# HandBrake Authors

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)

- macOS GUI
- macOS sandbox and hardened runtime support
- Improved color spaces support
- Various libhb fixes and 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
- UI concepts and design
- Hardware acceleration
- Devops and infrastructure
- Online documentation

John Stebbins (j45)

- GTK GUI
- TrueHD demuxing
- libavcodec video encoding quality enhancements
- Libhb architecture improvements, JSON API
- Stream and sync improvements
- Flatpak support
- Numerous bug fixes and enhancements

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)

- Hardware acceleration / Intel QSV
- Libhb and macOS GUI fixes and enhancements
- Dependencies support and integration
- Miscellaneous fixes and enhancements

Bradley Sepos (BradleyS)

- Build system and toolchains
- Dependencies, platform, and device testing
- NLMeans denoiser and other filters
- UI concepts and design
- Official presets
- Online documentation

Maxym Dm (maxim_d33)

- Hardware acceleration / Intel QSV
- Miscellaneous fixes and enhancements

Simon L (Nomis101)

- Internationalization / UI translations lead
- Build system and toolchains fixes and enhancements
- Miscellaneous fixes and enhancements