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+# HandBrake Authors
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+Eric Petit (titer)
+
+- Original author
+- Core construct, multithreading, and BeOS/OS X/Linux ports
+- MPEG demuxer
+- MPEG-2, AC3, and MPGA decoders using libmpeg2, liba52, and libavcodec
+- LPCM "decoder"
+- MPEG-4, MP3, and AAC encoders using libavcodec, libxvidcore, libmp3lame, and libfaac
+- AC-3 pass-through
+- AVI muxer
+- MP4 muxer using libmp4v2
+- BeOS interface
+- OS X interface
+- French translation
+
+Laurent Aimar (fenrir)
+
+- H.264 and Vorbis encoders using libx264 and libvorbis
+- OGG/OGM muxer using libogg
+- GTK2 interface
+- wxWidgets interface
+
+Van Jacobson (van)
+
+- Universal input architecture
+- MPEG Standard Target Decoder timing model
+- Auto-typing MPEG stream files
+- Minor bug fixing in MPEG stream support
+- Minor DVD reader fixes
+- Chapter mark bug fixes
+
+John Allen (johnallen)
+
+- Core enhancements
+- Threading enhancements
+- Simplified Mac OS X GUI
+
+Joe Crain (dynaflash)
+
+- Mac OS X GUI enhancements/rewrite
+
+Damiano Galassi (ritsuka)
+
+- Mac OS X GUI enhancements
+
+Edward Groenendaal (eddyg)
+
+- Major bug fixes
+- Subtitle scan & color
+- Performance improvements
+
+David Foster (davidfstr)
+
+- Subtitles from file inputs
+- SSA subtitle support
+
+Rodney Hester (rhester)
+
+- iPod firmware 1.2+ 640x480 MPEG-4/H.264 support
+
+Andrew Kimpton (awk)
+
+- MPEG Audio fixes
+- MPEG Stream Support
+
+Chris Lee (clee)
+
+- PAR/anamorphic support
+- dvdread enhancements
+- Linux GUI
+
+Chris Long (chrislong)
+
+- iPod firmware 1.2+ 640x480 MPEG-4/H.264 support
+
+Brian Mario (brianmario)
+
+- Windows GUI
+
+Maurj (maurj)
+
+- Dolby Surround and Dolby Pro Logic II mixdowns
+- 6-channel AAC audio from 5.1 source
+- Mono AAC audio from mono source
+- PAR/anamorphic support in MP4 file format
+- Chapter markers in MP4 file format
+- Mac OS X GUI enhancements
+- Support for DTS audio sources
+
+Mirkwood (mirkwood)
+
+- Windows CLI port
+
+Nyx (Nyx)
+
+- Frame reordering and flushing in MP4
+
+Philippe Rigaux (prigaux)
+
+- 3rd party library integration
+- Mac OS X GUI enhancements
+- PAR/anamorphic support
+- Universal binary build process
+- Conversion from jam to make for compiles
+
+Jonathon Rubin (jbrjake)
+
+- Massive core enhancements
+- Significant improvements to H.264 support
+
+Scott (s55)
+
+- Windows GUI
+
+John Stebbins (j45)
+
+- GTK GUI
+- TrueHD demuxing
+- libavcodec video encoding quality enhancements
+- Numerous bug fixes
+
+Chris Thoman (huevos_rancheros)
+
+- Ported video filters from libmpcodec
+
+Mark Krenek (travistex)
+
+- Mac OS X GUI enhancements
+- Mac OS X GUI queueing system
+
+Kona "Mike" Blend (KonaBlend)
+
+- Build system and related guides
+
+David Rickard (RandomEngy)
+
+- HandBrake Interop Library
+
+Tim Walker (Rodeo)
+
+- Miscellaneous fixes and enhancements