The Pros:Support many compression formats. Freely distributed. Open-source and makes use of open-source codecs.
The Cons:No Nintendo DS video support (yet). Not open source anymore as of version 0.6. Contains OpenCandy spyware.
MediaCoder is free batch media transcoder distributed under a GNU License capable of transcoding audio and video files to most of the popular formats. Marketed as the "Swiss army knife" of media transcoding, MediaCoder makes a valid attempt at fulfilling the typical user's transcoding needs in a simple interface.
Typical Uses
- convert to and from popular video/audio compression formats
- reduce file sizes and improve compression
- convert media for playback on mobile devices (PSP, iPhone, etc.)
- ripping audio/video discs
- repairing corrupt media files
- extracting audio from video files
Support file formats
- MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, AAC+v2, MusePack, Speex, AMR, WMA, RealAudio, mp3PRO*
- FLAC, WavPack, Monkey's Audio, OptimFrog, AAC Lossless, TTA, WAV/PCM, Waveform
- H.264, XviD, DivX, MPEG 1/2/4, Theora, Flash Video, Dirac, 3ivx*, RealVideo*, Windows Media Video
- AVI, MPEG/VOB, Matroska, MP4, PMP, RealMedia*, ASF, Quicktime*, OGM*
- CD, DVD, VCD, SVCD, CUESheet*, HTTP*, FTP*, RTSP*, UDP*
* supported as input only
Architecture
MediaCoder is actually a front-end GUI to a set of command-line codes and multiplexers, and pipes the decoder's output directly to the encoder's input, thus avoiding temporary files requiring more disk space. MediaCoder support an Extension scripting infrastructure allowing users to extend and modify the interface and user-experience.
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Support many compression formats
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Open-source and makes use of open-source codecs
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Extensible with extension scripting
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No Nintendo DS video support (yet)
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Not open source anymore as of version 0.6
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Contains OpenCandy spyware
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Illegally includes Nero AAC codec and RealMedia codecs without a license
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Comments (4)
dialupinternetuser:
#mediacoder It's kind of an odd program, it GUI is clearly aimed towards advanced users, however many advanced users I think would prefer a command line. The only reason I use it is for it's presets.
Apr 9, 08
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Omar:
#mediacoder Ya, you definitely need to know some stuff about formats otherwise you'll be lost in the interface. The quick-guide templates help out, but really the whole encoding/decoding world is very difficult to get into.
Jan 21, 08
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tcoombs:
#mediacoder it seems very powerful. i think you need to know what you're doing with formats, because i don't really, and i struggled a bit.
Jan 21, 08
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Erik:
#mediacoder I just downloaded this today on Omar's recommend. I love it. It is very powerful, is easy to use, and supports many file formats with support for many parameters. I've used SuperC and FFMpeg in the past, and I think this may kick both of their butts.
Jan 14, 08
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