Voukoder Pro 2026 (BETA)

I have decided I'll publish the current changelog, so you can see what to expect in the next version. I'm constantly working on new features and my to-do list is still quite full, but the changelog shows what's currently finished. So everything might still change.

You'll find the changelog here: https://www.voukoder.org/changelog/

2026.0.0 - 2025-09-15

Release 2026-Beta1

This is the first beta release of the new Voukoder Pro 2026 (or 3.0.0). I have decided to include the year to indicate it'll be an annual release.

• Important! Don't use this version on a production system! This version may include various severe bugs! I hope to find all of them that's why I depend on your feedback. Please report any found bugs here. Please also report if everything is working for you.
• You also need to update your FFmpeg version to version 8.x (L)GPL shared. The older version 7.x will not work anymore! Links are below this post.
• Voukoder Pro 2026 is not designed to run in parallel with Voukoder Pro 2. It's another good reason to run it on a different system and not on your production system.
• The macOS version still has some issues that I'm currently working on. I'll drop it asap.
• To use the GPU encoding features update to the latest drivers.

License

• Request a free BETA license here. It'll be valid until 2025-12-31.

Changelog

• Core
  • Disabling a track doesn't cause Voukoder Pro to create an empty track anymore
  • If FFmpeg could not be found inform the user in a user friendly message
  • It's possible overwritten filenames can contain apostrophes
  • Muxer options (i.e. +faststart) are working again
  • Using FFmpeg 8.0 now
• Designer
  • Added back IAvoe's presets [FFV1, libsvtav1, libx264 and libx265 encoders (if present)]
  • The Designer supports re-opening the last open tabs
  • Supporting different 5.1 audio channel layouts now (Selectable over the input node)
  • It is now possible to add the ISO date and time when overwriting the file name in the file properties.
  • The "About" dialog has been reworked so you can see more information about your license.
  • Added a textual description to all video pixel formats and audio sample formats
  • Extended the "Open-Scene" dialog in the designer.
    • You can now select and open and delete multiple files.
    • There is also a new button where you can rename a single scene.
  • Scene Test:
    • Made the simulated video- and audio tracks editable and deletable again
    • Fixed measuring the time (and corrected the fps) in the scene test
  • Languages
    • Added translations for multiple other languages:
      • Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Brazilian (Portuguese), French, Spanish, German
• Logging
  • Added the menu option to open the log dir.
  • Added a dropdown box in the settings to change to log level
  • Added a check box to the settings to enable or disable the logging
  • Added colors to the scene test log view
  • Added the option to select the number of days when to delete log files
  • Printing the system information at the beginning of each log file
  • Added a "Copy to clipboard" button
• Installer
  • Expanded the VEGAS Pro Plugin section, so users are more aware they have to check their version here
• Licensing
  • Added an alternative, monthly subscription model license
• NLE Plugin Updates
  • [VEGAS Pro 23] Added a new plugin.

FFmpeg 8.0: https://github.com/Vouk/ffmpeg/re…uild-2025-09-15

Yes, here is the link: https://github.com/Vouk/ffmpeg/re…uild-2025-09-15

Please note: I have updated the license algorithm in the beta 3 version. If it is not working anymore please request a new beta license code.

Info: The VEGAS Pro 23 update for Voukoder Pro 2.x can be found here.

I fixed the VEGAS Pro plugins in Voukoder Pro 2026.

This build includes all recently added languages:

• Chinese
• Japanese
• Korean
• Russian
• Brazilian (Portuguese)
• French
• Spanish
• German

Note: Many options, parameters, etc ... are taken from FFmpeg. These have not been translated and are out of my responsibility.

Create your BETA license here: (Click)

P.S.: If your license is not working anymore, request a new license, please.

P.S.: If you need more languages I can ask the AI to create more, just tell me.

No, only the actual encoding/render process requires a license.

This version includes all the newly introduced languages. It also uses a different and more secure licensing algorithm

You might have to request a new license.

This version has the VEGAS Pro plugins reverted back to the stage where they were compatible with VEGAS Pro 22 again (No audio delay feature anymore).

The new version contains some smaller bugfixes.