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When it comes to ripping DVDs to your hard drive, Handbrake is one of the best known open-source tools there is. One small problem if you’re a Windows user: the GUI was designed for the Mac, and the Windows build sometimes feels like an afterthought, particularly with the slightly cluttered\u00a0GUI.<\/p>\n

Enter, stage left, VidCoder. It takes the underlying code behind Handbrake, and overlays its own specially designed user interface that’s simpler and more intuitive to use. Like Handbrake it’ll only output to MP4 and MKV file containers, and it won\u2019t rip encrypted DVDs, which covers most commercial discs. If you want this functionality, try DVD Decrypter, available as part of the Free Studio suite, or as a standalone download.<\/p>\n

The interface is definitely easier to navigate than Handbrake\u2019s: everything you need is accessible from a single screen, and when you click Settings to tweak the various presets, these appear in their own window beneath the main one, ensuring you don\u2019t lose sight of where you\u2019ve been. You can tweak just about every aspect of the conversion process, so advanced users will be pleased, while novices can restrict themselves to one of the available presets: normal or high profile for most, with various Apple-related options also available.<\/p>\n

Conversion isn\u2019t particularly quick, but the end results are suitably impressive, just as they are with the program that inspired VidCoder.<\/p>\n

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Verdict:<\/h5>\n

VidCoder offers a welcome – and friendly – alternative interface to Handbrake.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(1)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  • Operating Systems:Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8<\/li>\n
  • License:Open Source<\/li>\n
  • Developer:Software Cost:<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFree\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCategory<\/li>\n

    \t\t\t\tAudio, Video & Photo<\/p>\n

  • Date Updated:12 March 2026<\/li>\n
  • Downloads To Date:6222<\/li>\n
  • Languages: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<\/li>\n
  • Download Size:8.00 MB<\/li>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tSpecifications\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n

    Requirements<\/h2>\n

    .NET Framework 6 or later<\/p>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\tChangelog\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n

    What’s new in 12.17 (see the changelog\u00a0for more)?<\/p>\n

    – Added a Hardware tab to Global Settings: this shows all available hardware and the codecs they can encode to.
    \n– Added the ability to configure hardware decoding for Media Foundation.
    \n– Moved QSV hardware decoding settings to the Hardware tab, added the ability to configure use for non-QSV codecs.
    \n– Increased NVEnc simultaneous device cap from 3 to 5.
    \n– Added requirement for encoder to be NVEnc to use NVDec
    \n– Added code to avoid clobbering a chosen hardware decoding setting.
    \n– Implemented QSV hyperencode.
    \n– Added support for QSV load balancing.
    \n– Changed to close the source video when deleting the source file, rather than stopping the source deletion from happening.
    \n– Fixed an issue preventing “stop” from being used on individual queue items
    \n– Fixed default\/burn in selection for automatically added external subtitle files.
    \n– Updated HandBrake core to 1.10.2<\/p>\n

    Deal of the Day<\/h1>\n

    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t-30%<\/p>\n

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    VEGAS Movie Studio 16<\/h4>\n

    \t\tA polished, professional video editor<\/p>\n

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