HandBrake

HandBrake is the same tool you likely used on Windows, fully native here: batch transcoding with well-tuned presets, hardware encoding (VAAPI/QSV/NVENC), chapter and subtitle handling, and a solid queue system. Shrinking phone footage, converting old files to H.265/AV1, or prepping video for the web is exactly its lane.

It’s a transcoder, not an editor — trimming beyond rough chapter ranges isn’t its job, and it always re-encodes (use LosslessCut when you don’t want generation loss). Encrypted disc ripping needs libdvdcss installed separately, which the Flatpak doesn’t bundle. Otherwise there’s essentially no downside; it’s a keeper on every platform.