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For the First time maybe got struggle with how to use it, but when you have more time to learn, you become pro,
recently I compare with another converter or encoder video, videoproc, format factory, winx, or similar software you can find on google page one, but no one is useful, you must pay or run some intrusive ads,
Thanks to developer from make this great tools 👍
recently I compare with another converter or encoder video, videoproc, format factory, winx, or similar software you can find on google page one, but no one is useful, you must pay or run some intrusive ads,
Thanks to developer from make this great tools 👍
Review by banija on
Jun 14, 2023 Version: 9.8 Beta
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
Mar 23, 2023 Version: 9.3 Beta
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by HD MOVIE SOURCE on
Nov 14, 2022 Version: 8.11 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
One of the easier converters, I just wish I could do batch jobs WITH subtitles settings..... I have to set the sub settings manually for each file or otherwise, it uses the defaults on them all
Review by Lord Rakim on
Nov 4, 2022 Version: 6.44
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Did not convert well. Audio and video were choppy. It was Charlie Brown. Can't imagine trying something with actual graphics.
Review by Bob on
Nov 4, 2022 Version: 7.15
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 3/10
Functionality: 3/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
Still producing great results, if you know how to use it correctly. Fairly easy to tweak settings between conversion time and quality. Always happy to use decent free software instead of paying for snake oil.
Review by Chopper73 on
Oct 28, 2022 Version: 8.10 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Anything that uses Handbrake as a back end is doomed to end up in the digital garbage. There are several other more efficient tools available that do as good or a better job. This program is nothing special. The media file I used took 5 hours to process, and absolutely thrashed my high end system whilt it ran, with my CPU hitting over 80c and fans maxing out.
In contrast, DVDFab (which is nothing more than spyware), took 20 minutes to process the same file. Made sure to use profiles that produced the same output so as to have a fair comparison.
Also, its great that we can review software here, but seriously, what good is a review system if people can just leave 10/10 scores to bump up their software and not leave a review? The scores become meaningless.
In contrast, DVDFab (which is nothing more than spyware), took 20 minutes to process the same file. Made sure to use profiles that produced the same output so as to have a fair comparison.
Also, its great that we can review software here, but seriously, what good is a review system if people can just leave 10/10 scores to bump up their software and not leave a review? The scores become meaningless.
Review by Yanta on
Oct 28, 2022 Version: 7.15
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 3/10
Value for money: 5/10
Overall: 1/10
Rating by angangang on
Aug 4, 2022 Version: 8.3 Beta
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by pumaparand on
Feb 27, 2022 Version: 7.12
OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
It used to be superior to Handbrake, but it's gone a mess now.
Review by Vera on
Feb 16, 2022 Version: 7.11
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 6/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 2/10
Win 10 Pro, could not update from version 6.46 to 7. Uninstalled version 6.46, installed .NET 5 Desktop, tried fresh install of 7.11 but 7 still will not install.
Review by mail2tom on
Feb 15, 2022 Version: 7.11
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 1/10
I always thought that this was a Handbrake ripoff but not as bad as it was easier GUI wise. Actally it was quite good and better than deadbrake back in the days when it supported XP, but since then gone down the drain sadly!
Review by Eric P on
Feb 14, 2022 Version: 7.10
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 6/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 4/10
Bad software ...
How to offer such a nice software that does not offer the possibility to copy the video.
If you want to encode a DTS sound in AC3C5.1 you must also encode the video, like Handbrake, to throw in the trash
How to offer such a nice software that does not offer the possibility to copy the video.
If you want to encode a DTS sound in AC3C5.1 you must also encode the video, like Handbrake, to throw in the trash
Review by zizouillette on
Dec 28, 2021 Version: 6.45
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 6/10
Looks like 6.35 Beta has problems encoding .mts files to .mp4
Last version of Beta that worked correctly was 6.33
.mts file info from Mediainfo: 1740 Kbps, 704x480 (16:9) 29.970 FPS NTSC MPEG 2,
Audio 192kb/s, 48 kHZ. 2 channel AC-3
Encoding Fast 1080p30 using defaults.
Crashes immediately.
Last version of Beta that worked correctly was 6.33
.mts file info from Mediainfo: 1740 Kbps, 704x480 (16:9) 29.970 FPS NTSC MPEG 2,
Audio 192kb/s, 48 kHZ. 2 channel AC-3
Encoding Fast 1080p30 using defaults.
Crashes immediately.
Review by sammi on
Jul 5, 2021 Version: 6.35 Beta
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 5/10
Vidcoder is the very best software for transcoding.
Version 6.34 have a problem with batch encoding. When i try to drag/drop more than 50 videos, the analyse freeze.
Version 6.34 have a problem with batch encoding. When i try to drag/drop more than 50 videos, the analyse freeze.
Review by angang on
Jun 25, 2021 Version: 6.34
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Developer mentions a new change in the 6.34 Beta
"Added deprecation warning for Windows 7 / 8."
Oh oh, this may not go over well with the troops.
"Added deprecation warning for Windows 7 / 8."
Oh oh, this may not go over well with the troops.
Review by Peacock on
May 25, 2021 Version: 6.34 Beta
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 5/10
Rating by connected on
Apr 18, 2021 Version: 5.21
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I, too, confirm that v.6.28 PORTABLE Beta works on both Win7x64 and Win10x64 without .NET 5.0.4.
I have uninstalled .NET Framework v.5.0.4 from my machines, and they work fine. Of course I left any earlier versions of the .NET Framework as they were.
Just as a comment, I think the author's prompt attention to the problem in portable beta v.6.2.7 (even on the weekend!) shows how committed and professional he is.
If anyone has a problem with this excellent program, I suggest contacting him via github.
I have uninstalled .NET Framework v.5.0.4 from my machines, and they work fine. Of course I left any earlier versions of the .NET Framework as they were.
Just as a comment, I think the author's prompt attention to the problem in portable beta v.6.2.7 (even on the weekend!) shows how committed and professional he is.
If anyone has a problem with this excellent program, I suggest contacting him via github.
Review by jgg on
Mar 14, 2021 Version: 6.28 PORTABLE Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Can confirm 6.28 beta portable is now working on my system.
Review by KiwiKid on
Mar 13, 2021 Version: 6.28
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
In one of the postings, "genius" wrote, "... portable BETA ran fine with no problems using the portable files in a folder".
I'm not sure what "genius" is trying to get at with the phrase "using the portable files in a folder". When you use the portable, there's only the VidCoder.exe file and generated VidCoder.sqlite file. On my machines, they're in a folder called, natch', VidCoder.
If "genius" is around, what do you mean, please? Thank you.
So to repeat, based upon my real-world experience, on my Win10 machine and on two of my Win 7 machines, without NET 5, VidCoder 6.27 portable beta doesn't work. It has nothing whatsoever to do with skepticism.
I'm not sure what "genius" is trying to get at with the phrase "using the portable files in a folder". When you use the portable, there's only the VidCoder.exe file and generated VidCoder.sqlite file. On my machines, they're in a folder called, natch', VidCoder.
If "genius" is around, what do you mean, please? Thank you.
So to repeat, based upon my real-world experience, on my Win10 machine and on two of my Win 7 machines, without NET 5, VidCoder 6.27 portable beta doesn't work. It has nothing whatsoever to do with skepticism.
Review by jgg on
Mar 13, 2021 Version: 6.27 portable beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I take the liberty of quoting the author's recent post on github: "Should be fixed in 6.28 Beta. The Portable version should run and encode without any need for the .NET Runtime."
I can only assume that he tested it and encountered the same issue.
When 6.28 portable beta comes out, my plan is to uninstall NET 5.0.4 and see what happens.
I can only assume that he tested it and encountered the same issue.
When 6.28 portable beta comes out, my plan is to uninstall NET 5.0.4 and see what happens.
Review by jgg on
Mar 13, 2021 Version: 6.27 portable beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Unfortunately same as jgg found, the latest portable does not work without .NET 5 on my system.
Luckily older versions work brilliantly.
Luckily older versions work brilliantly.
Review by KiwiKid on
Mar 13, 2021 Version: 6.27
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Just a follow-up for any skeptics.... Decided to install the 6.27 BETA (install version) and got a warning dialog half way through saying .NET 5 was not available and it would attempt to install it via the internet. So this proves .NET 5 was never installed. But the portable version runs fine without .NET 5 being installed.
Review by genius on
Mar 13, 2021 Version: 6.27 BETA
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Saw the previous review and decided to conduct my own experiment. Ran VidCoder 6.27 BETA (portable) on a fresh install of Win 10 (64-bit) WITHOUT .NET 5 installed. Result was that the portable BETA ran fine with no problems using the portable files in a folder. Conclusion is that I side with the author who says .NET 5 does NOT have to be installed for the portable version to run.
Unless the BETA is defaulting to .NET 4.8 (which is installed) then I will take the authors word that all reference to .NET 4.x was removed in favor of .NET 5
Unless the BETA is defaulting to .NET 4.8 (which is installed) then I will take the authors word that all reference to .NET 4.x was removed in favor of .NET 5
Review by genius on
Mar 13, 2021 Version: 6.27 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This is just a follow up to my previous post: Both Win 7 and Win 10 require .NET framework 5+ in order for 6.27 Beta portable to work.
Review by jgg on
Mar 13, 2021 Version: 6.27 Beta portable
OS: Windows 10 Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Important! If you want to use the portable version of beta 6.27, you have to have .NET framework 5 on your machine. If you don't, Vidcoder doesn't work.
You can get .NET 5.0 from the M$ website. https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0
I guess you should use this one as of today (12 Mar 2021) -> .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0.4. The page says, "The .NET Desktop Runtime enables you to run existing Windows desktop applications. This release includes the .NET Runtime, you do not need to install it separately."
Anyway, once you have it all set up, the portable version works fine.
I have to confess that for me, Vidcoder's interface isn't really intuitive, but I've learned my way around. If you know a bit about encoding programs, though, and especially Handbrake, I guess you're well on your way.
You can get .NET 5.0 from the M$ website. https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0
I guess you should use this one as of today (12 Mar 2021) -> .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0.4. The page says, "The .NET Desktop Runtime enables you to run existing Windows desktop applications. This release includes the .NET Runtime, you do not need to install it separately."
Anyway, once you have it all set up, the portable version works fine.
I have to confess that for me, Vidcoder's interface isn't really intuitive, but I've learned my way around. If you know a bit about encoding programs, though, and especially Handbrake, I guess you're well on your way.
Review by jgg on
Mar 12, 2021 Version: 6.27 Beta Portable
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Good job switching to .NET 5 desktop runtime. BETA works fine (portable version). Now people can use latest version of VidCoder (6.xx) portable with older Windows builds (that didn't support .NET 4.7 or higher).
Review by genius on
Mar 8, 2021 Version: 6.27 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
easy interface for newbie,
default preset very useful,
software size very small better than other
default preset very useful,
software size very small better than other
Review by 3xploiton3 on
Jan 27, 2021 Version: 6.21 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Similar to Handbrake.
Intel HEVC 10-bit works well!
Needs option in audio encoding to keep channels same as source.
Needs option in resolution to keep video frame dimensions same as source. (sometimes frame height and width are non-standard)
Add more advanced options for the QSVEnc similar to StaxRip.
Intel HEVC 10-bit works well!
Needs option in audio encoding to keep channels same as source.
Needs option in resolution to keep video frame dimensions same as source. (sometimes frame height and width are non-standard)
Add more advanced options for the QSVEnc similar to StaxRip.
Review by Sergey Lavrov on
Dec 30, 2020 Version: 6.19
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Rating by Sathia on
Oct 29, 2020 Version: 6.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
Sep 6, 2020 Version: 6.13 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
Jun 6, 2020 Version: 6.8 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Excellent software! Wish the author could add a Video Pass through / Video Copy option, as sometimes all I need is to convert or add audio tracks without re-encoding of the video. Many thanks.
Review by vh688 on
Jun 6, 2020 Version: 5.19
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This is my lifesaver on dvd or bd disk it takes Mpeg2,Avi,Mkv,Vob files to Mpeg4 into smaller files. In fact my SD files are now 9 to 11 times smaller and the HD files are 3 to 7 times smaller.So I dont have chapters but I do have disk that hold from 7 to 70 hours of videos !!! Depending if it's an DVD or BD but the rendering time justify the viewing time and the nearly lossless video image.I will explained that in the less than 720x576 files there are some differences due to the codec system that I think was too numerous and to vague. But in the HD with the Xvid,H264.H265 etc , etc, then the pictures can be crystal sharp. So I do believe that this software can do magical tricks for video rendering
Review by Thunderrock5 on
May 7, 2020 Version: 5.17
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Great free conversion program. I recently used makemkv to rip a movie, and needed to shrink it down to save hard drive space. With help from this forum and the makemkv forum, I have a near identical copy that less than half the size! The options can be a little overwhelming, but this forum has helped.
Review by stargatesuite on
Mar 27, 2020 Version: 5.17 portable
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
VidCoder is the best to encode video with a lot of options and high quality easy to use.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Review by sathia on
Mar 26, 2020 Version: 5.17
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I really like the video coder, because it is more software oriented, making video ripping to a smaller file less difficult, without applying filters. However, there are some drawbacks that bother me a lot, such as the fact that I mentioned earlier about image enhancement filters, the delay in conversions, even converting only the video track, and besides, the results, Although the purpose of the program is only to convert, they are average, say a grade of 10. Well in the last we have the vid coder, had a huge improvement, both in interface and settings, and hopefully conversion engine, be increasingly perfected.
Review by Diego Souza on
Nov 19, 2019 Version: 4.10
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 6/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
Rating by angang on
Nov 17, 2019 Version: 5.13
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Vidcoder is by far the best transcoder on windows. Easiest way to batch encode. Perfect, thanks to the developper !
Review by angang on
Sep 11, 2019 Version: 5.12
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This has been a blessing to find VidCoder. I have been making and saving video for 15 years. Lots of different versions of videos. ISO files, DVD file images and many video disks. Also, some home movies in AVI, Wmv and several other formats. This thing will convert it all quickly and with great results. Now I can take all this and make a external USB disk DLNA attached to my router for all my smart devices to use. THANK YOU VIDCODER !!!!! I'm a fan.
Review by Bill on
Sep 11, 2019 Version: VidCoder 5.12 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
Apr 25, 2019 Version: 5.8
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
If you need the latest libdvdcss-2.dll library (compiled for Windows) to convert video directly from DVD, you'll find it here:
https://github.com/allienx/libdvdcss-dll/releases
The last version for Windows at the original site (where all internet manuals point to):
http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/
is 1.2.12.
https://github.com/allienx/libdvdcss-dll/releases
The last version for Windows at the original site (where all internet manuals point to):
http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/
is 1.2.12.
Review by AllisOne on
Apr 25, 2019 Version: 5.8
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
Mar 3, 2019 Version: 5.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Please implement the function to export h264 videos with .264 extension to bluray streams encoding and 2/3 pulldown flag with no fps conversion. 264 core does not recognize the following command line: (pulldown 32). Thanks in advance.
Review by Daniel Oliver on
Jan 30, 2019 Version: 4.31
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 5/10
Overall: 8/10
Rating by angang on
Jan 10, 2019 Version: 4.27
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Installed it and tried two 1080TS files and after about 7 to 10 min in, the finished encode goes way out of sync. I did an hdtv encode and a 720p encode of each, and all 4 had the same result. The ts files played fine. I was using V2.3 with no problems b4. My build i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz 16GB ram no other programs running 240GB SSD
Review by bob on
Dec 1, 2018 Version: VidCoder 3.16 / 4.22 Beta
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 1/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
Rating by angangba on
Oct 2, 2018 Version: 4.16
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Best of all the Blu-Ray converters I reckon. Except I can't upgrade because it insists on .NET 4.7.2 which won't install properly!? I have .NET 4.6.2 already installed but VidCoder wants the new .NET version which doesn't install therefore I can't use the new version of VidCoder goddam...
Review by Gooch on
Aug 15, 2018 Version: 4.9 Beta
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
Aug 14, 2018 Version: 4.9 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Value for money, jeesh its free. This is good software, but Handbrake is much superior. There are bugs and the audio output can sometimes go wrong or out of synch, but later versions have improved things but the GUI is not that great.
Review by KeL20 on
Aug 14, 2018 Version: 3.15
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
Lo que he probado del programa hasta ahora:
El mejor conversor con mucha diferencia sobre los demas
Sobran las palabras
Mis felicitaciones
El mejor conversor con mucha diferencia sobre los demas
Sobran las palabras
Mis felicitaciones
Review by Alfredo on
Jul 15, 2018 Version: VidCoder 3.15 / 4.4 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
May 4, 2018 Version: 3.14
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
If we use software, we need to write down the critical parts. A clear, legible and user-friendly interface is essential in a software. Powerful software in terms of VidCoder features. If everything is good, there will not be a door to criticize. That is the end of the development of the software.
Review by Jameson on
Apr 27, 2018 Version: 3.13
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 4/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
Easy to use, seems to work well, still being developed - all good.
(p.s. How can free software be anything other than 10/10 value for money? I genuinely don't understand some of the p!llocks who come on to this site.)
(p.s. How can free software be anything other than 10/10 value for money? I genuinely don't understand some of the p!llocks who come on to this site.)
Review by TimA-C on
Apr 16, 2018 Version: 3.12beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
It's time to change gui.
Review by Lieborn on
Apr 16, 2018 Version: 3.12
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 6/10
Overall: 6/10
Rating by VidiMini on
Mar 17, 2018 Version: 3.10 Beta
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 3/10
Value for money: 2/10
Overall: 2/10
it doesn't support treuhd or lpcm, in addition to the new audio codecs of bluray uhd 4k. support only mkv and mp4, without the various other video formats
Review by Marcello on
Mar 7, 2018 Version: 3.9 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Like others, I'd also like an option for copy video as sometimes need to copy the video but only convert the audio.
Great software though.
Great software though.
Review by vh688 on
Mar 6, 2018 Version: 2.63
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by no need on
Mar 6, 2018 Version: 2.63 tricky to see what to do but eventually good
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
It's a mystery that there is no Copy option for Video.
Would be great if it is added in newer versions.
Would be great if it is added in newer versions.
Review by ConverterCrazy on
Jan 12, 2018 Version: 2.62
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Only if it had the option to copy the video from the source instead of encoding it
also an easy way to add options like n-fast-pskip was good
also an easy way to add options like n-fast-pskip was good
Review by JEskandari on
Dec 29, 2017 Version: 3.5 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Liking the lastest beta version 3.3 Now includes 10bit encoding for x265, with QSV encoding and a very handy sharpen filter. Now my number one goto encoder for all x265/x264 encodes.
Review by glenn1962 on
Nov 29, 2017 Version: 3.3 Beta
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by pulmonia on
Nov 11, 2017 Version: 2.59
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by pumaparand on
Oct 31, 2017 Version: 2.59
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by angang on
Sep 30, 2017 Version: 2.58
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by Jhon on
Aug 14, 2017 Version: 2.57
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Okay software yeah it works and that, but hugely dependant on net framework knocks it down in points. Handbrake similar parent tool is much better than this and gave me better visual quality encoding wise. Vidcoder I find screwed up the audio headers a few times and it is hard to extract from mp4 container so I can test for clipping using aac gain. I can do this in Handbrake no probs. Overrated and NOT 10/10 hype!!!
Review by Tim on
Aug 9, 2017 Version: 2.5.7
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 7/10
best software ever, its easy,user friendly, not too much option to confuse you
just one thing! Can you Add External Subtitle in SSA/ASS format?
it just support SRT (Daaah!) SSA/ASS subtitle would be perfect specialy for Burn and change everything you want
just one thing! Can you Add External Subtitle in SSA/ASS format?
it just support SRT (Daaah!) SSA/ASS subtitle would be perfect specialy for Burn and change everything you want
Review by isvahid on
Jul 31, 2017 Version: 2.57
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by isvahid on
Jul 31, 2017 Version: 2.57
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
The .NET requirement is 4.6, not 4, in case some of you haven't upgraded or don't want to install another .NET.
Review by Mike on
Jul 28, 2017 Version: 2.57
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 5/10
Rating by bahattab on
Jul 14, 2017 Version: 2.56
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by pumaparand on
Apr 14, 2017 Version: 2.50
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
No. Version 2.44 does NOT contain any malware.
Virustotal.com Invincea and Qihoo-360 reports malware for lots of safe downloads. And if virustotal scanners reports different malware it's almost certain a so called false positive.
Virustotal.com Invincea and Qihoo-360 reports malware for lots of safe downloads. And if virustotal scanners reports different malware it's almost certain a so called false positive.
Review by Baldrick on
Jan 9, 2017 Version: 2.44
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
On 10th Jan 2017, Vidcoder 2.44 scans positive for malware with Norton Internet Security, and on VirusTotal it is positive with Invincea (backdoor.msil.bladabindi.b) and Qihoo-360 (HEUR/QVM41.1.0000.Malware.Gen).
Review by barmah on
Jan 9, 2017 Version: 2.44
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
VidCoder is the best tool I know. Many functions, always further development, very good video quality and very fast. Thanks to the developers
Review by Micky on
Jan 8, 2017 Version: 2.44
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I've tried using other tools to "burn in" subtitles. Handbrake didn't work. So before today, I had to convert files to AVI format and use AVI ReComp to do the job ... a very time-consuming operation with some loss in video quality. But today, I tried VidCoder. It's quick and seemingly lossless. However, the file I ended up with was twice the size of the origin file (no problem). And I noticed that at the very beginning of the new file, the audio seemed to have a "wind-tunnel" sound that went away after a few seconds. However, to fix that, all I had to do was import the audio from the origin file - and it stayed in sync and sounded perfect.
VidCoder does the job it was intended to do.
VidCoder does the job it was intended to do.
Review by AlecWest on
May 12, 2016 Version: 1.5.34
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Overall it's a good easy-to-use tool but there's a feature missing: you can't adjust subtitle font and size.
Review by drkblog on
Feb 14, 2016 Version: 1.5.33
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 1/10
Overall: 7/10
Before I knew about Handbrake, I used Vidcoder before I knew it was from Handbrake. I wasn't savvy in video encoding but I learn every way from other people's settings through the info from mediainfo on movies (especially YIFY's). Currently was recording gameplays for keepsake, to remember I used to play particular games before.
When I heard a lot of people used Handbrake encode videos (in mediainfo it was written in it) and I tried using it to convert those recorded gameplays (averaged FPS) to constant 60 FPS with average size maintaining the quality before I bring those into Adobe Premiere for final editing. (reason is that Adobe Premiere won't import averaged FPS properly as both audio and video will definitely out of sync)
However I recently found out Handbrake kept encode the videos with audio out of sync. I had no idea why it can't sync the audio, tried on AVS Video Converter, AVIDemux, both AV synced. Did fiddle with all the settings, nothing seems to remedy that out of sync issue. I thought I had bad recordings at first but in the end, Handbrake was the culprit after all.
So I turned to Vidcoder, improved Handbrake, prayed hard not to disappoint me with just some basic settings on video at constant 60FPS, can output some videos without audio out of sync... and yes, it helps! Just set H.264, 60 FPS constant, 18 constant quality, preset very fast, no tune, profile and level automatic, added keyint 1, that's it. just what i need to re-encode the videos from x264 video and PCM in .avi container (recorded from Bandicam) and ready for Adobe Premiere. Fantastic!
Nevertheless, I do like the encoding speed of Handbrake, thanks to Vidcoder, now i can even see clearly how long and how fast the encoding duration and speed on each videos and even on batch.
The most powerful MP4/MKV encoder to recommend for all users!
When I heard a lot of people used Handbrake encode videos (in mediainfo it was written in it) and I tried using it to convert those recorded gameplays (averaged FPS) to constant 60 FPS with average size maintaining the quality before I bring those into Adobe Premiere for final editing. (reason is that Adobe Premiere won't import averaged FPS properly as both audio and video will definitely out of sync)
However I recently found out Handbrake kept encode the videos with audio out of sync. I had no idea why it can't sync the audio, tried on AVS Video Converter, AVIDemux, both AV synced. Did fiddle with all the settings, nothing seems to remedy that out of sync issue. I thought I had bad recordings at first but in the end, Handbrake was the culprit after all.
So I turned to Vidcoder, improved Handbrake, prayed hard not to disappoint me with just some basic settings on video at constant 60FPS, can output some videos without audio out of sync... and yes, it helps! Just set H.264, 60 FPS constant, 18 constant quality, preset very fast, no tune, profile and level automatic, added keyint 1, that's it. just what i need to re-encode the videos from x264 video and PCM in .avi container (recorded from Bandicam) and ready for Adobe Premiere. Fantastic!
Nevertheless, I do like the encoding speed of Handbrake, thanks to Vidcoder, now i can even see clearly how long and how fast the encoding duration and speed on each videos and even on batch.
The most powerful MP4/MKV encoder to recommend for all users!
Review by Munkiiedude on
Nov 3, 2015 Version: 1.5.31.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
SO GLAD I found this tool - it is exactly what I needed!
I have for years been using avi.NET for converting DVDs to DivX files, so I can watch my movies and TV shows from my hard drive, instead of having to get up and change discs all the time. A couple of factors prompted me to look for something different. I don't actually NEED the files to be DivX (or Xvid) - my WDTV media player will play a number of formats. And the new video player I just installed in my truck has a resolution limitation of 640x360, which is smaller than anything I've encoded, so anything I want to watch in my truck will have to be redone. Re-encoding a TV series with 168 episodes would have taken nearly 5 days (roughly 112 hours) with avi.NET, just for the encoding itself, not counting maybe 2 minutes per episode of prep time to set up the job queues. So I went looking for something that would do the job faster. I'll be able to do the same task with this program in only about 16 hours (the first season - 32 episodes - took 3 hours 15 minutes)! And that includes the almost zero prep time, since I can add an entire folder of files to the queue in a matter of seconds.
I have experimented with encoding episodes in a few different ways.
360p H.264 (1280kbps) with 6dB gain MP3 (chose this because it's the maximum frame size allowed by my truck)
240p H.264 (640kbps) with 6dB gain MP3 (chose this to be able to fit the entire season on a single 32GB flash drive)
480p H.264 (2304kbps) with AC3 passthrough (chose this for playback on my television - AC3 is 5.1 channels)
I chose each of the different bit rates to give me an average output quality of .31 bits/pixel*frame - not quite as high as the original MPEG-2 source, but not low enough to notice. I initially tried encoding using a small amount of Dynamic Range Compression, but without the 6dB gain, the output file was considerably quieter than the source, so I scrapped that idea. With each of the three different output settings, there was very little difference in the encoding speed - in fact, even though the bit rate is considerably higher, the 480p files encoded just a bit faster because of the audio passthrough, instead of having to convert to MP3.
FWIW, adding DRC to the audio increased the encode time considerably - for a single 26:33 source file, it took 8:47 to encode at 360p with DRC, as opposed to 6:20 to encode at 480p with AC3 passthrough - it took about 42 minutes to encode the same file using avi.NET. For a 2:22:55 movie (The Avengers), I was able to encode it in 42 minutes, as opposed to the roughly 3 hours it would take with avi.NET!
I have for years been using avi.NET for converting DVDs to DivX files, so I can watch my movies and TV shows from my hard drive, instead of having to get up and change discs all the time. A couple of factors prompted me to look for something different. I don't actually NEED the files to be DivX (or Xvid) - my WDTV media player will play a number of formats. And the new video player I just installed in my truck has a resolution limitation of 640x360, which is smaller than anything I've encoded, so anything I want to watch in my truck will have to be redone. Re-encoding a TV series with 168 episodes would have taken nearly 5 days (roughly 112 hours) with avi.NET, just for the encoding itself, not counting maybe 2 minutes per episode of prep time to set up the job queues. So I went looking for something that would do the job faster. I'll be able to do the same task with this program in only about 16 hours (the first season - 32 episodes - took 3 hours 15 minutes)! And that includes the almost zero prep time, since I can add an entire folder of files to the queue in a matter of seconds.
I have experimented with encoding episodes in a few different ways.
360p H.264 (1280kbps) with 6dB gain MP3 (chose this because it's the maximum frame size allowed by my truck)
240p H.264 (640kbps) with 6dB gain MP3 (chose this to be able to fit the entire season on a single 32GB flash drive)
480p H.264 (2304kbps) with AC3 passthrough (chose this for playback on my television - AC3 is 5.1 channels)
I chose each of the different bit rates to give me an average output quality of .31 bits/pixel*frame - not quite as high as the original MPEG-2 source, but not low enough to notice. I initially tried encoding using a small amount of Dynamic Range Compression, but without the 6dB gain, the output file was considerably quieter than the source, so I scrapped that idea. With each of the three different output settings, there was very little difference in the encoding speed - in fact, even though the bit rate is considerably higher, the 480p files encoded just a bit faster because of the audio passthrough, instead of having to convert to MP3.
FWIW, adding DRC to the audio increased the encode time considerably - for a single 26:33 source file, it took 8:47 to encode at 360p with DRC, as opposed to 6:20 to encode at 480p with AC3 passthrough - it took about 42 minutes to encode the same file using avi.NET. For a 2:22:55 movie (The Avengers), I was able to encode it in 42 minutes, as opposed to the roughly 3 hours it would take with avi.NET!
Review by awgie on
Jun 15, 2015 Version: 1.5.31.0 x64
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I have found this much easier to control than XMedia Recode which is also a good tool, but for people who know more than I do. I works great on my older system. I'm batch converting a lot of old files and everything works great so far. It has an "advanced" tab for those of you who know what you're doing, but for the rest of us it stays out of the way.
Review by mistaknly on
Jun 14, 2015 Version: 2.5.0.0 x86 Beta
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
With the sample rate coversion problem fixed ,the program is now perfect .I give the program a ten all round .
Review by striker striker4 on
Jun 13, 2015 Version: 2.5 beta x64
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This is a cool software ,but the latest beta versions of vidcoder 2.1 to 2.4 .The have sample rate problems ,when dealing with audio .For example the source file has the sample rate of 41hz and when you want to encode the file to 48hz ,it won't convert to 48hz ,it will still maintain 41hz sample rate .That's the only problem I have with this software .To the program writer ,keep up the good work.
Review by striker striker4 on
Jun 2, 2015 Version: 2.4 beta x64
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
It can't open AVCHD files.
Review by Stears555 on
Jun 1, 2015 Version: latest
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 3/10
Functionality: 3/10
Value for money: 3/10
Overall: 3/10
I use VidCoder for one purpose only - to place hardcoded subtitles on a given file. On that score, it meets all my expectations. And using maximum quality settings, I see no loss between the original file and its MP4 result. This tool allows me to remove a processing step to retain the best quality file possible. And, it is now my tool of choice in all subtitling operations.
Review by AlecWest on
Apr 28, 2015 Version: 1.5.31.0
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Indeed, almost the perfect sollution.. almost ...
1 thing i like to see improve is the way vidcoder manages subtitles position from dvd/bluray structures!!
I mean, in handbrake you can position the language tracks in any chronological order and move a favorite language track to the top/first position and save it as default.
In that way, by opening the next dvd/bd structure the subtitles are in the exact order/position i have chosen by saved default.
If that woud be fixed/implemented in next release, vidcoder gets an 10+ from me.
1 thing i like to see improve is the way vidcoder manages subtitles position from dvd/bluray structures!!
I mean, in handbrake you can position the language tracks in any chronological order and move a favorite language track to the top/first position and save it as default.
In that way, by opening the next dvd/bd structure the subtitles are in the exact order/position i have chosen by saved default.
If that woud be fixed/implemented in next release, vidcoder gets an 10+ from me.
Review by metagondria on
Dec 20, 2014 Version: 1.5.30
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Finally I found what I wanted, almost perfect ripping DVD's with external srt subtitles.
Congratulations to the developers!
Congratulations to the developers!
Review by erector on
Aug 25, 2014 Version: 1.5.24
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
After i launch this programs my HD continue to emit a noise like "TIC TIC TIC...".
IT's infinite noise....... like my HD it's in continue access to some information and NEVER Stopped down until i close this programs!!
IT's very annoying and i thinks it's bug or it's very HIGH CPU/HD usage............ it's been fixed in latest beta ?
IT's infinite noise....... like my HD it's in continue access to some information and NEVER Stopped down until i close this programs!!
IT's very annoying and i thinks it's bug or it's very HIGH CPU/HD usage............ it's been fixed in latest beta ?
Review by DjDiabolik on
Apr 4, 2014 Version: 1.4.25
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 5/10
I used Staxrip the last two years for encoding MKV. But I think, now Vidcoder is ready and great in functionality. It's nearly easy to use as the good old DVDshrink.
Review by Babydoll32 on
Aug 28, 2013 Version: 1.5.5 Beta
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Excellent Tool. I have been looking for a tool to convert one .iso to .mp4.
I have totally installed 5 tools, but I succeeded only with VidCoder, which was my 5th download.
I have totally installed 5 tools, but I succeeded only with VidCoder, which was my 5th download.
Review by iamabdu on
Aug 23, 2013 Version: 1.4.24.0
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
This is the closest, best program I have found for BD video, similar to DVD Shrink! I either use BD from BluRay drive or use "Backup" function of Make MKV to create a folder to use as source for encoding. I love that I can control Subtitle properties, and that I can do "batch" encoding. Tweaking H.264 settings is also helpful.
I also love the preview function to see if my settings are correct. Something that
DVD Shrink lacked.
I have been encoding video into MP4 container, as that presents no problems for my video player vs. MKV, which my video player always has issues with(Sync or video probs, etc.) I still use DVD Shrink, as my video player upsamples ISO videos to 1080P, so I see little difference when encoding BD video, since I have to reduce datarate somewhat, so videoplayer can keep up. . . I am using an older Diamond MP-1000 with an external hard drive to play videos. I can play BD folders from Mane MKV backup, but I like being able to save some space upsampling MP4 video.
There is a little bit of a learning curve, but not much, if you are familiar with dealing with encoding videos. Reading one of the guides may be helpful for beginners. . .
I also love the preview function to see if my settings are correct. Something that
DVD Shrink lacked.
I have been encoding video into MP4 container, as that presents no problems for my video player vs. MKV, which my video player always has issues with(Sync or video probs, etc.) I still use DVD Shrink, as my video player upsamples ISO videos to 1080P, so I see little difference when encoding BD video, since I have to reduce datarate somewhat, so videoplayer can keep up. . . I am using an older Diamond MP-1000 with an external hard drive to play videos. I can play BD folders from Mane MKV backup, but I like being able to save some space upsampling MP4 video.
There is a little bit of a learning curve, but not much, if you are familiar with dealing with encoding videos. Reading one of the guides may be helpful for beginners. . .
Review by badboytim999 on
Aug 1, 2013 Version: 1.4.23.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
@ roma_turok very good points but something missing in HB & VidCoder.
When I encode Blu-Rays (Mostly)always I have to redo the audio because they don't have core stripping
There are alot of free tools to do that. I'm using Clown BD. Will be nice if VidCoder developer implement eac3to and put to Audio options core stripping.
When I encode Blu-Rays (Mostly)always I have to redo the audio because they don't have core stripping
There are alot of free tools to do that. I'm using Clown BD. Will be nice if VidCoder developer implement eac3to and put to Audio options core stripping.
Review by angel181155 on
Jun 11, 2013 Version: 1.4.21
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Based on Handbrake
Little better from Handbrake:
1) Have list recent locations
2) Queue list(Batch list) not floating window, its part of main interface
3) In preview window can see crop location on frame of the video
3) Slider to select IN and OUT.
5) Have option automatically rename output file, if file with same name exist.
Little better from Handbrake:
1) Have list recent locations
2) Queue list(Batch list) not floating window, its part of main interface
3) In preview window can see crop location on frame of the video
3) Slider to select IN and OUT.
5) Have option automatically rename output file, if file with same name exist.
Review by roma_turok on
Jun 11, 2013 Version: 1.4.21 64-bit
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 9/10
if added copy video stream and audio stream to GUI it has been perfect.
Review by bmhamidreza on
May 14, 2013 Version: 1.3.4
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
That is a nice tool for encoding video with high speed and good quality.
Review by bmhamidreza on
Apr 13, 2013 Version: 1.3.4
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
@ xzarkad
Does your problem also exist in HandBrake?
If it doesn't, then it will be a VidCoder problem. So let RandomEngy know either via the Doom9 forum or here:
http://vidcoder.codeplex.com/discussions
Does your problem also exist in HandBrake?
If it doesn't, then it will be a VidCoder problem. So let RandomEngy know either via the Doom9 forum or here:
http://vidcoder.codeplex.com/discussions
Review by mike20021969 on
Oct 12, 2012 Version: 1.4.4 beta
OS: WinXP Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Work absolutely fine, but unfortunately the encoding speed is quite a bit slow and the support of subtitles is absolute a weakness. I loaded 4 BD roms with subtitles, for for all of them no subs were found.(I repeated this with two other conversion tools and did not encounter this problem)
Review by xzarkad on
Oct 12, 2012 Version: 1.3.4.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
I love handbrake and as Vidcoder makes use of the engine but added a few interesting features (encode size set, GUI easier/friendlier to use) this is prefect for me.
Love it, fast and THE best quality. Unbeaten!
Love it, fast and THE best quality. Unbeaten!
Review by coen99 on
Jul 31, 2012 Version: 1.3.3.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
I know I know the tool doesn't have those fancy settings you found in others but for DVDs on 8-bit encode vidcoder just like handbreake have no rival just as simple as that!
Review by rapunzel on
Mar 6, 2012 Version: 1.3.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
I use Handbrake and StaxRip for most of my H.264 encoding, but VidCoder is the #1 tool for encoding DVD rips to MKV. No problems with "blurring" here. Never tried a Blu-Ray but this is great for adding DVDs to a Media Center while saving space.
Review by V1de0Luvr on
Sep 6, 2011 Version: 1.0.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
My problem with this tools is all my converted video have some degree of blur
that I cant fix .also I liked to have access to some of X264 advanced option
that it seems are not implemented in the GUI other wise it's a good and easy
tool to begin with
that I cant fix .also I liked to have access to some of X264 advanced option
that it seems are not implemented in the GUI other wise it's a good and easy
tool to begin with
Review by JEskandari on
Sep 6, 2011 Version: 1.01
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 8/10
I must reverse my earlier post. I loaded the Vidcoder 1.0.0 x86 as that is where the link from here took me. I had problems after the first encoding was complete and I was asked to load the 1.0.1 version. I kept getting an error message. I went back to Vidcoder website and under downloads found the 1.0.1 x64 and downloaded that. It has worked very well and I can now watch movies on the road with my Dorid X or my Toshiba Thrive.
Review by grandjd on
Sep 5, 2011 Version: 1.0.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Well it worked once. I converted a BD so I could load it on a Toshiba tablet and Droid X phone. After that I tried to convert another BD and all I get is an error screen that asks me to copy and report the problem, but nothing happens. I uninstalled and re installed the 1.0.0 version that worked and now I still get the same error screen. Wish it would work again.
Review by grandjd on
Sep 4, 2011 Version: 1.0.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 5/10
Overall: 2/10
I've to encode from pal and upscale my dvd to 720p, so I need to change colormatrix, transfer and colorprim.
Your tips doesn't work, video format=pal work ok, not other option.
Your tips doesn't work, video format=pal work ok, not other option.
Review by darkio on
Jul 30, 2011 Version: 0.9.3
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
darkio, I really like that VidCoder has a simple interface which makes it easy for everyone to use. Yet it's very powerful, and it'll still support what you're asking it to do. Simply go to settings, then Advanced, and then type in the "options string" box any additional encoding options that you wish to add.
Keep in mind PAL and NTSC have different bt601 matrices according to table E-3 (Colour Primaries) in the H.264 spec. So bt470bg = bt601 625 = bt1358 625 = bt1700 625 (PAL/SECAM), and smpte170m = bt601 525 = bt1358 525 = bt1700 NTSC.
So you'd want to append your options to include the following:
videoformat=ntsc:colormatrix=smpte170m
A list of additional options can be found here: http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings. Since VidCoder uses the handbrake engine, commands have to be typed in the way handbrake wants them formatted, as per this guide: https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/x264Options
Keep in mind PAL and NTSC have different bt601 matrices according to table E-3 (Colour Primaries) in the H.264 spec. So bt470bg = bt601 625 = bt1358 625 = bt1700 625 (PAL/SECAM), and smpte170m = bt601 525 = bt1358 525 = bt1700 NTSC.
So you'd want to append your options to include the following:
videoformat=ntsc:colormatrix=smpte170m
A list of additional options can be found here: http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings. Since VidCoder uses the handbrake engine, commands have to be typed in the way handbrake wants them formatted, as per this guide: https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/x264Options
Review by Soltaris on
Jul 25, 2011 Version: 0.9.3.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
last version has bug to encoding ac3 multichannel into various format like vorbis, ac3 or aac. It downsampling multichannel into dolby prologic II.
Please, add option to change colour primaries, transfer characteristics, matrix coefficients and format system, my encoding (pal) use always bt-601 and ntsc format. !
Please, add option to change colour primaries, transfer characteristics, matrix coefficients and format system, my encoding (pal) use always bt-601 and ntsc format. !
Review by darkio on
Jul 25, 2011 Version: 0.9.3
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 9/10
this just uses handbrake to convert video but this app has a simple outlay
Review by jamespoo on
Jun 26, 2011 Version: 2
OS: Windows 7 Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 5/10
EXCELLENT program.
Can do BATCH CONVERSION from ISO/DVD to MP4 or MKV. See this post:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/331480-Batch-Convert-ISO-DVD-to-MP4
64 bit version of Vidcoder:
http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_conte ... Itemid=146
Can do BATCH CONVERSION from ISO/DVD to MP4 or MKV. See this post:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/331480-Batch-Convert-ISO-DVD-to-MP4
64 bit version of Vidcoder:
http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_conte ... Itemid=146
Review by joepic on
Feb 4, 2011 Version: 0.8.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Awesome Tool! Will like to thank the creators keep up the good work
Review by rapunzel on
Dec 21, 2010 Version: 0.7.2
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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