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XMedia Recode vs Avidemux: catalog facts
XMedia Recode	Avidemux
Free Free to download and use.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Supports a wide range of audio and video formats GPU-accelerated encoding	Copy mode cuts and joins without re-encoding, so trims are instant and lossless Handles AVI, MP4, MPEG, MKV and ASF among many others
Windows only Cannot convert copy-protected discs	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
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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