HOW WE TESTED…
This is one of those areas in which performance isn’t a key deciding factor. Not because video transcoding doesn’t need much CPU horsepower – it most certainly does! The reason is that most of these programs use the same backend software. They’re about making the process more easily accessible to the masses – those of us who don’t consider reading a FFmpeg man page the best way to spend an evening.
So we looked at not only the range of features available within each program, but how easy they were to access. If all you want to do is reformat a video so you can watch it on your Android tablet during a long journey, then you really just need a button that says Do That. However, there are also times when you require more control over a particular processing task, so we looked at how that was available with the various programs.