XMedia Recode V2.2.6.5    Suggested by Andrew Lee - Updated by infimum on 29 Aug 2010 12MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (6217) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (33) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 south28: Of all the different video converter programs I've used, this is by far the easiest one to use and manipulate and the resultant video files have been more than satisfactory. It is the only one that managed to convert a couple of stubborn files that other programs kept leaving the video and audio out of sync no matter what I tried.

Many thanks to the programmer! [2008-10-06 17:00]

 Tony: Full of bugs .... [2009-01-24 16:11]

 clitoral hoodlum: Absolutely the best converter I have found! Beats the commercial ones, as well! [2009-07-23 23:51]

 Fengzj: It still leaves configuration settings in Users/.../AppData/Local/ folder in Windows 7. [2009-11-29 00:11]

 Andrew.A: This is absolutely the best convertor I used this days. It is fast (about 80 FPS on my poor PIV machine), it has simple interface. It can crop/resize/denoise videos. And it is absolutely portable and has a small footprint.
I recommend it! [2009-12-14 04:19]

 CodesAway: Does anyone know if this program supports command-line options? I would like to integrate it with FreeCommander to perform automatic conversions on a file.

If not, at least it supports passing a file name, which adds the file to the list. From there it's very easy to do the conversion I want. [2009-12-16 06:59]

 Tala: You can't go wrong grabbing this gem. I've tried quite a few but can't go past this. Lack of English help files might hinder some a little but well and truly worth the effort.Thanks to the author. [2010-01-07 11:15]

 noaven: my friends here you say that this program is Free for non-commercial use but i think is full freeware (just check the official site) [2010-02-10 15:55]

 Breeeeezzzzze: The profiles drop-box only has "custom" for me, using either the portable or full versions. [2010-02-18 13:00]

 Breeeeezzzzze: The current version is the best encoder I have found for IPhone. Quickly converts even files that Handbrake choked on. Plus it's portable. Has all the features I need and more. Very happy to have it on all the pcs I use. [2010-02-21 19:39]

 Alexander Nalunin: This one simply ROCKS! Nothing more to say. I just killed commercial product I was using before and requested a money-back. XMedia Recorde is much much better than everything I tried before [2010-04-13 23:36]

 Shodan: I've tried several recoders, both free and shareware, and this is the one I have settled on. Does everything I want and need and it's free. What else can you ask for ? [2010-05-13 11:48]

 GrzegorzK: Great software. Comparable or even better than commercialcial ones/ [2010-05-17 12:02]

 CincyDave: I'll add my support behind this product. I've been using XMediaRecode for several months now to convert numerous flv files recorded from the web to dvd (avi) format. Also, I've edited the files by shortening some of them and enhancing their color saturation. This program has worked flawlessly. [2010-05-19 16:15]

 Onesimus Prime: Upon first run, this program now auto-detects the system language, so it should match whatever your computer is set for. You can, of course, force it to always use your language of choice. Oh, and "automatically check for updates" comes enabled by default, FYI... [2010-05-26 21:47]

 spchtr: Theora encoder for V 2.2.3.9 does not appear to work in Vista32. Not sure how to post to the author's web page and let them know. [2010-06-17 10:17]

 RobertAdT: When all else fail, this app save my day.
It's the best app there is. [2010-06-29 14:36]

 TT: Error message with WinXP-sp1...

The application failed to initialize properly. (0x000012d). Click on OK to terminate the application.

No problem with earlier version. [2010-07-11 22:34]

 TT: 2.2.5.3 now now works with WinXP-sp1. Problem now is it write settings to C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\XMedia Recode, not the app directory. And the GUI 'almost' fits on a 1024x600 netbook. 2.2.4.7 is still works best overall. [2010-08-05 12:31]

 MC: TT is correct, the 2.2.5.3 version does write to the AppData folder. I am using Windows Vista. So this is no longer stealth. [2010-08-14 03:42]

 MarK2010: V. 2.2.5.8 writes XMediaRecode.ini to the Application Data folder. So the program is not portable! [2010-08-16 21:21]

 Lemoir: You must have Portable=1 in the INI file. [2010-08-17 09:52]

 Hans: Lemoir, you did not check the problem. [2010-08-17 10:09]

 Lemoir: Hans, what are you talking about? Of course I checked it.
You must have an XMediaRecode.INI file with Portable=1 in the Prefences in the XMediaRecode program folder. The program will write preferences and other settings to that file. [2010-08-17 13:13]

 Hans: Thank you, Lemoir, I will proof it. [2010-08-17 14:49]

 pj: I tried to see if the "portable=1" in the ini file in the XmediaRecode directory works or not. Unfortunately, in 2.2.5.3, it still writes the ini file in %APPDATA% on Windows 7. [2010-08-17 18:02]

 GBJ: Putting 'Portable=1' in the INI file and moving it to the app's folder WORKS! You may then delete the XMedia Recode folder under AppData\Roaming in your User folder, making this great app TRULY portable. [2010-08-18 10:01]

 Hans: The new version 2258 writes the ini-file in the application folder again, you must do nothing. [2010-08-18 13:07]

 Lemoir: It will only write the settings to an INI file in the program folder if there is already such a file with the line Portable=1. The zip archive has a mall INI file with that line. [2010-08-18 18:22]

 MC: The new version 2.2.5.8 no longer writes in my AppData folder on my Windows Vista. Seems it is corrected now, at least on my Windows Vista. [2010-08-20 00:38]

 TT: Let's see... Truly portable, with no registry changes, no logs or histories, etc.? Check. Works well with 1024x600 Netbooks? Check. Compact and UPX-able? Check. Option to automatically output to source folder? Check. Can convert from/to just about anything? Check. .. It doesn't get much better than this. Thanks for the great app! [2010-08-27 17:42]

 Frank: I want to use a portable encoder but something with codecs already included. I know Super(C) and MediaCoder have internal codecs thanks to Mencoder is Xmedia recode the same. I have problems with the portable apps versions of Super(c) and MediaCoder.

Would appreciate any info. [2010-09-01 00:25]

 TT: @Frank...
That's exatly what XMediaRecode is .. everything in one package. [2010-09-01 16:07]

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