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VidCoder: all versions and old releases

VidCoder is an open-source DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application for Windows. It uses HandBrake as its encoding engine.

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26 versions of VidCoder are listed here, from May 31, 2021 to the current 12.23.0. Each one links to the publisher’s own installer files.

2021: 6 6 21 2022: 1 1 22 2023: 0 23 2024: 4 4 24 2025: 5 5 25 2026: 10 10 26

26 versions over 5 years · about 5.1 a year

VersionDateSizeFiles
12.23.0Latest July 19, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Fixed a possible crash from null AudioEncoderFallback.
12.21.0 July 11, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Added the crash exception to the logs as well, if possible.
- Added additional logging for a GetDefaultMixdown issue
12.20.0 June 18, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Updated HandBrake core to 1.11.2.
12.19.0 April 19, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Fix inability to load old queues with incompatible ChannelLayout
12.18.0 April 18, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Improved file lock check on the Watcher, to avoid trying to encode in-progress videos.
- Fixed an issue where scan failures on jobs added by the Watcher would stay marked as "Planned".
- Simplified the source section expand/collapse tracking: it will now always be expanded unless the user has collapsed a section.
- Improved contrast on inactive windows and encoding window in Light mode.
- Fixed reported crash on stopping encodes.
- Updated HandBrake core to 1.11.1
12.17.0 March 12, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Updated HandBrake core to 1.11.
- Updated framework to .NET 10.
12.16.0 January 26, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Fixed missing hwDecode passed in to scan and encode jobs
12.15.0 January 25, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Added the ability to stop multiple selected encode jobs.
- Added exception handling to handle a reported crash on drag/drop.
12.14.0 January 20, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Fixed more cases where a stopped job could restart immediately.
- Suppressed error report dialog on DWM composition changes
- Added ConfigureAwait(false) to a couple more lines in a place where we might have a deadlock.
12.13.0 January 4, 2026 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Fixed issue with checking recent network files making VidCoder start slow.
12.12.0 November 3, 2025 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Fixed issue when using multiple audio encodings, with the last encoding name clobbering the others.
12.11.0 November 2, 2025 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Fixed audio track names in Encoding Settings not being applied.
- Fixed a potential crash when importing presets.
12.10.0 September 28, 2025 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
First v12 stable release.
- Added a Hardware tab to Global Settings: this shows all available hardware and the codecs they can encode to.
- Added the ability to configure hardware decoding for Media Foundation.
- Moved QSV hardware decoding settings to the Hardware tab, added the ability to configure use for non-QSV codecs.
- Increased NVEnc simultaneous device cap from 3 to 5.
- Added requirement for encoder to be NVEnc to use NVDec
- Added code to avoid clobbering a chosen hardware decoding setting.
- Implemented QSV hyperencode.
- Added support for QSV load balancing.
- Changed to close the source video when deleting the source file, rather than stopping the source deletion from happening.
- Fixed an issue preventing "stop" from being used on individual queue items
- Fixed default/burn in selection for automatically added external subtitle files.
- Updated HandBrake core to 1.10.2
11.11.0 March 1, 2025 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Updated HandBrake core to 1.9.2.
- Add the expected file path to the error message when the output video file cannot be found.
11.10 February 23, 2025 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Updated HandBrake core to 1.9.1
- Fixed issue that sometimes required an extra click to restore from minimized.
- Updated removal candidate logging to happen on the encode logger when immediately removing source files.
11.9 December 17, 2024 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- First v11 stable release.
- Includes features added by HandBrake for 1.9.0: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.9.0
- Added "Skip" option to batch encoding picker settings. When chosen, the item won't be queued when the output file already exists.
- Fixed file associations for .vjpreset and .vjqueue.
- Fixed several reported crashes.
10.15 September 29, 2024 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
10.15
- Fix crash on "database too old" error
10.12 (First v10 stable release) - 10.14
- Updated to HandBrake 1.8.1 - https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.8.0
- Added {sourcepath} as an option for post-encoding actions.
- Allowed watching the same folders with different presets.
- Added status toast updates for new versions.
- Fixed crash when encountering a database version that is too high.
- Fixed crash when a deleted log file is selected in the Log window.
- Fixed an issue where scan process crashes would hang the bulk scan operation.
- Renamed two-pass to multi-pass
- Added some protection to avoid accidentally running cleanup on a new encoding process if the previous one failed.
- Remove "standard error" redirect behavior for worker processes.
- Updated code to "rescue" the window placement. It's now activated if it's on the screen by less than 10 pixels.
- Added option to stop showing the encode progress in the Window title. This allows working around a Windows bug where the Alt-Tab switcher flickers on window title updates.
- Updated installer to Velopack.
- Updated .NET runtime to 8.0.
- Fix crash when QSV decoding is enabled
- Fixed file associations for .vjpreset and .vjqueue
9.20 February 28, 2024 — 64-bit EXE
Release notes
- Updated HandBrake core to 1.7.3.
9.18 January 17, 2024 — 64-bit EXE
6.46 February 13, 2022 — 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)
6.45 December 31, 2021 — 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)
Release notes
• Fixed crash when clicking on the "join beta track" link.
• Removed presets with unsupported hardware encoders from the built-in presets list.
6.44 December 5, 2021 — 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)
Release notes
• Updated "open bug" link to bring user to template chooser and auto-fill the VidCoder version and install type.
• Fixed video encoding Tune value not updating correctly when switching encoding presets with different containers.
• Fixed an issue that prevented typing in the custom colorspace setting text box.
• Fixed theming for turbo first pass checkbox.
• Updated translations.
6.43 November 21, 2021 — 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)
Release notes
• Decoupled "start encoding after scan" option in Picker from the "automatically queue after scanning" option.
• The "start encoding after scan" option will now automatically start encoding after queuing multiple files.
• Fixed issue where added simultaneous encodes would not show up in the encode details window.
• Fixed crash on initialization when notification API is not supported.
• Fixed crash on Enqueue Multiple Titles window.
6.42 November 1, 2021 — 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)
6.41 October 17, 2021 — 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)
5.21 May 31, 2021 — 64-bit EXE (Inno Setup)

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