New Video Software for Linux

x265 is an open source and cross-platform next-generation video encoder utility that uses the H265/HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) video compression standard, the successor of the widely used H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding) format.It has been...

totem-pl-parser is an open source, small, free and simple GObject-based library software specially designed to parse a host of playlist formats, as well as to save them. As its name suggests, totem-pl-parser is a playlist parser library for the popular...

HandBrake is an open source, free, portable and reliable software project that allows you to convert DVD-Video discs or any other video file from one format to another in an easy and straighforward way. It was originally built for the BeOS operating...

DeVeDe is an open source piece of software that allows anyone to easily and quickly create DVD-Video, VideoCD (VCD), Super VideoCD (sVCD) and China VideoDisc (CVD) discs, as well as DivX/MPEG-4 video files that are suitable for home DVD players. Features...

DVDStyler is an open source and cross-platform DVD authoring application that allows you to create professional-looking DVDs. It is actually a GUI (Graphical User Interface) front-end for the dvdauthor command-line software. The program provides a...

SMPlayer is a very popular open source video playback application that provides a wide range of features. It is based on the MPlayer command-line application and it’s fully compatible with the GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The...

Vuze (formerly Azureus) is an open source project that provides users with a full-featured file sharing application. It is written in the Java programming language and it’s compatible with Linux, Mac and Windows systems. In other words, Vuze is a...

Avidemux is an open source application that provides an easy-to-use and cross-platform video editing solution. It can be used for basic video encoding tasks, filtering, cutting and more. It is officially supported on Linux, BSD, Microsoft Windows and Mac...

Lightworks is a professional-grade and commercial software that provides Hollywood-strength video editing, supporting mainstream operating systems and including a wide-range of powerful tools and functionality. It is also available to end-users as a free...

Parole is an open source, modern, simple, easy-to-use and free graphical software that aims to be the default media player for the Xfce desktop environment. It is backed by the powerful GStreamer framework, which is used by default on many modern...