HandBrake is a GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video
transcoder.
Features of HandBrake 0.9:
• Supported Sources:
- Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted--protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files
- Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.
• Outputs:
- File format: MP4 and MKV
- Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora
- Audio: AAC, CoreAudio AAC (OS X Only), MP3, or Vorbis. AC-3 pass-through, DTS pass-thorugh (MKV only)
• Misc features:
- Chapter selection
- Subtitles
- Integrated bitrate calculator
- Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
- Live Video Preivew
Changes in HandBrake 0.9.5 :
•
Core Library
- AC3 encoding support.
- BluRay disc structure support. (No decryption support)
- Improved DVD Main Feature detection (when using dvdnav)
- Many Bug fixes and other small improvements
- MP3 audio now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
- SSA Subtitle support. (Including burn-in)
- Universal audio downmix support (all audio types can be downmixed)
- Updated Libraries (x264, ffmpeg)
- Updated Presets for newer devices and better quality
- VOBSUB subtitle now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player compatibility)
•
All GUIs
- Ability to edit queue jobs
- 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.
- Peak framerate option (Capped VFR)
- Point-to-Point encoding (second or frame start and end times)
- Updated x264 Advanced Panel
- Video Quality Slider drops % value and only shows RF for x264
•
Windows GUI
- Drag / Drop Video onto Main Window to scan.
- Encode Status in GUI. (CLI window is now always hidden)
- Improved Auto-Naming for Destination file name.