Opensource Video Converter – HandBrake

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, video converter. Handbrake is available for MacOS X, Windows and Linux. Handbrake supports a wide variety of Videos Formats as source and can convert to a wide variety of Video Formats. Handbrake is free to use and provide features that of a Paid Video Converters.

Features of HandBrake

Most common multimedia files that libavformat and libavcodec support.
It can convert any DVD or Bluray-like source which is NOT copy-protected. You can not remove Copy Protection.
It can provide output in following formats:
- File format: Mobile supported viode format – MP4(M4V) and MKV
- Video: MPEG-4(ffmpeg), H.264(x264), or Theora(libtheora)
- Audio: AAC, CoreAudio AAC (OS X Only), MP3, or Vorbis. AC-3 pass-through, DTS pass-thorugh (MKV only)
Other features:
- Chapter selection, Chapter Markers
- Subtitles
- Vobsub and Closed Captions
- SRT import and passthru\
- SSA passthru or burn-in (experimental)
- Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding
- Support for VFR, CFR and VFR
- Video: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Detelecine, Cropping and scaling
- Live Video Preivew