HandBrake 1.11.0

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or BluRay sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.

Here is a detailed breakdown of HandBrake’s features:

• Built-in Device Presets—Get started with HandBrake in seconds by choosing a profile optimized for your device, or choose a universal profile for standard or high quality conversions. Simple, easy, fast. For those that want more choice, tweak many basic and advanced options to improve your encodes.
• Supported Input Sources—Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or Blu-ray sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.

Outputs:

• File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV
• Video Encoders: H.265 (x265 and QuickSync), H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265 MPEG-4 and MPEG-2, VP8 and Theora
• Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis
• Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC and MP3 tracks

Additional features:

• Title/ Chapter Selection
• Queue up Multiple Encodes
• Chapter Markers
• Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)
• Constant Quality or Average BitRate Video Encoding
• Support for VFR, CFR and VFR
• Video Filters—Deinterlacing, Decomb, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and Scaling
• Live Video Preview

HandBrake 1.11.0 changelog:

All platforms

General

Added encoding to MOV container format
Added AV1 VCN 2160p 4K preset

• For AMD 9000 series GPU hardware and newer
• Output dimensions may be incorrect on AMD 7000 series GPU hardware; this is unfixable in software

Added Production DNxHR presets

• MOV container
• Any resolution video using HQX and SQ encoder presets
• 2160p, 1080p, and 540p resolution proxy (LB) presets
• 24-bit PCM multi-channel audio with pass through support

Added Production ProRes presets

• MOV container
• Any resolution video using standard, HQ, and LT encoder presets
• 2160p, 1080p, and 540p resolution proxy presets
• 24-bit PCM multi-channel audio with pass through support

Added Preservation FFV1 FLAC and PCM presets

• Same as Preservation FFV1 with single-codec audio
• Updated Preservation FFV1 preset to pass through all supported audio codecs
• Adds Apple Lossless, PCM, and Vorbis to pass through list
• Properly handle the case in which the first chapter timestamp is not zero

Video

• Added DNxHR encoder
• Added ProRes encoder
• Added AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder
• Added MPEG-2 profile and level selection
• Allowed muxing FFV1 in the MP4 container
• Improved AV1 in MP4 seeking on Apple software
• Dolby Vision profile 5 video is now tagged with a proper color tag

Audio

• Added PCM encoding and passthru
• Added support for custom channels order (#7265)

Build system

• Updated mingw-w64-build to version 11.0.0.
• Updated mac-toolchain-build script to version 2.15.0

Updated libraries

• AMF 1.5.0 (AMD VCN video encoding)
• FFmpeg 8.0.1 (decoding and filters)
• HarfBuzz 12.2.0 (subtitles)
• Jansson 2.14.1 (JSON architecture)
• libbluray 1.4.0 (Blu-ray decoding)
• libdav1d 1.5.3 (AV1 decoding)
• libdvdnav 7.0.0 (DVD decoding)
• libdvdread 7.0.1 (DVD decoding)
• libjpeg-turbo 3.1.3 (preview image compression)
• liblzma (xz) 5.8.2 (LZMA video decoding, e.g. TIFF)
• libopus 1.6.1 (Opus audio encoding)
• libvpx 1.16.0 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
• oneVPL 2.16.0 (Intel QSV video encoding/decoding)
• SVT-AV1 4.0.1 (AV1 video encoding)
• x265 r13309 (H.265/HEVC video encoding)

Linux

• Uses GtkFileLauncher to open files in sandboxed apps
• Added buttons to cycle through previews on summary page
• Added an option to change the UI display language
• Improved display of file sizes
• Fixed the disk space checks
• Fixed a crash that could happen when a preset category contains the ' character
• Updated existing and maintained locales

Mac

• Notifications sound is now played back when HandBrake is in the foreground
• File name labels in queue are now truncated in the middle, same behaviour as the Finder
• Minor miscellaneous fixes
• Updated existing and maintained locales

Windows

• The UI now requires Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 10.0.x. .NET 8 is no longer required
• Support for Intel HyperEncode has been removed as the feature is deprecated upstream
• Minor miscellaneous fixes
• Updated existing and maintained locales

Download: HandBrake 64-bit | Portable 64-bit | ~30.0 (Open Source)
Download: HandBrake ARM64 | Portable
Links: HandBrake Website | Other Operating Systems | Screenshot

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