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MediaCoder uses various [[open source]] audio and video [[codec]]s, among several proprietary codecs and tools to transcode different audio/video formats and has many extra features. Common uses for the program include [[Data compression|compression]], file type conversion and extraction of audio from video files. Many formats are supported, including [[MP3]], [[Vorbis]], [[Advanced Audio Coding]] (AAC), [[Windows Media Audio]] (WMA), [[RealAudio]], [[WAV]], [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]], [[MPEG-4 Part 2]], [[MPEG-2]], [[Audio Video Interleave]] (AVI), [[Video CD]] and [[DVD-Video]].

MediaCoder is free of charge and is supported by bundling [[OpenCandy]] software recommendation service in its installer. There are text ads in the software GUI, and by default a web page containing ads is loaded on every startup. This behavior qualifies the programapplication as [[adware]]. There is also a pop-up screen that loads after each file once a quota of file conversions has been met. This pop-up self-closes in a batch convert after various timeframes (sometimes as long as an hour, but it seems to vary) and requests a $20 donation in exchange for ceasing that function. This qualifies this application as nagware.

Prior to 2008, MediaCoder was a [[free and open-source]] software application and was available on [[SourceForge]].<ref>{{Cite web