This may not be the place but I thought I’d give it a shot.
I need some guidance on video conversion software. I’ve pirated & tried Aiseesoft Video Converter, Wondershare UniConverter, VideoProc, Winxvideo AI & ffmpeg although I don’t do very well with the command line and can’t find one solution to do everything I need.
I’m seeking support for multiple file processing, custom profiles (resolution, aspect, etc.), all modern CODECs including HEVC, AV1/Opus, basic video editing, AMD Hardware Acceleration (have a Radeon RX 470 graphics card), hard and soft subtitles, audio normalization & constant rate or target bitrate control modes.
I’ve only ever found one software that would do all of these things & that was VSO’s ConvertXtoVideo. Unfortunately, the company has downsized & only has 1 or 2 programmers and while they claim to be working on an UHD Converter, all they have right now is an Alpha version which, basically, does nothing.
If anyone can steer me in the direction of a free or paid software that will do most of what I’m wanting I’d be very grateful.
Handbrake, ffmpeg. If they cant do it, I don’t need it done.
Depending on what I am encoding I will either use avidemux, handbreak or staxrip
tdarr uses ffmpeg and handbrake and a few other tools combined into one easier to use web interface
And in the darkness Handbrake them.
Handbrake Kdenlive LosslessCut
Shutter Encoder is a nice gui for ffmpeg along with some other features. If you look in the logging you can even get all the flags it sends to ffmpeg and recreate it yourself including the hardware acceleration. Got it after I couldn’t remember SUPER which I used to use.
ffmpeg, takes 10 minutes to learn and you’ll likely never need anything else. It’s what handbrake, blender, etc use under the hood
Handbrake is what I have used for video conversion over the last decade.
It is free and open source.
My experience mostly comes from ripping DVDs which it does an excellent job of.
I second this. It’s an amazing utility for video encoding.
Used it for converting class projects back in the day. The queue feature saved my arse back when prores to HEVC conversions took days.
Handbrake is the tool that comes to mind. You’ve already mentioned FFmpeg which is what I always try to use.
Basically everything worth using is just a wrapper for FFMPEG these days, so they all perform the same, just with different interfaces. So Handbrake will always be the go-to for the basics, but if you are looking for automation and custom processing based on rules you set out, then FileFlows is worth playing with
Or just straight up terminal. Automating things is so much easier that way.
It can be hard to find a site that isn’t shareware spam. Try this list, find a freeware you like that hopefully uses FFMPEG, and bookmark the site for next time you need a pre-vetted list of good tools:
https://www.videohelp.com/software/sections/all-in-one-video-converters
You could look in to tdarr, it can do pretty much everything and has a web based GUI
You seem to be not comfortable with cli tools and Handbrake was already mentioned so next you could try Movavi Video Converter but I recommend v21.3.0 you can get it from lrepacks (trustworthy) because it is better in features than their latest version.
Try shutterencoder
I’ve always found Super Video Converter to be very useful and easy to use for video conversion.
