

Some of the filters were ported from MPlayer and Avisynth. Features include WYSIWYG cutting, appending, filters and re-encoding into various formats. The straightforward user interface is designed for convenience and speed with simple operations.

In the very latest SVN developer's versions, multi-threading has been implemented for use some of the video codec encoding. This means that it is capable of doing many things that non- GUI users would otherwise have to do using command line tools such as MEncoder or Transcode. Avidemux primarily uses its GUI to perform tasks.

It offers MPEG editing and requantization. In the recent version, Avidemux boasts such features as support for OGM and MP4 files natively, direct read input for various types of MPEGs, and many other video formats and containers. While it cannot do everything that VirtualDub can, Avidemux can do many things that its Windows counterpart cannot. Some people think of Avidemux as VirtualDub (or VirtualDubMod) for Linux, and it is generally reputed by many Linux and Windows users alike to be the closest thing available.
