HandBrake is a multiplatform,
multithreaded video transcoder. Supported sources: Any DVD-like source:
VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD, and some .VOB and .TS files,
Blu-ray source, Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read
and libavcodec to decode. Outputs: File format: MP4, MKV, Video:
MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate
encoding), Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports
encoding of several audio tracks), Switchable or burned in subtitles
and much more!
HandBrake Highlights:
BluRay disc structure support. (No decryption support)
Updated Libraries (x264, ffmpeg)
SSA Subtitle support. (Including burn-in)
MP3 audio now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
VOBSUB subtitle now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
Updated Presets for newer devices and better quality
AC3 encoding support.
Many Bug Fixes and other small improvements
Improved DVD Main Feature detection (when using dvdnav)
Universal audio downmix support (all audio types can be downmixed)
Point*to*Point encoding (second or frame start and end times)
Peak framerate option (Capped VFR)
Updated x264 Advanced Panel
Video Quality Slider drops % value and only shows RF for x264
Batch Scan (Scan Multiple files at once. N.B: Does not include multiple VIDEO_TS folders / Image files)
Many Bug fixes
Many Tweaks to improve usability.
Ability to edit queue jobs
Encode Status in GUI. (CLI window is now always hidden)
Improved Auto-Naming for Destination file name.
Drag / Drop Video onto Main Window to scan.
What's New in v0.9.9
Blu-ray (PGS) subtitle support
works with Foreign Audio Search
can be Burned-In
can be passed through to MKV (but not MP4)
Additional video framerates
30, 50, 59.94, 60 fps
Double framerate ("bob") mode for the deinterlace and decomb filters
Better audio remix support
additional mixdowns: 6.1, 7.1, 7.1 (5F/2R/LFE)
CLI users should note 6ch becomes 5point1
better-than-Stereo sources can be upmixed to 5.1
discard one channel from Stereo sources
Mono (Left Only), Mono (Right Only)
Allow the selection of higher audio bitrates where appropriate
Allow the selection of lower audio samplerates where appropriate
8, 11.025, 12, 16 kHz
Audio dithering (TPDF) when converting to 16-bit FLAC
Use libavcodec for DTS audio decoding (instead of libdca)
DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete support
All graphical interfaces: support for x264's preset, tune and profile options
alternative to the Advanced panel (which is still available)
HandBrake-specific option to ensure compliance with a specific H.264 level
Updated built-in presets
take advantage of x264 preset/tune/profile support
removed increasingly suboptimal and irrelevant Legacy presets
Assorted bug fixes and improvements to the core library (libhb)
Updated libraries
x264 r2273-b3065e6
Libav v9.6
libbluray 0.2.3
