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MCEBuddy Convert Videos, Remove Commercials/Ads and Organize your Media Center (WTV, DVRMS, TS, MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV), TV Recordings (SiliconDust, WMC/MCE, NextPVR, Media Portal, Kodi/XBMC, Sage TV, Argus TV, ICE TV, PlayLater, Plex), DVR (HDHomeRun DVR, DVBLink, Channels DVR) and any other Video. MCEBuddy removes commercials and advertisements from your video recordings while converting them to make them compatible with your other streaming and portable devices. It does all of this automatically and seamlessly using an intuitive app. Converts from WTV, DVR-MS, TS, MPEG and many other formats to WTV, MP4 , AVI, MKV, portable devices and others. Organizes and renames videos, monitor folders and batch conversion in the background at scheduled times. It also integrates with your iTunes and WMP libraries to keep them up to date. Premium version costs $30.

Trialware $30
OS: Win
File size: 200MB
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9.7/10
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Latest version

2.6.2 (January 3, 2024)



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Download MCEBuddy 2.6.2 64-bit  237MB  Win64




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Software License

Shareware (Free download but time limited software. Full version from $30)



Supported operating systems

WinWindows




Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New


Changelog for 2.6.2 (64bit)

NEW FEATURES:

Option to automatically download and install the OCR add-on files required to convert image based subtitles to text based subtitles.
Added support for reading chapter files (MKV, MP4, XML, OGG, VTT, etc)
Added support for processing embedded and external subtitles including SubRip (.srt), WebVTT (.vtt), Timed Text (.ttxt), YouTube (.xml), SubStationAlpha (.ass), DVB Teletext, Closed captions etc
When only marking ads, the embedded chapters now contains the Advertisement chapter makers and Video chapter makers
Show engine name in system tray icon status when connected to a remote engine
Added support for AV1 hardware encoding for Intel, NVidia and AMD
Added support for AV1 codec filter in metadata selection
Added AV1 profiles
Added option to force metadata lookup by Episode name, Season/Episode No or Original air date under Conversion task → Expert settings → Metadata corrections
Upgrade to newer versions without uninstalling older versions of MCEBuddy starting 2.6.2 (2.6.1 or older must be uninstalled before installing 2.6.2)
BUG FIXES:

Fixed UI inconsistencies
Fixed an issue with some log files not opening from the History page
Fixed an issue with incorrect chapter markers causing video playback issues due to incorrect duration
Fixed issue with 2 pass encoding when using ffmpeg
HEVC MP4 profile renamed to MP4 HEVC to standardize naming formats (similarly for MKV & other HEVC profile)
Fixed a bug with E-AC3 audio volume leveling
Fixed issue with handbrake not selecting best audio track
Fixed issue with not being able to process readonly EDL files
Fixed issue with commercials being cut twice causing programs to be cut accidentally
ENHANCEMENTS:

Updated documentation
Added more language translations (130+)
Subtitle extraction is enabled by default, added an option to Save subtitles to disk
Improve metadata extraction from MP4 files to support more format from Playlater, MetaX, TVMosaic and more
Automatically uninstall old version of MCEBuddy when trying to install a newer build (still recommended to manually uninstall old version)
Now compatible with ffmpeg to 6.1
Now compatible with handbrake to 1.7.2
Retaining support for hardware encoding for older Intel chipsets starting with Sandy Bridge when using handbrake and ffmpeg
Improved quality of AMD AMF hardware encoding
Optimized video cropping and don’t overwrite profile crop parameters if present
Reduce conversion time by reordering commercial cutting

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All features


Automatically remove commercials & advertisements
Convert videos and TV recordings (HDX/HD/SD)
Supports Windows Media Center, SiliconDust, nPVR, Media Portal, Kodi/XBMC, Sage TV, Argus TV, ICE TV, PlayLater, HDHomeRun DVR, Channels DVR etc with metadata support
Convert WTV, DVR-MS, TS, MPG, MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, TiVO (with MAK) and more
Custom cuts to visually mark and edit videos
Shrink TV recordings & videos
Schedule conversions
Batch conversions
Multiple aimultaneous conversions
Monitor folders (runs in the background as a lightweight service even without user logon)
Batch processing, queue files manually (drag and drop) or monitor folders for new files
Multi-channel audio support (AC3, DTS, AAC)
Multilingual audio language selection
Multiple audio tracks
Simple controls to crop, limit video width, volume adjustments, quality control and more
Extract and embed closed captions, teletext, DVB subtitles and subtitles, burn subtitles into the video
Trim videos
Library management with custom file and folder renaming
Email notifications
Create chapters markers from commercials instead of cutting commercials
Archiving, syncing folders and conversions
International languages support (60+ languages)
Support for accessibility (large Fonts / DPI scaling)
Import converted/processed files automatically into the iTunes library and Windows Media Player (WMP) Library with categorization (TV Shows, Movie, Sports etc based on metadata)
Supports iTunes Metadata
Supports IMDB, MovieDB, TVDB, TV.com and advanced metadata processing
Supports multiple displays (TV, Monitors etc) and ultra low resolution
Converters include support for FFMPEG, Handbrake and MEncoder
Supports NvEnc, QuickSync and VCE/AMF based hardware encoders for Intel, NVidia, AMD and ATI graphics cards
Supports Comskip and ShowAnalyzer
Write custom commands/scripts
Manually mark sections of the video to cut, convert VideoRedo project files to EDL files for automated processing
Convert to WTV, MP4, MKV, AVI, M4V, TS, WMV, MPG and more
Convert to mobile/portable devices (iPhone, iPad, Roku, TiVO, Kindle, FireTV, Samsung, Blackberry, Zune, iRiver, Nokia, Meizu, PSP, PS3, XBox, Zen etc)
UPnP / NAT and remote connections (control multiple engines from a mobile/desktop client remotely)
Power management support (allow/prevent sleep, wake up)
Support for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008/2012/R2/2016, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Windows Media Center Plugin to control MCEBuddy (separate installation)




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27 reviews, Showing 1 to 5 reviews


Rating by jocelyn on Mar 6, 2023 Version: 2.5.7 OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Rating by JoeZ on Feb 8, 2022 Version: 2.5.6 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Rating by iDEAKnow on Sep 29, 2021 Version: 2.5.6 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Brilliant program for removing ads and archiving recordings. The developers are super supportive and fix reported issues quickly! Fantastic!

Review by Grout on May 1, 2021 Version: 2.5.6 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Rating by Grout on May 1, 2021 Version: 2.5.6 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10


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