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Avidemux vs XMedia Recode: catalog facts
Avidemux	XMedia Recode
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free to download and use.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Copy mode cuts and joins without re-encoding, so trims are instant and lossless Handles AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV and ASF among many others	Supports a wide range of audio and video formats GPU-accelerated encoding
Not a timeline editor; there is no multi-track editing or compositing The last stable release is from 2022, with newer work only in nightly builds	Windows only Cannot convert copy-protected discs
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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