MediaCoder
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| Original author(s) | Stanley Huang |
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| Developer(s) | Broad Intelligence Technologies |
| Preview release | 0.8.57.5970
/ 15 February 2019 |
| Written in | C++ and XML[citation needed] |
| Operating system | Windows XP and later |
| Platform | IA-32 and x86-64 |
| Type | Transcoding |
| License | Ad-supported[1] freemium[2] |
| Website | www |
MediaCoder is a proprietary transcoding program for Microsoft Windows, developed by Stanley Huang since 2005.
MediaCoder uses various open-source (and several proprietary) audio and video codecs to transcode media files to different audio/video formats.[3] Common uses for the program include compression, file type conversion, remuxing and extraction of audio from video files. Many formats are supported, including MP3, Vorbis, Opus, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), Windows Media Audio (WMA), RealAudio, WAV, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2, Audio Video Interleave (AVI), Video CD and DVD-Video. The program uses a wizard for to create files, but that can also be adjusted manually by the drag-and-drop function.[4]
While MediaCoder is supplied free of charge and fully functional as long as there is an internet connection available, it is supported by bundling the OpenCandy software recommendation service in its installer. This qualifies this application as nagware. After donating the user is supplied with an ID which must be entered and verified in the software. If the software is subsequently used without being connected to the internet the nags will reappear because the software randomly checks online whether the user has a valid ID unless a USB license dongle is purchased.
Prior to 2008, MediaCoder was a free and open-source software application and was available on SourceForge.[5] MediaCoder was a nominee of SourceForge.NET 2007 Community Choice Award of Best Project for Multimedia along with Audacity, InkScape and FFDShow.[6] On December 2009 however, Stanley Huang announced that the project is no longer hosted on SourceForge and no longer open-source.[7]
References
- ^ "Download MediaCoder". Softpedia. SoftNews NET SRL. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Solutions". mediacoderhq.com. MediaCoder. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Pash, Adam (13 October 2006). "Download of the Day: MediaCoder (Windows)". Lifehacker. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Dutson, Phil (13 July 2012). Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours. Sams Publishing. p. 354. ISBN 9780132966238.
- ^ "Media Coder". SourceForge. Geeknet, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "SourceForge.NET 2007 Community Choice Awards". SourceForge. Geeknet, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ Huang, Stanley (19 December 2009). "MediaCoder is no longer hosted on SourceForge.net from this day on". Broad Intelligence Technologies. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
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