VideoLAN Client (VLC) VS HandBrake

Compare VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs HandBrake and see what are their differences.

VideoLAN Client (VLC)

VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/ (by videolan)
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VideoLAN Client (VLC) HandBrake
379 981
12,959 15,530
2.5% 3.1%
0.0 9.8
24 days ago 1 day ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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VideoLAN Client (VLC)

Posts with mentions or reviews of VideoLAN Client (VLC). We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-22.

HandBrake

Posts with mentions or reviews of HandBrake. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-04.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing VideoLAN Client (VLC) and HandBrake you can also consider the following projects:

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

Tdarr - Tdarr - Distributed transcode automation using FFmpeg/HandBrake + Audio/Video library analytics + video health checking (Windows, macOS, Linux & Docker)

iina - The modern video player for macOS.

staxrip - 🎞 Video encoding GUI for Windows.

Anime4K - A High-Quality Real Time Upscaler for Anime Video

Av1an - Cross-platform command-line AV1 / VP9 / HEVC / H264 encoding framework with per scene quality encoding

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

FFmpeg - Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

celluloid - A simple GTK+ frontend for mpv

obs-studio - OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

mpd - Music Player Daemon

lossless-cut - The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing