3 Best AV1 Converters - Free, Clean & Easy-to-Use

As technology has progressed, the new will take the place of the old. AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is a burgeoning video codec primarily designed for video transmissions over the Internet. Frankly speaking, I'm not really privy to much of those abstruse and technical stuff. To sum it up in a sentence, compared with our pretty familiar AVC/H.264 and HEVC, AV1 video codec can help transmit and deliver ultra-high-quality video much faster and more efficient over the Internet without paying royalty fees, even when bandwidth is constrained.

Sounds great? Before you get too excited about that, there is also a shared awkward problem. You may fail to decode or play AV1-encoded videos on most players and devices, because AV1 has not been widely popularized around the world yet. Fortunately, the following 3 best AV1 converters will help you address this issue.

Free HD Video Converter Factory seems to be an unremarkable program that most of you guys probably know relatively little about it. But surprisingly, this free utility can offer a better conversion performance that does not yield to a variety of paid software by any point. With its intuitive GUI and perspicuous layout, you're able to convert AV1 to MP4, H.264, AVI, MKV, etc. without a hitch.

Get it nowGet it now and follow the simple guide below to implement the AV1 video conversion.

Step 1, run Free HD Video Converter Factory and open "Converter". Click "Add Files" button to import AV1-encoded videos. Alternatively, you can simply drag AV1 videos into the interface.

Step 2, press format profile on the right side to unfold the whole list. Head over to "Video" category and select "H264" if you want to convert AV1 to H264. Also, there are 500+ presets well-arranged in different categories for your choice. That is, you can also convert AV1 video to MP4, MKV, AVI, HEVC, VP9 and any other format or device profile.

Step 3, specify an output folder to save the converted video files, lastly, click "Run" button to convert AV1 to MP4.

Tips, Free HD Video Converter Factory provides some basic video editing features, such as trim, crop, merge, rotate, watermark, add video effects, etc. For experienced users, you can also click "Parameter settings" button for custom editing. Moreover, it's equipped a downloader that enables you to download AV1 videos from YouTube and 500+ mainstream websites.

Also Read: AV1 VS HEVC | VP9 Encoder | Change Video Codec | Best Codecs for Video

Download link: https://handbrake.fr/

It is expected that HandBrake is on the list. Indeed, it's a big name in video transcoding industry because of free, open source, and cross-platform support. To be honest, despite the fact HandBrake is powerful and feature-rich, the interface is not fairly user-friendly but seems a little complicated at first glance. But once you get familiar with HandBrake, it's a cinch to do video compression, transcoding, format conversion, cropping, captioning, etc.

However, to be a well-deserved AV1 video converter, you have to update HandBrake to the latest version, otherwise you may fail to convert AV1 videos, because starting from v1.3.0, HandBrake added support for reading and transcoding AV1 video files. Now let's see how it works.

Step 1, run HandBrake, you'll be guided to open a single AVI video file or a folder that contains multiple AVI videos.

Step 2, HandBrake will scan the title and display all information right there. If it's your first time to use HandBrake, click "Presets" button on the top toolbar to spread all presets on the right side. Select any option based on your actual need.

Step 3, under "Summary" tab, you're allowed to select a container format from MP4, MKV and WebM. For experienced users, you can check other tabs for further editing. Take advantage of "Add to Queue" feature for HandBrake batch conversion.

Step 4, click "Browse" button to set an output folder to store your converted video.

Step 5, hit "Start Encode" button to convert AV1 to MP4, MKV or WebM.

Download link: https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/

Shutter Encoder is also a free, cross-platform yet powerful AV1 video converter developed based on FFmpeg, allowing support for almost every codec you've ever heard of, including AV1, and even many more you haven't. Although it's not very well known, thanks to an extensive range of features, it is even superior to HandBrake that can perform conversions or edits and encodings for images, videos, audio files and much more. To your surprise, it can also serve as an AV1 encoder to encode various video to AV1 codec.

Step 1, open Shutter Encoder, click "Browse" button to add AV1 videos.

Step 2, to convert AV1 to H264 MP4, select "H.264" beneath "Choose function" section and choose ".mp4" container next to "Ext." section.

Step 3, it will spread the "Settings" part for further adjustment. You can change video resolution, modify video bitrate, file size and other advanced settings

Step 4, head over to output section, you can save the converted video same as source file or change another location.

Step 5, press "Start function" to convert av01 video to MP4.

That's all about the 3 best AV1 converters. As you may notice, Free HD Video Converter Factory is quite suitable for novices and beginners, HandBrake is the best choice for those intermediate-level people, and Shutter Encoder is qualified for advanced users. Pick any AV1 codec converter as your wish. Thanks for your reading.