MediaCoder
Developer(s) | Stanley Huang |
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Stable release | 0.7.0.4399
/ 16th May 2009 |
Preview release | 0.7.1.4466
/ 30th June 2009 |
Written in | C, C++, JavaScript |
Operating system | Windows Wine officially supported[1] |
Type | Audio/video Transcoder |
License | Proprietary License |
Website | mediacoder.sourceforge.net |
MediaCoder is an audio and video batch transcoder for Windows (also fully functioning under WINE) developed by Stanley Huang. It is licensed under a proprietary EULA (but free of charge for private use) which identifies it as a product of Broad Intelligence Software. MediaCoder uses various open source audio and video codecs and tools to transcode different audio/video formats and has many extra features. Common uses for the program include compression, file type conversion and extraction of audio from video files. Many formats are supported, including MP3, Vorbis, AAC, Windows Media Audio, RealAudio, WAV, H.264, Xvid, DivX 4/5, MPEG-2, AVI, CD, and DVD. Although MediaCoder is hosted on Sourceforge, it is not open source software.
Features
MediaCoder is a front-end/GUI for a collection of audio/video command line utilities and dynamic libraries (including audio/video codecs and multiplexers). MediaCoder maintains a unified parameter tree whose leaves (parameter values) can be altered through the application GUI, a web-based tree view, user interfaces for specific devices (e.g. PSP, iPhone) and conforming HTTP requests. It maps the parameter tree into command line options or calling parameters for various codecs and tools. MediaCoder pipes the decoder's output into the encoder's input, rather than using temporary files. This allows it to convert large amounts of data without using excessive disk space. Some of the included utilities are also patched to add extra interfaces.
MediaCoder has a built-in media streaming server which can be used to stream out audio and video files through HTTP protocol. It is able to apply on-the-fly transcoding for both audio and video streaming with some of its supported audio and video codecs.
Supported Formats
- MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, AAC+V2, Musepack, WMA, RealAudio, Dirac, Speex, AMR, mp3PRO
- FLAC, WavPack, Monkey's Audio, OptimFROG, Apple Lossless, WMA Lossless, WAV/PCM
- H.264, Xvid, DivX, MPEG 1/2/4, H.263, Flash Video, 3ivx, RealVideo, Windows Media, Theora
- AVI, MPEG-2/VOB, Matroska, MP4, RealMedia, ASF/WMV, QuickTime, Ogg Media
- CD, VCD, DVD, Cue sheet