HandBrake 1.7.0 adds AMD AV1 and Nvidia NVENC AV1 encoders



HandBrake is a free and open supply device for changing video from nearly any layout to a choice of current, broadly supported codecs. HandBrake is a cross-platform software, to be had for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Is HandBrake a video editor?

HandBrake can crop and resize films in addition to restore antique and low-best videos, however for more powerful enhancing equipment you could strive DaVinci Resolve, Shotcut or VSDC Free Video Editor, which might be tremendous loose alternatives.

Can you use HandBrake to tear DVDs?

Yes, HandBrake can rip any DVD or Blu-Ray discs that are not copy covered.

Can HandBrake compress 4K films?

Yes, HandBrake can compress any 4K video to reduce video size, while converting the video format at the equal time.

Is Handbrake better than FFmpeg?

Both HandBrake and FFmpeg are loose and open source, both are well suited with Windows, macOS, and Linux, and both can convert video files. The difference is that Handbrake makes use of a GUI (graphical user interface) to transform media documents, even as FFmpeg uses the command line to encode or decode video documents. In fact, Handbrake uses FFmpeg internally for conversion. Another distinction is that Handbrake supports DVD and Blu-Ray video as enter, even as FFmpeg does now not. Also, Handbrake most effective gives MKV and MP4 output, even as FFmpeg helps many video output formats.

Features

One of HandBrake's strengths is its capacity to open a wide variety of video codecs. HandBrake uses FFmpeg under the hood and normally can open some thing FFmpeg will, similarly to disc-based formats like DVD and Blu-ray. HandBrake does no longer defeat or sidestep reproduction protection of any type. It does not work with video files employing Digital Rights Management (DRM).

HandBrake's software video encoders, video filters, audio encoders, and other strategies gain from fast CPU and reminiscence. HandBrake's hardware video encoders additionally gain from cutting-edge GPU hardware.

Built-in Device Presets

Get began with HandBrake in seconds by using choosing a profile optimised on your device, or pick a accepted profile for general or high excellent conversions. Simple, easy, speedy. For those who need extra choice, tweak many simple and advanced alternatives to enhance your encodes.

Supported Input Sources

Handbrake can technique maximum not unusual multimedia documents and any DVD or Blu Ray resources that do not incorporate any sort of replica safety.

Outputs

• File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV
• Video Encoders: H.265 (x265 and QuickSync), H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265 MPEG-four and MPEG-2, VP8, VP9 and Theora
• Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis
• Audio Pass-through: AC-3, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC and MP3 tracks

Even extra functions

• Title / chapter and variety selection
• Batch Scan and Queueing of encodes
• Chapter Markers
• Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)
• Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding
• Support for VFR and CFR
• Video Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Denoise, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and scaling
• Live Static and Video Preview

What's New

General

• Added Apple VideoToolbox hardware presets
• Updated Creator presets
• Disabled interlacing detection and removal; count on creators are running with innovative sources through default
• Updated Social presets
• Target better excellent and body charge over shorter periods, with out interlacing detection and elimination
• Better desirable for modern social sharing of brief live movement clips and screen/sport captures
• Removed Email presets in favor of revised Social presets
• Please forestall sending movies via e-mail or use the brand new Social presets
• Miscellaneous computer virus fixes and improvements

Video

• Added AMD VCN AV1 encoder
• Added NVIDIA NVENC AV1 encoder
• Added support for SVT-AV1 multi-bypass ABR mode
• Added assist for preserving ambient viewing enviroment metadata
• Added QSV Rotate and Format filters
• Improved overall performance on arm64 / aarch64 / Apple Silicon architectures
• Latest FFmpeg provides faster HEVC interpreting, 30% quicker bwdif filter
• New SVT-AV1 meeting optimizations offer as much as 4x boom in performance
• Improved video conversion pace with the aid of casting off unneeded frame copies for higher reminiscence efficiency
• Improved Dolby Vision dynamic range metadata skip via
• Supported encoders: x265 10-bit
• Supported profiles and move-compatibility IDs: 8.Four, 8.1, 7.6 (base layer simplest, converted to eight.1), five.Zero
• Improved HDR10 dynamic range metadata skip thru
• Supported encoders: x265 10-bit, SVT-AV1
• Improved QSV aid on Linux (ssharpp4958)
• Updated NVENC to no longer use multi-pass through default; consumer configurable advanced alternative
• Renamed 2-bypass encode choice to multi-bypass (ssharpp5019)
• Fixed Intel QSV encoder outputting inexperienced video in some cases (ssharpp4842, ssharpp4876)
• Fixed pixel layout conversion barely altering hues whilst the usage of a 10-bit hardware encoder (ssharpp5011)
• Fixed scan failures via the usage of swscale in preference to zscale while supply decision isn't mod 2
• Fixed incorrect PAR whilst reading from an anamorphic AV1 video music
• Removed an synthetic bitrate restrict on VP9 CQ mode

Command line interface

• Renamed --two-pass to --multi-skip and --no-two-bypass to --no-multi-pass, removed -2 (ssharpp5019)
• Fixed automated cropping enabled despite using preset with cropping disabled (ssharpp5055)

Audio

• Fixed low extent stage when downmixing ac3 and eac3
• Fixed left-most effective and proper-handiest mono mixdowns (ssharpp3533, ssharpp5054)

Subtitles

• Fixed locale settings potentially causing wrong decimal separator in SSA headers
• Fixed a capability issue affecting 0-period subtitles

Build gadget

• Added Meson build machine for the Linux GUI

Third-birthday party libraries

• New libraries
• libdovi 3.2.0 (Dolby Vision dynamic range metadata)

Updated libraries

• AMF 1.4.30 (AMD VCN video encoding)
• FFmpeg 6.1 (interpreting and filters)
• FreeType 2.13.2 (subtitles)
• Fribidi 1.Zero.13 (subtitles)
• HarfBuzz 8.2.2 (subtitles)
• libass 0.17.1 (subtitles)
• libdav1d 1.3.0 (AV1 video deciphering)
• liblzma (xz) 5.4.Five (LZMA video interpreting, e.G. TIFF)
• libopus 1.Four (Opus audio encoding)
• libjpeg-turbo three.Zero.1 (preview photo compression)
• libvpx 1.13.1 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
• libxml 2.Eleven.5 (trendy)
• oneVPL 2023.Three.1 (Intel QSV video encoding/interpreting)
• SVT-AV1 1.7 (AV1 video encoding)
• x264 164 r3107 (H.264/AVC video encoding)
• x265 r12776 (H.265/HEVC video encoding)
• zimg three.0.Five (colour conversion)
• zlib 1.3 (preferred)

Linux

• Added drag and drop help for video scanning
• Added aid for local file choosers through xdg-computer-portal
• Added Queue > Add All menu choice
• Added XML chapter import and export
• Added bit intensity and HDR records to video precis
• Added choice to pause encoding while switching to battery energy or whilst strength save mode is activated
• Added automatic report naming options: codec bit-depth width peak change-date amendment-time
• Updated Queue, Activity, and Presets home windows to no longer waft on top of the principle window
• Updated present translations
• Removed obsolete replace checker
• Miscellaneous computer virus fixes and enhancements

Mac

• Added help for drag and drop of multiple files without delay
• Added support for deciding on multiple files immediately within the Open Source conversation
• Added aid for recursive folder scanning in the Open Source dialog
• Added help for VideoToolbox H.265/HEVC, H.264/AVC, ProRes, and VP9 hardware decoders on macOS thirteen and later
• Enable/disable inside the Preferences > Advanced tab always or complete course only
• Using hardware decoders on present day devices may additionally lower CPU utilization and thus speed up a few filters and encoding
• Added GPU multiplied Crop & Scale, Rotate, Pad, Yadif, Bwdif, Chroma Smooth, Unsharp, Lasharp, Grayscale filters
• Added "Same as source" vacation spot option that automatically sets the vacation spot direction to the supply direction
• Improved SVT-AV1 encoding overall performance through as much as 4x on Apple Silicon Macs
• Improved computerized file naming Preferences UI and added new options: width height quality type encoder bit depth change-time change-date codec encoder encoder bit depth preset
• Improved managing of security scoped bookmarks
• Fixed Chroma Smooth song alternatives
• Fixed Deblock Filter custom string area
• Fixed an issue that prevented the VideoToolbox "speed" preset from being used
• Fixed the file length display on the queue information window whilst file length data is not available
• Miscellaneous trojan horse fixes and enhancements
• Added new translations
• Korean (�*�국�-')
• Bulgarian (�'ÑлгаÑÑки)
• Updated present translations

Windows

• Added help for drag and drop of multiple documents right away
• Added guide for choosing a couple of documents right now within the Open Source conversation
• Added aid for recursive folder scanning in the Open Source conversation
• Enable/disable in Preferences > Advanced
• Added support for except document extensions when beginning documents in batch mode
• Default exclusions are commonplace picture, subtitles, and textual content file extensions; edit list in Preferences > Advanced
• Improved Preview window native video playback to guide maximum containers and formats
• Modern codec aid calls for Microsoft Codec Packs from the Microsoft Store
• Improved automated file naming Preferences UI and introduced new options: width top quality type encoder bit depth amendment-time amendment-date encoder encoder bit depth preset
• Improved Queue window UI to optionally display additional status facts at the left development panel
• Improved Presets panel
• Manage Presets button changed with a menu of discrete alternatives for faster get right of entry to to functionality
• Added an choice to display the outline for the chosen preset
• Added the capability to clone a preset (create a new preset based on an existing one)
• Improved Add Selection window to make sorting feature extra discoverable
• Improved Process Isolation reliability
• Fixed computerized document naming when using bodily pressure assets (ssharpp4859)
• Fixed Title Specific Scan for bodily pressure assets (ssharpp4921)
• Fixed an capacity problem that might purpose an unmodified preset to display as "changed" (ssharpp4909, ssharpp4908)
• Fixed an ability issue in which changes to queue order had been no longer retained (ssharpp4922)
• Fixed an Audio tab trouble in which using a non-fallback encoder may want to result in duplicated tracks (ssharpp5012)
• Fixed an trouble where swapping pix playing cards may motive hardware presets to be incorrectly proven as disabled
• Fixed a capability crash on startup related to Windows Notifications Service failures (ssharpp5097)
• Miscellaneous computer virus fixes and enhancements
• Added new translations
• Czech (Äesky) (partly complete)
• Greek (Ελληνικά) (partially complete)
• Estonian (Eesti) (partly complete)
• Basque (Euskara)
• Finnish (Suomi) (partly entire)
• Updated present translations

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