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XMedia Recode vs FFmpeg: catalog facts
XMedia Recode	FFmpeg
Free Free to download and use.	Free Free and open source. The codebase is mainly LGPL 2.1 with some components under the GPL…
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Supports a wide range of audio and video formats GPU-accelerated encoding	Handles practically every container and codec there is Remuxes without re-encoding, so a container change is instant and lossless
Windows only Cannot convert copy-protected discs	Command line only, with syntax that punishes guessing Argument order matters in ways that are not obvious
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-2.1
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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