free Studio Freemake Video Converter HandBrake SUPER MiniTool Video Converter

Help and support Video converter By telephone By email By live chat By forumAny Video Converter Avidemux DVDVideoSoft Free Studio FFmpeg HandBrake Freemake Video Converter SUPER FormatFactory MiniTool Video Converter

See also

Container format Comparison of video container formats Comparison of video editing software WikiCommons' Theora video conversion help page Comparison of DVD ripper software

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