NEWS file for HandBrake
Changes between 0.8.5b1 and 0.9.0:
Core HandBrake Changes
+ Added: Matroska (MKV) container output
+ Added: Limited MPEG-2 transport stream (.VOB and .TS) input support
+ Added: Option to write MP4 files larger than 4GB
+ Added: Video filters (pullup, yadif, mcdeint, hqdn3d, pp7)
+ Added: DTS audio input
+ Changed: Switched to Lanczos scaling from libswscale
+ Changed: Precise chapter marker location
+ Changed: Newer libraries
+ Changed: Much faster (threaded) iPod encoding
+ Changed: "Same as source" works differently (better?) now
+ Fixed: Audio drops should be thoroughly banished now
+ Fixed: MP2 audio support
Assorted other changes
CLI Changes:
+ Added: Chapter naming
+ Added: Many new command line options for subtitles and filters.
+ Added: Turbo for 2-pass x264 encodes
Assorted other changes
Mac Changes:
+ Added: Chapter naming
+ Added: Growl support
+ Added: Advanced x264 settings tab
+ Added: Logging window
+ Added: Turbo for 2-pass x264 encodes
+ Added: Many new presets
+ Added: Unified toolbar
+ Changed: Default settings
+ Changed: Further integration of the queue and active queuing
+ Changed: Browse DVDs like any other volumes
+ Fixed: No more floating window syndrome (Mac)
+ Fixed: Presets retain "magic sauce" when you change settings
Assorted other changes
Windows Changes:
+ Changed: New C#-based Windows GUI front-end
+ Changed: Improved queuing
+ Changed: DVD information parser
Assorted other changes
Changes between 0.8.0b1 and 0.8.5b1
Core HandBrake Changes
+ Added: iTunes-style chapter markers.
+ Added: 5.1 AAC surround sound.
+ Added: Dolby Pro Logic I and II downmixing of discrete surround sound.
+ Added: 1-channel AAC sound from monophonic sources.
+ Added: Advanced x264 options. (including High Profile support)
+ Added: B-frames in x264 + .mp4
+ Added: PPC Linux Support.
+ Added: Preserve language IDs from the DVD in .mp4
+ Added: Snapshot build method.
+ Added: Anamorphic video display in QuickTime.
+ Changed: Renamed back to HandBrake.
+ Changed: Libraries updated.
+ Changed: Enabled Update Checker.
+ Fixed: Multiple Audio tracks.
+ Fixed: Sped up DVD scanning time by being nicer to libdvdread.
+ Fixed: .dmg is now mountable in Mac OS X versions older than 10.4
+ Fixed: Proper output size from x264 in target size mode.
+ Fixed: Allows output sizes larger than 2 gigs in Linux.
+ Fixed: Several small memory leaks have been plugged.
+ Fixed: Fixes for 64-bit systems.
+ Fixed: Keep Aspect Ratio is no longer forced, so user-set height values are respected.
CLI Interface Changes
+ Added: Customize maximum width and height while keeping aspect ratio
+ Changed: Much prettier help screen
+ Changed: HBTest/MediaForkCLI renamed to HandBrakeCLI
+ Fixed: Better display of audio and subtitle ids
Mac GUI Changes
+ Added: Presets! Includes initial ones for AppleTV, iPod, and PS3.
+ Added: Preference option to auto-name output files with the DVD name and title number.
+ Added: Preset support for x264 options.
+ Changed: Remembers last destination path.
+ Changed: Remembers last source path.
+ Changed: Copy and paste in text fields.
+ Changed: Updates target size more quickly.
+ Changed: Mac GUI no longer retains target size values between enqueued jobs. (http://HandBrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249)
+ Fixed: Preview frames are no longer distorted in anamorphic mode.
+ Fixed: Mac GUI no longer floats above other windows.
+ Fixed: Browse by file no longer dims the browse button preventing you from changing browse locations without switching back and forth between it and drive selection. (http://HandBrake.m0k.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=342)
+ Fixed: Makes sure destination directory is valid.
+ Fixed: Fills in the file save field with the current output name instead of leaving it blank.
+ Fixed: Update destination field with the current path instead of using the last one, which could have been a DVD.
Windows GUI Changes – Version 2.2 beta 1
+ Added: A few presets for the iPod in the menu.
+ Added: Ability to set default settings for all program encode options.
+ Added: Ability to turn off Automatic Update check on start-up. See Tools > Options
+ Added: Mod 16 check on the Height and Width boxes.
+ Added: Check the amount of hard disk space left is not running low when saving file.
+ Added: Option to have a Read DVD window showup on start-up.
+ Added: “View DVD data” Menu item in the tools menu.
+ Added: Links to the Homepage, forum, wiki and documentation page in the Help menu.
+ Added: Chapter markers check box (New feature in 0.8.5b1 CLI)
+ Changed: View DVD Information no longer appears after clicking the “Browse” button.
+ Changed: A few changes to the GUI - replaced textboxes with Dropdowns which auto-populate.
+ Changed: Auto Crop and Aspect text now automatically update when a new title is selected.
+ Changed: Several tweaks to the GUI design, remove a few text items that are no longer needed.
+ Changed: Ability to Queue videos enabled with completely re-written code.
+ Changed: Ability to queue stuff up while the encoding process is running.
+ Changed: Ability to remove items from the encode queue while is running.
+ Changed: Anamorphic option blanks out resolution boxes.
+ Changed: Re-written update checker.
+ Changed: Ability to turn off update check on start-up in Tools > Options
+ Changed: Auto Crop option now fills in figures into text boxes when selected.
+ Changed: Mp4 now default output file extension.
+ Changed: Enabled 5.1 AAC option.
+ Changed: Enabled h264 advanced options.
+ Changed: Updated the FAQ.
+ Changed: Included new version of HandBrake. Version 0.8.5b1.
+ Fixed: Pixel Ratio Not being saved with the profile.
+ Removed: Both “View Data” buttons on the Title Selection Window.
+ Removed: The “Read DVD” button. - Automatically reads the DVD after selecting a source now.
+ Removed: The Help and Support window. Been replaced with a few Web Links.
Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.8.0
+ MediaFork project forked from HandBrake source
+ Updated libraries (meaning better quality, hopefully fewer bugs, and increased speeds)
+ iPod 5.5G support
+ Revamped graphical interface (Mac OS X)
+ Anamorphic encoding with pixel aspect ratio
+ Brighter color reproduction in QuickTime
+ Lists disks by DVD name instead of by drive name (Mac OS X)
+ Titles output movies based on the DVD name (Mac OS X)
+ 32Khz audio output
+ Constant rate factor encoding with x264
+ New preference item to turn deinterlacing on by default (Mac OS X)
+ New preference item to select the default audio language (Mac OS X)
+ Bugfix for reading straight from a DVD
Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1
+ Universal Binary for PPC and Intel
+ Bugfixes for missing subtitles, audio glitches with LPCM tracks and more
Changes between 0.7.0-beta3 and 0.7.0
+ Multithreaded H.264 encoding with x264
+ Added option for H.264 Baseline (suitable for iPods)
+ (Very) experimental queue support
+ Fixes for some DVD titles HandBrake would not recognize
+ Fixes audio gliches when encoding from LPCM tracks
Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0-beta3
+ Chapters selection
+ Custom framerate
+ Subtitle support
+ Check for updates
+ Custom aspect ratio
+ Audio samplerate selection
+ mp4/H.264 output
+ Proper NTSC support
+ AC3 pass-through
+ Progress bar in the dock icon (OS X)
+ 2-pass H.264 encoding
+ Constant quality encoding
+ Grayscale encoding
+ Up-to-date BeOS UI
Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2
+ Support for DVDs with MPEG audio tracks
+ Rewrote the DVD navigation code
+ High quality resampler included
+ Better AVI compliance
+ Updated encoders
+ Internal improvements
+ Bugfixes
Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1
+ Fixed LPCM endianness issue
Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.6.0
+ MP4 and OGM output
+ AAC and Vorbis encoding
+ Experimental H264 encoding
+ LPCM DVDs support
+ Autocrop
+ GTK2 linux interface
+ OS X interface localization
Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.2
+ Bugfixes
Changes between 0.5 and 0.5.1
+ 2-pass XviD encoding
+ Bugfixes
Changes between 0.4 and 0.5
+ Bugfixes, rewrite of large parts of the core
+ XviD encoding (1-pass only)
Changes between 0.3 and 0.4
+ Better multithreading
+ Allow the user to specify a target size instead of bitrate
+ Misc GUI enhancements
+ Use low-priority threads on OS X
Changes between 0.2 and 0.3
+ OSX & Linux ports
+ Allow 2-pass encoding
+ Many internal changes & fixes
Changes between 0.1.1 and 0.2
+ Fixed a major bug that made HandBrake probably crash after ~ 15
minutes encoded
+ Fixed a few minor memory leaks
Changes between 0.1 and 0.1.1
+ Fixed a stupid bug that prevented to scan volumes correctly if
FAT/NTFS/etc volumes were mounted
Changes between 0.1-alpha2 and 0.1 :
+ Automatically detect ripped DVDs on BFS volumes
+ Allow picture cropping and resizing
+ Allow dual-audio encoding
+ Created files are quite compliant now (tested with OSX/Quicktime
and BSPlayer)
+ Better A/V sync with some DVDs
Changes between 0.1-alpha and 0.1-alpha2 :
+ Show length for each title
+ Fixed the screwed-audio bug
+ Many bugfixes...
First version is 0.1-alpha.