Handbrake

Licence: Freeware
Version 0.9.2 | Release Date: 2008-02-19 | Download

Change log.

Version 0.9.1 | Release Date: 2007-10-07 | Download

This minor update squashes a number of glaring bugs. Most notably, HandBrake will no longer hang at the end of encoding MKV files with chapter markers. This means the Animation, Bedlam, Constant Quality Rate, Deux Six Quatre, Film, and Television presets are now usable.

Version 0.9.0 | Release Date: 2007-08-18 | Download

* User experience is improved through a re-envisioned Mac interface and a Windows interface that’s been rebuilt from the ground up.
* Picture quality is improved through better image scaling, better deinterlacing, new filters for denoising, deblocking, inverse telecine, and new presets devoted to high quality settings.
* Speed improvements due to updated copies of x264 and ffmpeg. This includes improved multi-threaded encoding for the iPod.
* Compatibility is improved through new presets for devices like the iPhone and PSP. As well, HandBrake now supports DTS as an audio source and has limited support for .VOB and .TS file containers as input. Most excitingly, HandBrake can now output to the Matroska (MKV) file container.
* Stability has been improved due to countless bug fixes. (Including audio drop and mp2 issues). Handbrake also has optional support for MP4 files larger than 4 gigabytes.

Version 0.8.5b1 | Release Date: 2007-04-20 | Download

Version 0.8.5b1:

  • Added: iTunes-style chapter markers.
  • Added: 5.1 AAC surround sound.
  • Added: Dolby Pro Logic I and II downmixing of discrete surround sound.
  • Added: 1-channel AAC sound from monophonic sources.
  • Added: Advanced x264 options. (including High Profile support)
  • Added: B-frames in x264 + .mp4
  • Added: PPC Linux Support.
  • Added: Preserve language IDs from the DVD in .mp4
  • Added: Snapshot build method.
  • Added: Anamorphic video display in QuickTime.
  • Changed: Renamed back to HandBrake.
  • Changed: Libraries updated.
  • Changed: Enabled Update Checker.
  • Fixed: Multiple Audio tracks.
  • Fixed: Sped up DVD scanning time by being nicer to libdvdread.
  • Fixed: .dmg is now mountable in Mac OS X versions older than 10.4
  • Fixed: Proper output size from x264 in target size mode.
  • Fixed: Allows output sizes larger than 2 gigs in Linux.
  • Fixed: Several small memory leaks have been plugged.
  • Fixed: Fixes for 64-bit systems.
  • Fixed: Keep Aspect Ratio is no longer forced, so user-set height values are respected.

CLI Interface Changes

  • Added: Customize maximum width and height while keeping aspect ratio
  • Changed: Much prettier help screen
  • Changed: HBTest/MediaForkCLI renamed to HandBrakeCLI
  • Fixed: Better display of audio and subtitle ids

Mac GUI Changes

  • Added: Presets! Includes initial ones for AppleTV, iPod, and PS3.
  • Added: Preference option to auto-name output files with the DVD name and title number.
  • Added: Preset support for x264 options.
  • Changed: Remembers last destination path.
  • Changed: Remembers last source path.
  • Changed: Copy and paste in text fields.
  • Changed: Updates target size more quickly.
  • Changed: Mac GUI no longer retains target size values between enqueued jobs. (http://HandBrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249)
  • Fixed: Preview frames are no longer distorted in anamorphic mode.
  • Fixed: Mac GUI no longer floats above other windows.
  • Fixed: Browse by file no longer dims the browse button preventing you from changing browse locations without switching back and forth between it and drive selection. (http://HandBrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=342)
  • Fixed: Makes sure destination directory is valid.
  • Fixed: Fills in the file save field with the current output name instead of leaving it blank.
  • Fixed: Update destination field with the current path instead of using the last one, which could have been a DVD.
Version 0.7.1 | Release Date: not specified | Download

- Universal Binary for PPC and Intel
- Bugfixes for missing subtitles, audio glitches with LPCM tracks and more

Version 0.7.0 | Release Date: not specified | Download
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