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{{Infobox software

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==Features==

MediaCoder uses various [[open-source software|open-source]] (and several proprietary) audio and video [[codec]]s to transcode media files to different audio/video formats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lifehacker.com/download-of-the-day-mediacoder-windows-207475|title=Download of the Day: MediaCoder (Windows)|last=Pash|first=Adam|work=[[Lifehacker]]|date=13 October 13, 2006|accessdate=4 May 4, 2019}}</ref> Common uses for the program include [[Data compression|compression]], file type conversion, {{not a typo|remuxing}} and extraction of audio from video files. Many formats are supported, including [[MP3]], [[Vorbis]], [[Advanced Audio Coding]] (AAC), [[Windows Media Audio]] (WMA), [[RealAudio]], [[WAV]], and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghacks.net/2006/06/22/media-coder-audio-video-transcoder/|title=Media Coder Audio Video Transcoder|last=Brikmann|first=Martin|work=[[Ghacks]]|date=22 June 22, 2006|accessdate=4 May 4, 2019}}</ref> The program uses a wizard to create files, but that can also be adjusted manually by the drag-and-drop function.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dutson|first=Phil|title=Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WRXLyrYXTwMC&pg=PA354&dq=mediacoder&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmk6Cj94HiAhUQ_SoKHfQ0BFgQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=mediacoder&f=false|publisher= [[Sams Publishing]]|page= 354|date= 13 July 13, 2012|isbn=9780132966238}}</ref>

==Reception==

MediaCoder was a nominee of ''SourceForge.NET 2007 Community Choice Award of Best Project for Multimedia'' along with [[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]], [[InkScape]] and [[FFDShow]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://sourceforge.net/blog/cca07/|title = SourceForge.NET 2007 Community Choice Awards|work=[[SourceForge]]|publisher = Geeknet, Inc|year = 2007|accessdate = 16 May 2011}}</ref>

==Distribution==

Prior to 2008, MediaCoder was a [[free and open-source]] software application and was available on [[SourceForge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediacoder/|title= Media Coder|work =[[SourceForge]]|publisher = Geeknet, Inc|accessdate = 13 May 2011|url-status = dead|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110517163753/http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediacoder/|archivedate = 17 May 2011|df = dmy-all}}</ref> OnIn December 2009, Stanley Huang announced that the project is no longer hosted on SourceForge and no longer open-source.<ref>{{cite web|first = Stanley|last = Huang|url = http://blog.mediacoderhq.com/mediacoder-is-no-longer-hosted-on-sourceforge-net/|title = MediaCoder is no longer hosted on SourceForge.net from this day on|publisher = Broad Intelligence Technologies|date = 19 December 2009|accessdate = 16 May 2011}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:Video conversion software]]