Have you ever had the need to convert audio or video files to a different format to either save space or make the file compatible with a particular player? If so, you can probably find a program to do the job for that particular conversion. While this is great, wouldn’t it be nice to have a program which can convert virtually any format to virtually any other type of format? Enter MediaCoder.

MediaCoder is the “swiss army knife” approach to media format conversion. From their website of features:

• Convert to and from many audio and video compression formats and re-multiplex into various container formats in batches
• Full control over transcoding parameters, you can learn about audio/video encoding and play with various codecs
• Strong decoding capability for partial or corrupted contents
• Simplified UI for popular mobile devices (e.g. PSP, iPhone/iPod)
• Fully standalone, no dependance on system codecs/splitters
• Extension (scripting language) infrastructure to expand user interfaces and improve user experience

The program is almost infinitely expandable and new codecs are constantly added. There is a list of supported formats on their website. Most are bi-directional, but some formats are only one way.

If media coding is your thing, be sure to take a look.