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.
Depending on what I am encoding I will either use avidemux, handbreak or staxrip
ffmpeg
to add, if one does not want to use CLI, Axiom is great UI for ffmppeg where you can do the less advanced stuff. https://axiomui.github.io/
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.
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.
You could look in to tdarr, it can do pretty much everything and has a web based GUI
