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Hybrid for Mac

Front-end for a variety of video container tools.

Free
In English
Version 20200817.1
3.5
Based on 2 user rates

Hybrid overview

Hybrid is a multi-platform Qt-based frontend for a bunch of other tools which can convert nearly every input to x264/Xvid/VP8 + ac3/ogg/mp3/aac/flac inside an mp4/m2ts/mkv/webm/mov/avi container, a Blu-ray or an AVCHD structure.

Features:
  • Extensive ability to configure x264s setting (with dependency checks)
  • Tagging support for mkv/mp4/mov
  • Chapter support for mkv/mp4/Blu-ray
  • Subtitle suppot for mkv/mp4/Blu-ray
  • Separated audio-, video-, filter profiles, audio&video combi profiles
  • An integrated bitrate calculator
  • Accepts vc-1 and avc raw input
  • Manual and automatic creation&pass-through of chapters
  • Ability to encode single title/chapters
  • A job-control
  • AAC/mp3/ac3/ogg/flac/dts/pcm audio encoding with dcaenc/mencoder/ffmpeg/aften and different aac encoders
  • Supported aac encoders: qaac, fdk, faac, fhg, neroaacenc, vo-aacenc
  • Filtering through mencoder (+ some resize automation) or avisynth if the 'avisynth extension' is used
  • Acceptable Input: avs and everything that mplayer/ffmpeg can decode
  • Supported video output formats: MPEG-4 ASP (Xvid), MPEG-4 AVC (x264, cuda), VP8/VP9 (vpxenc), ProRes (ffmpeg)
  • Supported audio output formats: dts, ac3, ogg vorbis, mp3, aac, flac, pcm, opus, pass-through
  • Supported containers: mov/mp4/mkv/m2ts/webm/avi, Blu-ray or a AVCHD structure
  • Audio/video pass-through -> can be used for muxing, tagging, chapter editing
  • Options to automate stuff

What’s new in version 20200817.1

Version 20200817.1:
Fixed
  • Decode: deinterlacing through FFmpeg wasn't used when Avisynth/ Vapoursynth was used.
  • Avisynth: custom before 'End'-section was missing
  • (e)ac3 dialog normalization ui glitch

Hybrid for Mac

Free
In English
Version 20200817.1
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3.5

(4 Reviews of Hybrid)

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Opsono
Opsono
Jan 9 2021
20200817.1
3.0
Jan 9 2021
3.0
Version: 20200817.1
Looks like it's now for 10.15 and up
anonymous-egret-6831
anonymous-egret-6831
Apr 25 2014
201401.22.1
4.0
Apr 25 2014
4.0
Version: 201401.22.1
Very good video toolbox. A little bit intimidating at first!
GeogProf
GeogProf
Mar 24 2014
201401.22.1
0.0
Mar 24 2014
0.0
Version: 201401.22.1
Now it requires a minimum of OS 10.8? Crap, I’ve been using it on 10.6.8 since the beginning, but now it’s only for newer machines, I guess. Just as well, iFFmpeg is much easier to use and produces output that’s just as high quality.
Nihilism4U
Nihilism4U
Mar 8 2014
2013.10.18.1
0.0
Mar 8 2014
0.0
Version: 2013.10.18.1
links are bad. Correct links 10.6/10.7 version http://www.selur.de/sites/default/files/hybrid_downloads/Hybrid_140225_mac_10.6.zip and the 10.8 version http://www.selur.de/sites/default/files/hybrid_downloads/Hybrid_140225_mac_10.8.zip are available here
Opsono
Opsono
Jan 9 2021
3.0
Jan 9 2021
3.0
Version: null
anonymous-egret-6831
anonymous-egret-6831
Apr 25 2014
4.0
Apr 25 2014
4.0
Version: null