# Avidemux Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Avidemux the right Video Editing solution for you? Explore 17 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/173414/Avidemux/reviews --- Avidemux 4.2 (17) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/173414/Avidemux/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Avidemux Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.2 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-17 of 17 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Nikolay N. Project Manager Leisure, Travel & Tourism Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "An easy tool for quick video editing" October 7, 2020 5.0 Avidemux is an easy to use and functional tool for all the basic tasks of the video files editing: you can cut, merge, subtitle, add logo, apply soundtrack, encode, add generic effects etc. It is very handy when you are to make a video promo quickly from some filmed material and upload it to you corporate website or social network page. It's user interface is very similar to the earlier popular but outdated now VirtualDub. You can avoid bothering yourself with all that containers, codecs etc. staff, just choose the target file extension like MP3 or AVI and save what you have edited. Of course it lacks the might of the professional video editors like Adobe Premiere, but any everyday office task can be performed with it, and all that for free. Pros It is very easy to use, you should not be a video editing professional or a container/codec guru. It performs all the everyday office tasks such as an uploadable promo video creation. It works with all the popular video file formats. It does not require any 3rd party audio/video software such as codecs etc. It is free and up to date. Cons Until now I did never encounter any video editing task which was not supported by this software. I just can't point out any faults. Reason for choosing Avidemux It provides all the functions we need, and at the same time it is easy and it is free, Review Source IRG Ionel Razvan G. IT Tech Computer Hardware Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avidemux video edit" April 8, 2020 5.0 I am using Avidemux to edit video captured from VHS. Pros I can edit and transcode with it any kind of video. It is an excellent linear video editor. i like the transcode feature too. Cons I can barely convince it to do batch transcoding (multiple video at the same time). The software had, at a previous time, an add-on to do that, but I didn't found it recently. Switched from [PowerDirector](https://www.capterra.com/p/188496/PowerDirector/) I have the same functionality, and it works on Linux. Review Source JA Jayla A. self employed Graphic Design Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Great For Beginners " March 30, 2020 3.0 Too simple, not much features but some people like it that way, it can be less confusing! Great for young kids who want to practice video making! Pros I like how simple and easy it is to use. For sure, beginners, really great for when kids want to learn how to video edit. Best for making quick videos. Cons Its a bit too simple, not many features. Review Source SB Stacey B. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Advanced Video Editing on a Budget." December 4, 2019 5.0 Use Avidemux for editing video for animation projects as well as gameplay video for development projects. It does what I need without getting in the way. Pros Avidemux is an Open Source solution that supports most video and audio formats. Clipping and Cropping are simple operations that just work. Video optimization, scaling, motion compensation, speed control, add borders, flip, rotate, fade.... All built-in features. Noise filters, Subtitles, and more. Export video to Mpeg1,2,4, x264, h264, AVI, DVD Compatible MPEG, flash video etc. Change audio tracks, mute audio, and more. Supports custom scripts to perform more advanced operations. Did I mention that it is open source and you can download it for free? It is available for PC Windows, MacOS and linux/BSD. Cons While most features are simple and straight forward, some of the more advanced features will take some time to understand and utilize. Some codecs may not be supported. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Creative Director E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Avidexmux is simple and yet powerful." November 16, 2021 4.0 Besides that it's free, it's handy software. Small and fast. You don't get many of those around these days. I recommend using it primarily for lossless editing - you can cut and merge video clips and add filters. It has its issues, like it used to crash all the time but is relatively stable now. One of my favourite free software, period! Pros The best free program I've used. It is great for simple video edits, trimming and splicing videos losslessly. It's not for serious and advanced video editing work, so one must appreciate the simple things- intuitive, cross-platform- it works on both Windows and Mac. Also, it can transcode and re-encode a video into different formats. Cons It's a free software, and the expectations are really low. Sometimes audio gets distorted on video import. When I try to save an appended video with only mp4 files, it freezes, stops responding and crashes; it's just one glitch after another. There's no timeline with multiple tracks. Review Source Petr V. Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very capable video editor for editing, cutting and converting for free" April 26, 2019 4.0 Avidemux is enough for basic and slightly advanced video editing, and is often updated. Pros It is open-source and multi-platform, running on both Windows and Linux. Localization of the environment into many languages, including Czech. Basically, it contains many useful and high-quality filters for deinterlacing, changing the resolution or cropping the image. Allows easy conversion to the most used audio / video formats. If the same output audio / video format is selected, editing is possible without recompression. Easy to add and remove audio tracks via muxing and demuxing. Availability of many quality paid plugins. Cons Can't cutting with one frame precision via H.264 codec like Smart Cutter from Fame Ring. Review Source HB Hermann B. marketing and communication officer Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avidemux review " November 6, 2022 5.0 Pros The software is very easy to use to create videos. Exporting videos is faster than some renowned software Cons No problems encountered other than finding the calibration bar short Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Specialist Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great app for converting your video files" June 5, 2018 5.0 Pros This application has several profiles for converting all type of video files from one format to another. You just have to open a file, and select to which format you want to convert it to, using the included profiles. You can also tweak the conversion options (and there are a lot of options). And the conversion takes place relatively fast (depending on the type of conversion you are doing). Cons The advanced features are very comprehensive, but if you don't know what they mean you will have to look into them. You are better off just using the included profiles. Review Source MS Michael S. Video Editor Media Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Video Editing Program With A Few One Of A Kind " May 16, 2019 4.0 It's a great program that solves editing problems on videos that were transcoded in avi and mkv wrappers. Pros This program can deal with avi/mkv files in a few ways that other programs cannot. If you have a rip of a dvd or bluray and want to make edits or add information, AVIDEMUX is the best and sometimes the only possible solution. Cons The interface is outdated and takes getting used to. Review Source Shubham S. Associate Business Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Avidemux editor review " July 25, 2019 4.0 Pros This software works on both Window and linux. And has the option to edit, trim and share video and it is almost free of cost and it can adjust the video quality as well. Cons The major cone is that it is very complex to understand without any help and it looks very outdated as compared to other editing softwares. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Impiegatgo Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perchè dovresti utilizzare Avidemux se devi fare editing video velocemente e non sei un professionista" October 30, 2023 5.0 La mia esperienza complessiva con Avidemux è generalmente positiva. Programma che fa quello che per cui è stato creato in maniera veloce, precisa e senza fronzoli. E tutto gratuitamente. Pros Mi è piaciuto che è gratuito, semplice nel utilizzo, grafica molto intuitiva adatta anche ai principianti ed è veloce nello svolgere le operazioni basic Cons Mi è piaciuto di meno il fatto che è troppo basic, ha poche funzioni. Dovrebbe essere implementato con l'aggiunta di nuove funzioni sempre utili al utente medio Review Source Luca T. SEM Specialist & Social Media Advertiser Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Buon software per video-cutting e/o montaggi video rapidi" November 7, 2022 4.0 Esperienza positiva per l'utilizzo che ne ho fatto: video-cutting e montaggi semplici. Carica e scarica i file piuttosto rapidamente. Pros Le funzionalità essenziali per il video-cutting sono subito ben visibili, in un unico pannello si riescono a gestire più opzioni di in-put e out-put video. Cons Interfaccia datata. Ciò non ne pregiudica l'efficenza ma aumenterebbe la usability se si adattasse ai template di ultima generazione. Review Source AE Adam E. Admin Assistant Logistics and Supply Chain Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A great software to edit videos" March 31, 2021 4.0 I overall had a good experience with Avidemux. Once I got used to the software, I was able to easily edit and clip videos. Pros I liked how easy this software this was to use. It allowed me to easily edit and clip videos in seconds. I also liked that it was free. Cons There was a bit of a learning curve with this software. This software is also a bit bones compared to other software that does the same thing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Product Owner/Scrum Master Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A little clunky but gets job done" November 19, 2019 3.0 It does what it needs to do and allows you to clip videos. Pros Able to trim the end of the video and beginning of the video pretty easily. It was also really neat to be able to crop the video and get rid of parts I didn’t really want to show. Cons It took me over 4 saves to actually figure out how to force the encoding to get it to crop the video the way I wanted. Also the software isn’t very intuitive to use. I ended up having to google how to on several different things. Review Source AP Alpa P. Marketing Assistant Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to use for Video Editing " June 13, 2022 4.0 Pros Avidemux is easy and simple to use. Very fast and easy to learn and didn't spend hours learning how to use. Also, love you can export videos out. Cons Nothing negative to say about the software. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Donor & Community Engagement Philanthropy Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Avidemux is a great free video editing tool" April 10, 2018 4.0 Avidemux is perfect for small, minor edits to videos. I used it to edit videos prior to uploading on YouTube. Perfect for trimming and filtering and adjusting the angle of the videos. Pros Avidemux is a simple, free, easy tool to perform basic video editing. If you need to make simple tweaks like adjusting the balance or angle of the video, or cutting and trimming etc - this is a great solution Cons Avidemux is not the easiest to figure out the first time, but once you get the hang of it you are good. Not too bad to get started, and if you don't have to do anything complex - it is very simple. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Process Executive Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A really simple video editor that gets all the basics right." July 20, 2021 4.0 Pros Basic functionalities like trimming, cutting, filters etc and ease of using them. Supports almost every major video formats. Runs on Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows. Simplistic and minimal UI. Cons Lacks some interesting transitions and effects. Lack of timeline which is important for a video editor. Review Source Similar Products Featured