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The official AOMedia reference encoder for AV1 - the yardstick every other AV1 encoder is measured against, and by some distance the slowest of them.

The standard toolkit for rebuilding MKV files - merge, split, retag and extract tracks losslessly, because it rewrites the container and never the video.

dav1d is VideoLAN's free AV1 decoding library, the engine that gives players and filters their AV1 playback rather than a program you open.

Opus is the codec that beats MP3 and AAC on quality per kilobit, and loses to both on what will actually play it.

dBpoweramp Music Converter is the paid all-rounder of the audio encoders category, pairing a multi-core format converter with an AccurateRip-verified CD ripper.

A DirectShow demuxer that opens headerless video streams such as H.264, HEVC and Y4M so ordinary Windows players can read them.

GOM Audio for Android is the mobile edition of the long-running GOM audio player, built around a 10-band equalizer, synced lyrics and native FLAC playback.

VapourBox is a cross-platform video restoration application using VapourSynth.

Fox's free ad-supported streaming app for Android, with thousands of films, TV episodes and live channels and no subscription of any kind.

Microsoft's free add-on that lets the Windows 11 and 10 Media Player app open OGG files with Vorbis audio and Theora video.

NVEnc is a free command-line encoder that drives the NVENC chip on NVIDIA graphics cards to produce H.264, HEVC and AV1 far faster than software encoding.

WavePad Audio Editor is NCH Software's flagship desktop sound editor, offering a permanently free Basic Edition for non-commercial use alongside paid Standard and Master's Edition upgrades.