Alternatives to MediaHuman Audio Converter
A free batch audio converter for macOS, Windows and Linux that also splits CUE-indexed files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
MediaHuman Audio Converter
A free batch audio converter for macOS, Windows and Linux that also splits CUE-indexed files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as MediaHuman Audio Converter.
fre:ac
A free audio converter and CD ripper that converts between MP3, AAC, FLAC, Opus and more.
fre:ac is open source and also runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, adding CD ripping with CDDB tagging and keeping folder structure when converting whole libraries.
dBpoweramp
A secure CD ripper and batch audio converter for Windows and macOS.
dBpoweramp is paid after a 21-day trial and runs on Windows and macOS only, adding secure AccurateRip-verified CD ripping, multi-provider metadata and multi-core batch encoding.
XLD
A Mac tool for ripping CDs and decoding, converting and splitting lossless audio files.
XLD is free but macOS only, adding CD ripping and a wide range of lossless formats while still splitting single-file rips by cue sheet like MediaHuman does.
FFmpeg Batch AV Converter
A Windows graphical front end for FFmpeg that batch converts audio and video files.
FFmpeg Batch AV Converter is open source and exposes full FFmpeg parameters and presets for audio and video, but targets Windows, with Linux use needing Wine-Mono.
Videomass
A free, open-source, cross-platform graphical interface for converting and processing media with FFmpeg.
Videomass is an open-source, cross-platform FFmpeg front end that handles video as well as audio, though its many options can feel heavy for simple conversions.
XMedia Recode
A free Windows converter for video and audio files, DVDs and Blu-rays with GPU acceleration.
XMedia Recode is free but Windows only and closed source, converting video, DVDs and Blu-rays as well as audio, with GPU-accelerated encoding.
Permute
A drag-and-drop macOS converter for video, audio, images and PDFs across about 50 formats.
Permute is a paid Mac-only drag-and-drop converter for audio, video, images and PDFs, and version 4 requires macOS 26 and Apple Silicon.
Online-Convert
A browser-based converter for audio, video, image and document files between common formats.
Online-Convert runs in the browser with nothing to install, but files must be uploaded to a third-party server and an internet connection is required.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Flacon
Split a full-album audio file into separate tagged tracks.
Convertio
A browser-based file converter that handles documents, images, audio, video, ebooks and archives in over 300 formats.
Hybrid
A Qt frontend for many encoders that converts video and audio for advanced users.
foobar2000
A light, deeply configurable audio player for people who care about their local music library.
Exact Audio Copy
A Windows CD ripper that reads audio CDs precisely and reports any errors it cannot correct.
Fission
A Mac audio editor for trimming, joining and splitting files without quality loss, plus batch conversion.
