Hybrid
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hybrid, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Hybrid's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Hybrid (personal use) | Free | Free for personal usage · provided as is, without guarantees · redistribution requires written permission |
The facts
Each one read from Hybrid's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio features
- It supports audio encoding formats including AAC, MP3, AC-3, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, DTS, PCM, and E-AC-3.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Batch conversion
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Containers
- Supported containers and structures include MOV, MP4, MKV, M2TS, WebM, AVI, Blu-ray, and AVCHD.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing and metadata
- Hybrid supports tagging for AVI, MKV, MP4, and MOV, plus chapters and subtitles for MKV, MP4, and Blu-ray.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- Filtering is available through VapourSynth, AviSynth on Windows, and basic FFmpeg filtering.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hardware acceleration
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- Hybrid is intended for advanced users familiar with the basics of containers and video formats.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- MPEG-4 ASP (Xvid),MPEG-4 AVC,VP8/VP9,ProRes,MPEG-4 HEVC,FFV1,UT Video,FFvHuff,AV1; MOV,MP4,MKV,M2TS,WebM,AVI,Blu-ray,AVCHDchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Processing
- It includes an integrated bitrate calculator, separate audio, video, filter, and combined profiles, and a job queue.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Hybrid is a Qt-based frontend for tools that convert many input formats to common audio and video formats and containers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Source code
- The maker says there is no specific plan for releasing Hybrid's source code, and may release it under LGPL if development stops.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Video features
- It supports video encoding formats including MPEG-4 ASP, AVC, VP8/VP9, ProRes, HEVC, FFV1, UT Video, FFvHuff, and AV1.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Warranty and liability
- Hybrid is provided as is, without guarantees of suitability or fitness, and use is at the user's own risk.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux availability
- The downloads page lists 64-bit Linux downloads, including an AppImage with base tools and most dependencies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Linux download limitation
- The maker says Hybrid is only a GUI for other tools and those tools are not provided in the listed Linux download.checked 11 Oct 2026
- macOS availability
- The downloads page lists a macOS arm64 download.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- cross-platformchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Windows availability
- The downloads page lists a Windows installer and says versions after 2019.12.23 are 64-bit only; Windows 7 was supported through version 2020.12.13.1.checked 11 Oct 2026
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