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.

  • Boomkop3@reddthat.comEnglish
    33·
    2 days ago

    ffmpeg, takes 10 minutes to learn and you’ll likely never need anything else. It’s what handbrake, blender, etc use under the hood

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    41·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • bbbhltz@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Handbrake is the tool that comes to mind. You’ve already mentioned FFmpeg which is what I always try to use.

  • Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    23·
    2 days ago

    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

      • Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Sure, but something tells me the kinds of people who use software like Wondershare and Aiseesoft video converters arent going to be writing their own FFMPEG automations in batch files or bash scripts.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • Rodrigo_de_Mendoza@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      23 hours ago

      Shutter is a really nice front-end for ffmpeg but can you put in custom resolutions or do you have to work with what they have? Also, how do you set it to pick up soft subs and hard code them into the video? Also, it’s so nice to find a piece of software that will FINALLY use my GPU! :)

      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        23 hours ago

        Yes you can do custom resolutions, it’s on the top right. You can chose source, scale to a specific res, or fix H/W and it’ll calculate the other.

        There’s a section for Add subtitles as well. You’d have to play around with it some, I don’t know all the ins and outs.

        • Rodrigo_de_Mendoza@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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          20 hours ago

          Hey Thanks for the response! I think I figured out some of the resolution stuff but I can’t seem to get a VGA resolution (640x480). I set Force Display to 4:3 but the resolution doesn’t show up.

          Yeah, I saw the add subs but I can’t seem to get it handle subs already in the vid file like ASS subs I want to Hardcode into the video.

          I’m gonna keep working with it though as it seems to do most everything else I want. Pretty amazing software!

  • Abba@monyet.ccEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Depending on what I am encoding I will either use avidemux, handbreak or staxrip

  • nivellian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • Rodrigo_de_Mendoza@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      You know, I thought Movavi might have been it but then I run into the problem I seem to with all the others. For some reason, it states AMD GPU Acceleration is on but when I start converting, all my CPU cores go to 100%+ and the GPU sits barely working. It’s baffling! Urg!