Ezimba: Open-Source Video Converter and Encoders
Convert videos between formats, extract audio, edit metadata, and more with Ezimba, a simple and efficient open-source cross-platform video converter and encoder.
What is Ezimba?
Ezimba is an open-source, cross-platform video converter and encoder. It is designed to be fast and easy-to-use for basic video conversion needs.
Some key features of Ezimba include:
- Supports a wide range of video and audio codecs and container formats including MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MP3, AAC, and more
- Can convert videos between formats, extract audio into separate files, mux audio and video, and edit metadata
- Has preset profiles for common devices like phones, tablets, and game consoles to optimize converted videos
- Simple and straightforward graphical interface to add files, select output format and options, and start encoding
- Cross-platform application with versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Open-source and written in C++ for performance; source code available on GitHub
- Supports batch encoding for multiple files, command line usage for automation, multithreading, and hardware acceleration
Overall, Ezimba focuses primarily on efficient media format conversion in a lightweight package. It competes with applications like Handbrake but has less complex options in favor of speed and ease-of-use.