Avidemux vs Open Burning Suite
Avidemux
avidemux.sourceforge.netOpen Burning Suite
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Avidemux | Open Burning Suite |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · DVD Authoring Software | 8.3 (#3) | 8.6 (#2) |
| License | The program is available under the GNU GPL license. | The project is released under the BSD 2-Clause License. |
| Purpose | Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. | Open Burning Suite burns, copies, creates, and verifies CD, DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray discs. |
| Support | The homepage welcomes patches, translations and bug reports. | The documentation directs users with unanswered questions to open an issue on GitHub. |
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In their own words
Avidemux
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Open Burning Suite
Open Burning Suite is a free desktop application for burning, copying, creating and verifying CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, with an interface built using .NET 8 and Avalonia UI. It communicates with optical drives through native SCSI/MMC commands rather than external disc-operation tools. The suite reads and creates image formats including ISO, BIN/CUE, CCD/IMG/SUB, NRG, MDF/MDS and CDI. Audio features include CD-TEXT authoring, track ripping to WAV or BIN/CUE, and playlist importing. Video capabilities cover DVD-Video, Blu-ray BDMV, BDAV and Blu-ray 3D, plus FFmpeg-based transcoding; FFmpeg is an optional runtime dependency for video authoring. Verification supports CRC32, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums. Gaming presets cover several console families, while Nintendo DS/3DS support is limited to verification. Images can use AES-256-CBC password protection, and PS3 decryption supports IRD, dkey or hex keys. Burning, reading and verification require an optical drive.