18 Best Video Converter Software in 2022 (Free and Paid)

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VideoProc

Since VLC is mainly a media player software that moonlights as a workable video converter, in comparison with those professional converters, VLC has a limited output format support and presets. It does not output VP9, ProRes, ProRes 422HQ, ProRes 422, ProRes 422LT, etc. However, professional video converters, such as VideoProc Converter, support almost all the said formats. The availability of 10+ options for tweaking the output file parameters perhaps is not for the faint of heart.

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Avidemux

Customizing the encoding settings is also allowed. However, exporting the converted video with desired codecs, size, and quality in Avidemux is often an error and trial process for most users. Its interface is too out of date and displays many unexplained setting options. Aside from being a free video file converter for PC, Mac, Linux, and BSD, Avidemux also serves as a basic video editor and allows you to cut, rotate, crop, denoise, stabilize video files, etc.

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FFmpeg

FFmpeg is the best free video converter software for advanced users or engineers who know a command-line environment. It doesn't come with the GUI. So you can't convert videos by simple clicks as what you're doing with VideoProc Converter or other video converters.

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HandBrake

Xmedia Recode, which comes with 16.6MB of installer file, is absolutely a lightweight video converter. The supporting list of input and output video codecs of this best video conversion software is totally the same as HandBrake. But, it is widely regarded as the "HandBrake +" solution on Windows. Why? This compact video converter software can export 30+ video and audio formats including AVI, OGG, MOV, and many other files that are not supported by HandBrake.

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VLC Media Player

The conversion speed of the VLC media player surpassed our expectations. It took about 40 seconds to encode the HEVC iPhone recordings from 4K to 1080P while keeping 60% of the CPU usage rate and 300MB of memory usage. We also checked up the transcode from AVI to MP4, MKV to WebM, and a few more, all got a fast response from the VLC media player.

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Shutter Encoder

Shutter Encoder packs all necessary conversion options that can satisfy a seasoned user's demand. Thanks to the well-categorized codec list and the simplified interface, it doesn't require newbies much effort to utilize the full potential of Shutter Encoder to convert videos for editing, broadcasting, or other purposes.

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MPEG Streamclip

MPEG Streamclip is one of the oldest video converters which you can tell from its 80-s style of interface, few output options, and limited editing capabilities. It can rip and convert DVDs. The most used formats, such as MOV and MP4 are supported by this free video converter. However, to speak of the output format, QuickTime MOV, DV, AV1/DivX, and MPEG-4 videos are the only few options that you can choose. In addition, you cannot convert your videos to HEVC, AV1, VP8, or other high compression codecs.

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XMedia Recode

Xmedia Recode, which comes with 16.6MB of installer file, is absolutely a lightweight video converter. The supporting list of input and output video codecs of this best video conversion software is totally the same as HandBrake. But, it is widely regarded as the "HandBrake +" solution on Windows. Why? This compact video converter software can export 30+ video and audio formats including AVI, OGG, MOV, and many other files that are not supported by HandBrake.

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VidCoder

The encoding speed of Vidcoder is quite slow from our test. When working with the preset Very Fast 1080P, Vidcoder took over 2 minutes to transcode our 43 seconds 4K iPhone recording. It took up 70% of our CPU resource and 1600MB of the system memory while the conversion. After we changed the import video file to a 7.26GB of ISO file, the disk usage value suddenly jumped to 99%, and worse more, it stopped the transcode in seconds and left us with a blank file.

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FonePaw Video Converter Ultimate

To ease your burden of selecting a right format for output, FonePaw Video Converter Ultimate presets with a complete list of device profiles so that you can effortlessly convert video for an easy playback. For advanced users, the converter also features with useful customization options to tweak video parameters.

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Winx Hd Video Converter Deluxe

WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe, developed by Digiarty, is a GPU-accelerated HD and 4K Video Converter. It is user-friendly and has a simple layout. As a multiple media converter, it can transcode a variety of videos including 60FPS/120FPS 4K UHD videos and Facebook videos to more compatible or higher compressed files.

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Adobe Media Encoder CC

People who have worked with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, or other tools from the big Adobe family should have no problem mastering Adobe Media Encoder. However, it's very possibly a long process with trial and error to learn all its bells and whistles for beginners. They have to dive headfirst into the obscure codec terminologies before successfully converting the first video clip. Adobe Media Encoder is not for an armature. It acquires large memory and CPU for the entire decoding and encoding process. Thus, if you don't have a well-built machine, this daunting video converter can leave your other processes paralyzed.

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Prism Video Converter

Prism Video Converter also enables you to rip DVD and Blu-ray discs, and it even allows you to choose the preferred language for the digital copy. It doesn't prepare many presets for TVs but offers rich options for iPhone, iPad, and game consoles (Xbox, PS3, PS4, PSP, Nintendo 3DS, and many more). Thus, it's definitely one of the best free video converter software for quick video conversion. However, I'd have to admit, it still has many limitations in terms of the adjustments on video properties. For example, it doesn't allow you to set up a specific video bitrate, audio sample rate, and the resolution you can convert to is constrained to 2K.

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MacX Video Converter Pro

MacX Video Converter Pro is the go-to toolkit for a lot of macOS users to convert and download videos. It is well accepted for being professional in dealing with hundreds of media formats and for amazing fast speed with hardware acceleration support. With this safe video converter for Mac, you can remux or re-encode video files to solve codec format incompatible issues whether you run into the problem during video playback or when importing video for post-production, in iMovie for example.

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Geared toward Mac users, FFworks is an easy-to-use and cheap (which costs $24) video converter software that supports 4K HEVC, H.264, AV1, and other 20+ common media formats. More than 300 advanced options are given by FFworks which allow users to have full control over the output video properties. Newbies? No worry, FFworks provides you with dozens of presets for generating videos that can play smoothly on different brands and modes of smartphones, TVs, Game Consoles as well as various social media.

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Most web-based video converters constrain you to convert videos to MP4 formats. In Freeconvert, you can choose the format for the exported video from 8 different options. Not sure which video format you need to get? It prepares a few devices presets for iPhone, iPad, Kindle, and Xbox, etc. To speak of the size limit, Freeconvert is far more generous than its competitors are. The max file size for a free account is up to 1GB.

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ClipConverter.cc

As said, the conversion speed of the online tool was heavily influenced by the network condition. Thus, both Freeconvert and the Clip Converter that we are going to introduce later are the underdogs on our list. From we imported the MP4 video (with the length of 40 seconds) to we saved the MOV exported video on our disk, Freeconvert took over 23 minutes, and Clip Converter cost 36 minutes.

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