VidCoder is a free DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application for Windows with batch encoding and multiple threads supported. It uses HandBrake as its encoding engine. Compared with HandBrake, it has a relatively rich UI. The same as HandBrake, it does not defeat the CSS encryption found in most commercial DVDs. The screenshot above shows the main VidCoder screen. The layout is pretty straight forward, the top section allows you to load in the file/disc you want to convert, then you can select the destination, choose an encoding profile or custom settings, and finally, there's the work queue, a list of all conversions one after the other that you can schedule and run. Unlike VideoPad Video Editor, offered by NCH software that allows you to edit videos without paying, Prism Video Converter is a paid video converter developed by NCH that lets it's user convert videos for personal use. It runs on all recent Mac and Windows (64 bit).

VidCoder comes in handy if you want to rip DVD or BD to widely supported and playable video formats MP4 and MKV. Like most DVD ripping software, VidCoder offers both customizable ripping settings and dumb-easy presets. If you are an experienced user, you can control the results as you wish, such as the format, video size, resolution, and quality.

VidCoder is an open-source DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application for Windows. It uses HandBrake as its encoding engine.

Feature List

• Multi-threaded
• MP4, MKV containers
• Completely integrated encoding pipeline: everything is in one process and no huge intermediate temporary files
• H.264, H.265, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, VP8, Theora video
• Hardware-accelerated encoding with AMD VCE, Nvidia NVENC and Intel QuickSync
• AAC, MP3, Vorbis, AC3, FLAC audio encoding and AAC/AC3/MP3/DTS/DTS-HD passthrough
• Target bitrate, size or quality for video
• 2-pass encoding
• Decomb, detelecine, deinterlace, rotate, reflect filters
• Powerful batch encoding
• Instant source previews
• Creates small encoded preview clips
• Pause, resume encoding

Prerequisites

You’ll need .NET 4.7.1. If you don’t have it, VidCoder will prompt you to download and install it. If you’re on the latest Windows 10 you shouldn’t need to install anything; it has .NET 4.7.1 pre-installed.

You do not need to install HandBrake for VidCoder to work.

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Blu-rays and DVDsVidCoder can rip Blu-rays and DVDs but does not defeat the encryption found on commercial discs. You’ve got several options to remove it:

• AnyDVD HD ($122, removes encryption on the fly for Blu-ray and DVD, good support for all discs)
• Passkey for Blu-ray/DVD ($168, removes encryption on the fly for Blu-ray and DVD, good support for all discs)
• Passkey Lite (Free, removes encryption on the fly for Blu-ray and DVD, does not support all discs)
• MakeMKV (Free, requires copying to the hard drive before encoding, supports Blu-ray and DVD)
• WinX DVD Ripper ($60, supports DVD only, requires copying to the hard drive before encoding)

Reporting Bugs

If you encounter any bugs with encoding, please see if they happen with the official HandBrake client as well. If the problem is reproducible on HandBrake, submit the issue to them. If it’s only VidCoder that has the problem, submit it here.

Languages

VidCoder includes English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Bosnian, Korean, Czech, Polish, Indonesian, Russian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Hungarian, Georgian and Basque translations. The correct language will be selected automatically based on your OS language, or it can be selected manually.

Interested in translating VidCoder to your own language? Help out on Crowdin.

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Donations

VidCoder is free software. If you like VidCoder and want to express your appreciation, please donate to the Against Malaria Foundation. It’s one of the most effective charities in the world.

Other info

VidCoder is built on .NET 4.7.1/WPF in C#.It runs on the 64-bit versions of Windows 7, 8, 10, Vista, Server 2008 and Server 2012.

The VidCoder UI (and C# interop) is written by RandomEngy.The core encoding engine is written by the amazing HandBrake team. j45 in particular has been a huge help in getting this together.