Avidemux vs Xilisoft DVD Creator
Avidemux
avidemux.sourceforge.netXilisoft DVD Creator
xilisoft.comSide by side
| Figure | Avidemux | Xilisoft DVD Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · DVD Authoring Software | 8.3 (#3) | 7.4 (#15) |
| Purpose | Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. | The software converts video files into DVDs for home viewing. |
| Support | The homepage welcomes patches, translations and bug reports. | Xilisoft lists support by email and says it aims to reply within 24 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. |
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In their own words
Avidemux
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Xilisoft DVD Creator
Xilisoft DVD Creator converts video files into DVDs for home viewing. It can burn a disc or save the result as a DVD folder or ISO image. Listed inputs include H.264, MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG, MTS, and M2TS; supported disc formats include DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD-5, and DVD-9. Editing tools can clip or merge segments, crop frames, adjust image effects, and add subtitles, watermarks, or audio tracks. Menu templates allow background pictures or music and chapter arrangement. The product page states support for up to 32 SRT subtitle files, while its FAQ gives a limit of eight subtitles in a list and up to eight audio tracks per video. Xilisoft DVD Creator has a free trial and a listed one-time plan at 27.97 USD; the pricing note gives a starting price of $39.95. It runs on Windows and macOS. The FAQ lists Windows XP SP2 or later, Vista, or Windows 7, a recordable DVD drive, and at least 10 GB for temporary files.