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Roughly put: Xmedia Recode is your 'Handbrake+' solution. The UI is very similar to the very popular Handbrake video recoding tool, but unlike Handbrake, Xmedia Recode also has a very useful video passthrough (aka. video remuxing or rewrapping) option.
Some other nice bonus features compared to Handbrake are:
- Simple chapter editing
- Simple file header metadata editing
- Simple visual timeline editor for trimming/cutting out parts
- Extensive output format support
Xmedia Recode is a Windows-only application. Other OS users, who are afraid of FFmpeg's command line interface, can use an equally powerful free GUI tool like Hybrid (www.selur.de), if they wish to remux video or use other features that Handbrake doesn't offer, but Xmedia's UI is fairly user friendly, while some of the free alternatives aren't.
Xmedia Recode is updated very frequently to always support the latest ffmpeg improvements. It has managed to stay relevant for as long as I have been using it (since 2011), and its stability has improved greatly over the years... And most importantly: It is completely adware/malware-free. Hats off to Sebastian Dörfler for his long-time effort. |
