Best 6 Video Converter Software for Windows, Mac, Linux (Test and Reviewed)

5 min readJan 7, 2021

To save videos in different kinds of formats, we need a video converter to help us do the job. As of now, there are multiple video converters available on the website. However, it’s hard for us to pick up the best one especiall when we need this for the first time. To help you out, here I tested and reviewed the best free and paid video converters. Some of them are only available for Windows, others are available for all systems, including Windows, Mac and Linux. The paid software, undoutedly, is much easier to use, and even has much more functions than the free one. The paid software are all shareware, which means you can use it for a free trial before you decide to purchase it or not.

1. WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro

WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro is an all-in-one video processing software, which is focused on video converting, video encoding, video editing, video downloading, video recording and more.

In terms of its video converting function, WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro is the full format video/audio converter, which supports MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG, MTS, M2TS, H264, DIVX, XVID, MPEG4, WAV, MP3, AC3, AAC, DTS, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Huawei Mate, and 500+ formats and devices. This HD conversion software supports the newest encoder H265(HEVC), VP9 and other h-video formats. It converts Multi-track HD video, general video and audio codecs. Supported by WonderFox exclusive video encoding technology, this HD video converter stands out from varied HD video converters and achieves a higher quality of output. You can convert video up to 7680*4320, also included 3840*2160 (4K video converter), 2560*1440, 1920*1080, 1280*720 and any resolution.

Platform: Windows 10/8.1/8/7 and lower.

Price: $29.95/year; $34.95/lifetime.

2. WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe

WinX HD Video Converter is another all-in-one video software, as an HD video converter, slideshow maker, video editor, and YouTube online video downloader, which gives you an ultimate control over your video files. This video converter enables you to convert between all mainstream video formats, like 4K UHD video, 1080p multi-track high definition videos MKV, M2TS, MTS, AVCHD, MOD, HD camcorder videos, Blu-ray videos, and standard definition videos AVI, MPEG, MP4, M4V, WMV, MOV, VOB, FLV, RM, RMVB, WebM, Google TV. Moreover, it has 410+ built-in preset profiles to convert videos for playing on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, HTC, Samsung Galaxy, Surface, Windows Phone, Amazon Kindle Fire, Chromecast, Nexus, PS4, PSP, Fujitsu. It helps you download and convert HD/Ultra HD videos in a flash, and edit, trim, merge, crop, subtitle videos without a hitch.

Platform: Windows, Mac.

Price: $29.95/year; $39.95/lifetime.

3. VideoProc

VideoProc is an one-stop video editing software which allows you to edit, convert, resize and adjust large 4K/HDR videos, audios and DVDs easily at fully accelerated speed. It’s a complete video toolbox to edit videos: cut, crop, merge, transcode, remux, compress 4K 8K videos, HD MKV, MP4 (HEVC) and etc at perfect size-to-quality ratio. It digitizes DVDs to MP4, AVI, multi-track MKV, MP3, ISO image, converts and edits DVDs to fit iPhone, iPad, Android, YouTube, etc. You can even this tool to download online videos, music, playlists, channels or M3U8 from 1000+ UGC websites like YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion, Twitch and SoundCloud. Screen recording is a rather easy job by using VideoProc. You can easily capture videos from your computer’s screen and/or webcam, chroma key, draw, type, highlight, add voiceover during recording, set recording quality, format, etc.

Platform: Windows, Mac.

Price: $29.95/year; $37.95/lifetime.

4. Freemake

Freemake Video Converter is a user-friendly video converter program that runs on Windows. It has a well-optimized interface that makes all necessary conversion features are visible to its users. With Freemake Video Converter, you can transform video files for any device with media playback to MP4, use ready format settings for Apple iPhone, iPad, Google Android, Sony PSP, Xbox, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei, Xiaomi, BlackBerry phones, tablets, consoles, smartwatch, change different file formats to MP4 or 3GP for old cell phones. For rare gadgets, you can create and use custom conversion settings.

Platform: Windows.

Price: Free ($49 is required to remove the watermark.)

5. HandBrake

HanBrake is one of the best free video converters. It’s a professional tool that can output videos from multiple video formats, such as MP4, MKV, AVI, TS, M2TS, and digitize Blu-ray and DVDs to MKV, MP4 and MEBM formats. The support of modern GPU encoding is a big plus as it can accelerate the whole conversion process at the speed 2X to 3X faster than the real-time playback. And the adopted x265 encoding enables HandBrake to generate high-quality videos without taking up large storage space. HandBrake is available for Mac, Windows and Linux, which is a great choice for anyone who works on multiple platforms.

Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux.

Price: Free.

6. FFmpeg

FFmpeg is an open-source free project for video processing. It’s the best free video converter for advanced users who know a command-line environment. Without a GUI, beginners may be afraid of using it, regarding it as a tool totally for tech nerds. You can convert videos by simple clicks as what you are doing with the above video converters. It works according to what it translates from the input command lines. Using FFmpeg requires users to be familiar with command lines. Therefore, if you are familiar with command lines, it’s not suggested using this tool.

Platform: Windows, Mac, and Linux.