HandBrake
News## HandBrake 1.2.0### All platforms#### General#### Video- Added
Support for Nvidia NVENC encoder. (Windows Only. Linux Coming Soon)-
Added Support for AMD VCE encoder. (Windows Only)### Audio- Improved AAC
Encoder. This encoder is no longer considered beta.- Allow E-AC3 Muxing
in MP4#### Command line interface#### Build system- Mac Toolchain script
is now more robust against outages on 3rd party servers.- Removed
--enable-local-autotools and --enable-local-pkgconfig and associated
contribs#### Third-party libraries- FFmpeg 4.0 (Previously libav 12.3)-
x265 2.8### Linux- Initial support for GTK 4- Bug Fixes: Multi-instance
queues- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements ### Mac- macOS 10.10
Yosemite is now the minimum supported version.- Initial Localisation
Support. - Supported Languages: German- Updated Sparkle to 0.19.0-
Removed Growl support in favour of macOS built-in notifications. -
Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements including many small tweaks to
auto-layout to better support localisation. ### Windows- Portable Mode:
- You can now disable start-up update checking. - Fixed an issue that
created a "HandBrake Team" folder in Roaming.- Audio Behaviours: Now
supports setting of: Mixdown, Bitrate, Sample Rate, Gain and DRC for the
fallback encoder. - GUI CLI: New start-up options:
--recover-queue-ids= to load only specific
queue recovery files if desired. - Improved the Multi-instance queue
recovery handler. Should avoid any instances where the wrong queue files
are loaded up from a 2nd instance.- Miscellaneous bug fixes and
improvements## HandBrake 1.1.1### All platforms#### General- Fixed a
potential crash in the comb detection filter- Fixed a potential crash in
the padding filter#### Video- Fixed decoding certain very high bit rate
ultra-high definition sources with extra large packets- Fixed last frame
in source video missing in output#### Audio- Fixed crash when decoding
an empty audio track#### Build system- Updated mac-toolchain-build
script Nasm url and improved curl parameters for robustness####
Third-party libraries- Updated libraries (necessary to pull in needed
bug fixes) - libvpx 1.7.0 (VP8/VP9 video encoding) - x264 155 r2901
(H.264/AVC video encoding)### Linux- Fixed Ubuntu PPA build date- Fixed
a display issue with the quality slider control- Fixed issues occurring
when running multiple HandBrake instances simultaneously- Updated
Russian translation- Updated support for creating Flatpak bundles
(experimental)- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements### Mac- Fixed
corrupted output with VP8 and VP9 encoders- Fixed building x264 using
Clang and -march=native/-mavx (thanks H. Gramner for the upstream
patch)### Windows- Fixed issues with queue recovery when running
multiple HandBrake instances simultaneously- Fixed an issue with a When
Done action potentially causing the last queue item to be marked as a
warning instead of success- Fixed burn-in behavior with MP4 files; after
the first burn-in track, no additional tracks that require burn-in will
be added- Improved window resize behavior for Add Selection to Queue
dialog and allowed space bar to toggle checkbox for selected row-
Improved tabbing behavior in various circumstances- Improved adding a
new preset with the same name as an existing user preset; the existing
preset will now be updated properly- Improved privacy by adding an
option to disable the Summary tab preview image- Updated installer to
block installation on 32-bit systems to avoid confusion (unsupported
since 1.1.0)- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements## HandBrake
1.1.0### All platforms#### General- Improved user interface - Redesigned
main window for consistency and usability; overall flow is top to
bottom, left to right - Added new preset controls directly in main
workflow - Added new summary tab for overview of settings at a glance -
Updated interface icons to support high resolution displays- New and
improved official presets - Added new presets for Vimeo and YouTube -
Added new 2160p/4K device presets for Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, and
Roku - Added new Production presets for post-production video editing
workflows - Added additional 2160p/4K Matroska presets- Improved AppleTV
4K support- Improved Intel QuickSync Video support - Added Linux support
(experimental) - Added 10-bit H.265/HEVC encoding support for Kaby Lake
and newer CPUs - Added support for multiple GPUs via D3D11 encode path-
Many bug fixes and improvements#### Video- Added new Unsharp and
kernel-based Laplacian LapSharp sharpening filters- Added CSM prefilter
option to NLMeans filter- Added support for mobile device orientation
via auto-rotation container flag- x265 10- and 12-bit encoders are now
included by default; additional dll files are no longer required####
Command line interface- Added support for adaptive streaming (SPS and
PPS before IDR frames) via the --inline-parameter-sets parameter- Added
--json parameter to output scan/status information in JSON format,
useful for scripting- Audio sample rate parameter --arate now accepts
"auto" as a valid value#### Build system- Added support for FreeBSD 11.1
(must compile from source)- Added support for compiling on Windows under
MSYS (experimental, slow)- Updated to mingw-w64-build 3.1.1 with support
for mingw-w64 5.0.3 and gcc 7.2.0- Update mac-toolchain-build to add
NASM 2.13.2 (now required for x264)- Miscellaneous bug fixes and
improvements#### Third-party libraries- Updated libraries - FDK AAC
0.1.5 (AAC audio encoding, must compile from source) - FreeType 2.8.1
(subtitles) - HarfBuzz 1.7.2 (subtitles) - Jansson 2.10 (JSON
architecture) - LAME 3.100 (MP3 audio encoding) - Libav 12.3 (decoding
and filters) - libass 0.14.0 (subtitles) - libbluray 1.0.2 (Blu-ray
decoding) - libdvdnav 5.0.3 (DVD decoding) - libdvdread 5.0.3 (DVD
decoding) - libiconv 1.15 (character encoding support) - libmfx
(upstream API 1.23) - libogg 1.3.2 (Xiph codecs support) - libopus 1.2.1
(Opus audio encoding) - libsamplerate 0.1.9-35-g02ebb9f (audio
resampling) - libtheora 1.1.1 (Theora video encoding) - libvorbis 1.3.5
(Vorbis audio encoding) - libvpx 1.6.1 (VP8/VP9 video encoding) -
libxml2 2.9.4 (general) - x264 155 r2893 (H.264/AVC video encoding) -
x265 2.6 (H.265/HEVC video encoding) - zlib 1.2.11 (general)### Linux-
Added option to configure low disk space warning level- Added Intel
QuickSync Video encoder (experimental, requires specific Intel driver)-
Added support for Ubuntu 18.04 and 17.10; Ubuntu 15.04 support is
removed- Many other bug fixes and improvements### Mac- Added option to
configure low disk space warning level- Improved support for VoiceOver
navigation- Many other bug fixes and improvements### Windows- Added
option to configure low disk space warning level- Added option to play a
sound (MP3/WAV) when encode or queue is finished- Added option to show
progress, pass, passcount in the application title or task tray icon
tooltip- Added more granular progress reporting during search for start
of file and muxing- Added support for per-display resolution awareness-
Added support for running HandBrake in a portable mode (see included
portable.ini.template)- Added custom anamorphic to dimensions tab, it's
back!- Improved static preview window still previews rendering- Improved
audio selection behavior controls; dropdowns are now context aware and
range limited with better defaults- Improved UI constency throughout-
Many other bug fixes and improvements## HandBrake 1.0.7### All
platforms#### Video- Fixed decoding of raw video in Matroska/MKV- Fixed
time stamp handling for containerless raw video- Fixed memory leaks in
OpenCL- Fixed x265 2-pass encoding where video frame rate is altered by
filters- Improved handling of very small amounts of sync jitter (~1
tick)- Improved handling of AVI files with broken indices#### Audio-
Further refined fix for Libav crash encoding AAC at very high
bitrates#### Subtitles- Removed fontconfig dependency on Mac and
Windows; libass now uses CoreText/DirectWrite- Improved subtitle font
selection when burning in SRT/SSA subtitles#### Command line interface-
Fixed preset subtitle burn defaults override#### Build system- Updated
MinGW-w64 build script for improved compatibility with hardened GCC###
Linux- Fixed video preset control not updating- Fixed audio passthru
masks not updating until preset save- Fixed application of SRT subtitles
offset- Updated translations: af, cs, ja_JP, ru, sk, sv### Windows-
Fixed When Done option not updating/resetting correctly## HandBrake
1.0.6Superseded by HandBrake 1.0.7.## HandBrake 1.0.5Superseded by
HandBrake 1.0.6.## HandBrake 1.0.4Superseded by HandBrake 1.0.5.##
HandBrake 1.0.3### All platforms#### Video- Fixed H.264 decoding using
Libav where the initial GOP was dropped- Fixed 2-pass x265 encoding
where the source header incorrectly specifies frame rate- Fixed 2-pass
encoding with bob deinterlace and constant frame rate- Fixed a seek
issue in Libav while reading MKV sources with embedded subtitles- Fixed
multiple issues preventing Libav from opening WMV sources properly-
Fixed miscellaneous issues in Libav- Fixed memory leaks in OpenCL-
Improved sync for streams delayed by a large amount#### Audio- Fixed a
Libav crash encoding AAC at very high bitrates- Fixed a potential hang
in Libav while decoding AAC- Improved Libav audio sync with MP4 sources
containing edit lists- Improved mapping of single channel layouts to
single channel layouts### Linux- Fixed a potential crash when selecting
video encoders- Fixed various controls not applying values properly###
Mac- Fixed a crash when attempting to edit a queued job- Improved audio
start point to use edit lists when encoding using CoreAudio AAC###
Windows- Fixed Title Specific Scan for DVD/Blu-ray- Fixed broken/missing
NLMeans denoise tunes- Fixed an issue that could cause error -17 when
encoding using Intel QuickSync Video- Fixed an issue where the SRT
language code was not being set correctly## HandBrake 1.0.2### All
platforms#### Video - Fixed point to point encoding end point when using
frames as the unit- Improve error handling for libdvdread and libavcodec
decoders#### Audio- Fixed an issue where fallback encoder bitrate was
not set properly#### Subtitles- Fixed incorrect duration for UTF-8
subtitles- Fixed an issue causing extra blank lines for UTF-8 subtitles
in MKV### Linux- Fixed an issue sometimes preventing dragging and
dropping of presets between folders- Miscellaneous bug fixes### Mac-
Fixed video encoder options not reset when changing encoders- Fixed
incomplete encodes where the chapter count differs on queued items-
Fixed sleep prevention not working in certain scenarios- Fixed automatic
naming for EyeTV bundles- Added additional checks to prevent source file
overwriting- Miscellaneous bug fixes### Windows- Fixed video encoder
options not reset when changing encoders- Fixed subtitles defaults
behaviors to improve how tracks are added- Fixed issues related to
source maximum and custom picture setting modes- Fixed point to point
settings when editing a queued job- Fixed When Done controls not
updating correctly on various screens- Fixed split buttons not working
correctly on audio and subtitles tabs- Fixed destination path and file
name error checking- Fixed potential crash by disabling OpenCL detection
when the scaler is not set to OpenCL Bicubic (workaround for broken
system drivers)- Fixed a potential crash when QSV is supported but
disabled at the BIOS level- Fixed memory leaks in the QSV encoder- Added
QSV detection for Intel Kaby Lake CPUs- Miscellaneous bug fixes##
HandBrake 1.0.1### All platforms#### Video- Fixed a potential crash when
using the VP8 or VP9 video encoders- Fixed a potential crash when using
2-pass ABR#### Command line interface- Fixed importing chapter names
from a file### Linux- Fixed Keep Aspect Ratio control (disabled) when
anamorphic mode is Auto- Widened presets list to accommodate longer
preset names- Miscellaneous bug fixes### Mac- Fixed a potential crash
when using the subtitles burn feature on macOS versions earlier than
10.12 Sierra- Fixed certain controls not updating when saving or loading
a preset- Miscellaneous bug fixes### Windows- Fixed certain controls not
updating when saving or loading a preset- Disabled QSV decoding by
default when non-QSV encoder selected (configurable)- Miscellaneous bug
fixes## HandBrake 1.0.0### All platforms#### General- New online
documentation at https://handbrake.fr/docs-
Completely overhauled the official presets - New general use presets for
broad compatibility - New device presets, now more up-to-date for common
devices - New web presets - New Matroska (MKV) presets, including VP9
video with Opus audio - Official presets from HandBrake 0.10.x are still
available under Legacy- New JSON-based preset system
including command line support- New JSON-based API for interacting with
libhb- Improvements to audio/video sync engine to better handle
difficult sources- Many miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements (over
1700 code commits!)#### Video- VP9 video encoding via libvpx- Intel
QuickSync Video H.265/HEVC encoder - Requires Intel Skylake or newer
CPU- Ultra HD / 4K color pass through (support for BT.2020)- Additional
standard frame rate selections in the graphical interfaces- New Auto
anamorphic mode maximizes storage resolution, replaces Strict anamorphic
mode- New Pad filter (command line only for now)- New Decomb/Deinterlace
filter settings and improved defaults- Rotate filter now available in
all graphical interfaces- New NLMeans filter tunes Tape and Sprite for
analog tape recordings and vintage video games, respectively- Assembly
optimizations NLMeans filter improve performance up to 10%- Assembly
optimizations in x264 encoder improve performance for faster presets by
5-10%- x265 encoder quality improvements, especially when using tune
grain- High bit depth encoding support via external shared libraries
(video pipeline is still 8-bit 4:2:0) - x264 10-bit - x265 10-bit and
12-bit#### Audio- Opus audio encoding/decoding via libopus- Passthru now
supports E-AC-3, FLAC, and TrueHD audio formats#### Subtitles- Improved
subtitles rendering for some languages via HarfBuzz- Miscellaneous
subtitles improvements#### Command line interface- Presets can now be
imported and exported from the command line and are compatible with the
graphical interfaces- Queue exported from the graphical interfaces can
now be imported by the command line interface (Linux and Windows only
for now)#### Build system- Add scripts to manually build and install Mac
and MinGW-w64 (compile for Windows on Linux) toolchains- Add support for
multiple source URLs for third-party downloads- Add SHA256 hash
verification for third-party downloads- Add configure parameter to
disable or filter allowed third-party downloads (see configure --help)-
Use HTTPS everywhere; the few cases where a third-party does not provide
packages over https, handbrake.fr does- New targets on Mac to install
and uninstall after building- Add flatpak packaging support
(experimental)#### Third-party libraries- Updated libraries - FreeType
2.6.5 (subtitles) - Fontconfig 2.12.1 (subtitles) - FriBidi 0.19.7
(subtitles) - Libav 12 (encoding/decoding/muxing) - libass 0.13.2
(subtitles) - libbluray 0.9.3 (Blu-ray decoding) - libmfx v6.0.0 (Intel
QuickSync Video encoding/decoding) - libvpx 1.5.0 (VP8/VP9 video
encoding) - x264 148 r2708 (H.264/AVC video encoding) - x265 2.1
(H.265/HEVC video encoding)- New libraries - HarfBuzz 1.3.0 (subtitles)
- libopus 1.1.3 (Opus audio encoding)### Linux- Add options for saving
and loading queue files- Removed system tray icon due to performance
issues on Ubuntu- Usability improvements- Miscellaneous bug fixes###
Mac- Updated all tooltips- Added undo/redo support to the graphical
interface- Improved drag and drop support- Added Open Recent to the File
menu- Added Add Titles to Queue… to the File menu (batch queueing)-
Preview prompts to open in an external application when the internal
player does not support the format- Preview now displays volume and
audio/subtitles language selection during playback- Picture and Filters
settings are now part of the main window- Settings are preserved when
selecting a new title (instead of reloading the last selected preset)-
Improved support for importing/exporting comma-separated (.csv) chapter
markers- Queue is now automatically paused when available disk space is
low- When Done action can now be changed directly from the Queue window-
When Done notification is now interactive (reveals the encoded file in
Finder)- Activity Log window is now searchable (press
⌘+f to activate)- XQuartz is no longer
required for subtitle burn-in- Updated Sparkle software update library -
Enabled DSA signature checking for improved security- Usability
improvements- Miscellaneous bug fixes### Windows- Graphical interface
now uses libhb directly, instead of sending commands to the command line
interface - Encoding can now be paused and resumed - Stopping encoding
will finalize the partial file to be playable- Reduced installer and
install size - The command line interface is no longer included in the
graphical interface installer- Update checker now verifies the signature
of the update file for improved security- Added support for
quality-based audio encoding- Added ability to import tab-separated
(.tsv), XML (.xml), and plain text (.txt) chapter markers- Improved the
"configure default" options for audio and subtitles - Default audio
track behavior is now configurable - Subtitles burn-in behavior is now
configurable- Removed DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA)
hardware-accelerated video decoding - Was causing many issues without
providing sufficient improvement to decoding efficiency - May be added
again at a later date if performance and stability improves- Usability
improvements- Miscellaneous bug fixes## HandBrake 0.10.5- Removed FDK
AAC from binary releases - Configure with --enable-fdk for
non-free and non-redistributable build when compiling from source-
Updated x265 to 1.9 which brings bug fixes and performance improvements-
Improvements in large AVI file handling- Assorted bug fixes and
performance improvements## HandBrake 0.10.3- Updated x265 to 1.8 which
brings numerous bug fixes and some performance improvements- Assorted
bug fixes and performance improvements## HandBrake 0.10.2- Assorted bug
fixes and performance improvements## HandBrake 0.10.1- Assorted bug
fixes for all three GUIs and the core library## HandBrake 0.10.0###
Core- Intel QuickSync Video encode and decode support (beta) - Windows
only currently; we hope to bring this to Linux users in the future- DXVA
hardware decode support (experimental) - Windows only - Suitable only
for slower machines so disabled in preferences by default- Choice of
scalers - Lanczos - HandBrake's default scaler - Bicubic (OpenCL)
(experimental) - Available on the Command Line Interface (all platforms)
and Windows GUI (Mac / Linux GUIs will come in a later release) -
Currently only available in OpenCL form so requires an AMD or Intel GPU
supporting OpenCL 1.1 or later; Nvidia GPUs are not currently supported
- When downscaling, up to 5% performance improvement can be achieved; no
benefit when not downscaling - Small loss in quality over the Lanczos
scaler- Denoise - hqdn3d filter now accepts individual settings for each
chroma channel (Cb, Cr) - New NlMeans denoiser, very slow, but results
are significantly better than hqdn3d- Presets - Added Windows Phone 8
Preset- Updated Libraries - x264 r2479-dd79a61 - Libav v10.1 - libbluray
0.5.0- libavformat is now used for muxing instead of mp4v2 and libmkv -
"Large File Size" checkbox has now been removed for MP4, as the new
muxer will transition to 64bit files automatically - mpeg2dec has also
been replaced in favour of using libav- The LibAV AAC encoder is now the
default as FAAC has been remove - This encoder is adequate for most, but
until it improves a bit further, we have enabled support for the FDK-AAC
encoder also - This FDK option is a temporary measure until the LibAV
encoder improves - Note that FDK-AAC is much slower and will likely
bottleneck the encode process, but will produce better quality audio-
H.265 encoder - Now available through x265 1.4 - While this encoder is
still fairly new, we have seen some promising results come out of it;
it's still under heavy active development and is only going to improve
over time- Added VP8 Encoder (using libvpx) - Available in MKV files
only- Removed mcdeint deinterlace and decomb modes (this relied on the
snow encoder in libav which has been removed by upstream)- Bug fixes and
misc improvements### Windows- Accessibility and usability improvements -
Added option to 'Use System Colors'; the app should now be usable in a
high contrast mode. - Fixed tab ordering to make the app more keyboard
friendly- LibHB is now used for scanning instead of the CLI -
Experimental preview window is now available as a result (can be enabled
via preferences)- Improved the layout and design of the audio and
subtitle tabs - Split buttons similar to the old 0.9.8 WinForms GUI -
Improved layout on the track listbox to make better use of the space-
Improvements to auto-naming feature- When Done - Added an option that
will reset this to 'Do nothing' when the app is closed and restarted-
Presets - New presets menu - Presets bar can now be hidden if it's not
wanted- Numerous bug fixes - Fixed the issue in the source dropdown
where the drive menu items did not work when clicked - Numerous fixes in
the picture settings panel around resolution calculation - Numerous
fixes around the way presets are loaded and saved, particularly around
picture settings - Removed Growl for Windows support due to bugs and
issues with this library that remain unfixed; project appears abandoned
- Many misc other fixes- Windows XP is no longer supported; Windows
Vista with Service Pack 2 or later is now a requirement- The 32-bit
build of the application is now considered deprecated; this is due to
32-bit process memory limitations### Mac- Build system updates to
compile under OS X 10.9 and 10.10- Automatic audio and subtitle track
selection behaviors which can be stored per preset- Improvements to
auto-naming feature- Misc UI enhancements- Bug fixes and misc
improvements### Linux- Automatic audio and subtitle track selection
behaviors which can be stored per preset- Improvements to auto-naming
feature- Batch add-to-queue by list selection- Russian and Czech
translations- Bug fixes and misc improvements- Requires GTK3### Command
Line Interface- Basic support for return codes from the CLI (0 = No
error, 1 = Canceled, 2 = Invalid input, 3 = Initialization error, 4 =
Unknown Error)- Bug fixes and misc improvements## HandBrake 0.9.9###
General- Improved HandBrake pineapple icon by Matt Johnson- Improved
Retina-resolution icons within the application, by Nik Pawlak### Core- Blu-ray (PGS)
subtitle support - works with Foreign Audio Search - can be Burned-In -
can be passed through to MKV (but not MP4)- Additional video framerates
- 30, 50, 59.94, 60 fps- Double framerate ("bob") mode for the
deinterlace and decomb filters- Better audio remix support - additional
mixdowns: 6.1, 7.1, 7.1 (5F/2R/LFE) - CLI users should note 6ch becomes
5point1 - better-than-Stereo sources can be upmixed to 5.1 - discard one
channel from Stereo sources - Mono (Left Only), Mono (Right Only)- Allow
the selection of higher audio bitrates where appropriate- Allow the
selection of lower audio samplerates where appropriate - 8, 11.025, 12,
16 kHz- Audio dithering (TPDF) when converting to 16-bit FLAC- Use
libavcodec for DTS audio decoding (instead of libdca) - DTS-ES 6.1
Discrete support- All graphical interfaces: support for x264's preset,
tune and profile options - alternative to the Advanced panel (which is
still available) - HandBrake-specific option to ensure compliance with a
specific H.264 level- Updated built-in presets - take advantage of x264
preset/tune/profile support - removed increasingly suboptimal and
irrelevant Legacy presets- Assorted bug fixes and improvements to the
core library (libhb)- Updated libraries - x264 r2273-b3065e6 - Libav
v9.6 - libbluray 0.2.3### Windows- User Interface has been re-written in
WPF - Includes many small UI enhancements- Switched to .NET 4 Client
Profile - smaller download for those who don't have .NET 4 Full
installed### Mac- Assorted bug fixes - including better support for
Retina displays- Prevent sleep during encoding and scanning for Mountain
Lion- Drag & Drop files onto the Main window or application icon to
scan- Nicer progress indication on the dock icon- Preview window
improvements and bugfixes- Updated Growl to 2.0.1 - Notification Center
support (when Growl is not installed)### Linux- Assorted bug fixes and
improvements- Use some system libraries rather than bundling -
fontconfig, freetype, libxml2, libass, libogg, libvorbis, libtheora and
libsamplerate### Command Line Interface- Audio option (-a) will ignore
invalid input tracks and encode with only the valid ones- Allow use of
hh:mm:ss format when specifying p-to-p start/stop time- Advanced audio
options - enable level normalization when downmixing (disabled by
default) - disable audio dithering or select a specific algorithm##
HandBrake 0.9.8- Corrects a few crash bugs that showed up in 0.9.7##
HandBrake 0.9.7- This is a bug fix release for 0.9.6.- Includes an
AppleTV3 Preset and updated iPad Preset## HandBrake 0.9.6###
Encoders#### Video- updated libx264 (revision 2146)- MPEG-2 encoder
(from libavcodec)- advanced options support for libavcodec encoders -
format: option1=value1:option2=value2 - -bf 2 -trellis 2 becomes
bf=2:trellis=2#### Audio- audio gain control (increase/decrease audio
volume)- updated libogg (1.3.0) and libvorbis (aoTuV b6.03)- new AAC
encoder (from libavcodec) (considered experimental) - (supported
mixdowns: Mono/Stereo/Dolby, 5.1 will come later) - (should be on par
with faac in terms of quality, sometimes better)- FLAC encoder (16-bit,
MKV container only)- Mac OS X: HE-AAC encoding support, via Core Audio-
quality-based variable bitrate encoding support - works with: Lame MP3,
Vorbis, Core Audio AAC - only implemented in CLI and Linux GUI- AC3
encoder: set Dolby Surround flag in stream parameters when mixdown is
Dolby Surround or Pro Logic II#### Audio Passthru- DTS Passthru to MP4
container (in addition to MKV) (supported by e.g. VLC, MPlayer)- DTS-HD
Passthru (MP4, MKV containers)- MP3 Passthru (MP4, MKV containers)- AAC
Passthru (MP4, MKV containers) - (known issue: Magic Cookie not passed
through from MPEG Program/Transport streams, which will break playback
in e.g. QuickTime Player)- Auto Passthru: one encoder, multiple codecs -
lets you define allowed codecs (from supported passthru codecs) - lets
you pick a fallback encoder if passthru is not possible#### Muxers-
start MKV clusters with a video keyframe whenever possible - should
improve seeking and DLNA streaming- bug fix: use ISO 639-2 bibliographic
form for MKV language codes- bug fix: fix crash due to division by zero
in MP4 muxer- bug fix: fix muxing of Closed Captions. Improper
interleaving broke playback on some players### Decoders#### Video-
updated libav* libraries from Libav (http://libav.org/) (v0.7-1696-gcae4f4b,
late October 2011) - frame-based multithreading for H.264, VP8 - 10-bit
decoding support for H.264, DNxHD - Apple ProRes decoding support-
improved average framerate detection- duplicate frame detection for
improved frame drop decision (CFR/PFR)- new Same as source, Constant
Framerate option - for devices that don't support variable framerate -
automatically picks a constant framerate closest to the detected average
framerate- bug fix: fix problem when resolution changes in the middle of
a video stream#### Audio- Blu-ray: make TrueHD, DTS-HD and E-AC3
Secondary Audio streams available for decoding and/or passthrough- bug
fix: libavcodec-decoded streams can now be decoded multiple times -
previously, multiple decodes of the same source tracks weren't possible
and audio output tracks had to be dropped- bug fix: fix audio screech at
beginning of some audio tracks when decoding AC3- bug fix: fix DTS
decoder audio volume (was too low)- bug fix: garbled audio when decoding
DTS-HD audio from MKV containers- bug fix: fix support for DTS-HD High
Resolution Audio in MPEG Transport streams### Subtitles- updated libass
(0.10.0)- improved handling of subtitles with overlapping timestamps-
improved handling of DVD subtitles without Stop Display commands- SSA
subtitles are now passed through to MKV without conversion to SRT/UTF-8-
bug fix: fix rendering problem with SSA subtitles when no font is
embedded in the source video### Demuxers- improved MPEG
Program/Transport stream support - support for MPEG-1 Program streams -
support for HD-DVD EVOB streams - improved handling of Transport streams
that have no PCR- WTV container support (via libavformat)- bug fix:
files with more than 20 tracks (video, audio, subtitles etc.) are now
supported- bug fix: some QuickTime MOV files were misdirected as MPEG
Transport streams- bug fix: fix detection of TrueType font attachments
that don't have the correct MIME type### Filters- new, much improved
decomb filter (but slower) - new settings are default - old settings
become decomb "Fast"### Presets- improved "Normal" preset (much faster,
similar file size and quality)- removed obsolete legacy presets- added
new device presets for Android phones/tablets - recent and/or powerful
devices recommended### Mac OS X#### DVD decryption:- VLC 2.x or later
will not work for DVD decryption and is therefore unsupported as of
HandBrake 0.9.6- libdvdcss is now the preferred method for DVD
decryption - already works with HandBrake 0.9.5 - a .pkg installer is
available from Videolan: http://download.videolan.org/libdvdcss/last/macosx/####
Build system:- support for Xcode 4 and Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion"- Mac OS X
10.5 "Leopard" no longer supported### Mac OS X GUI#### OS X 10.7 Lion
support- bug fix: Live Preview window widgets updated to work under
Lion- bug fix: fixed positioning of widgets in the Audio panel under
Lion#### Other:- wider main window providing more room for various
widgets### Windows GUI#### Preview window- complete redesign- support
for VLC or the system default video player- dropped built-in QuickTime
playback support#### Other- much improved control over the default audio
and subtitle tracks selected (see Options)- ability to set the minimal
title length that will show up during a scan (see Options)- several
other usability improvements- installer now has a silent option for
easier network installs (launch the installer with /S)### Linux GUI####
Audio panel- new advanced audio options section for gain and audio track
names- dynamic range compression and samplerate moved to advanced audio
options#### Other- minor UI tweaks and usability enhancements###
Miscellaneous- Target Size is gone, and isn't coming back - Don't bother
complaining on the forums- CLI: support for x264 presets, tunes and
profiles - new --x264-preset, --x264-tune and --x264-profile options-
DVD: fix issues with some discs (e.g. True Grit, Thor, Transformers 3)-
DVD: improved main feature detection- updated libbluray
(0.0.1-pre-213-ga869da8, late May 2011)## HandBrake 0.9.5### Core
Library- BluRay disc structure support. (No decryption support) -
Updated Libraries (x264, ffmpeg) - SSA Subtitle support. (Including
burn-in) - MP3 audio now supported in MP4 files (Note: Limited Player
compatibility) - VOBSUB subtitle now supported in MP4 files (Note:
Limited Player compatibility) - Updated Presets for newer devices and
better quality - AC3 encoding support.- Many Bug fixes and other small
improvements- Improved DVD Main Feature detection (when using dvdnav)-
Universal audio downmix support (all audio types can be downmixed)###
All GUIs- Updated x264 Advanced Panel- Video Quality Slider drops %
value and only shows RF for x264- Batch Scan (Scan Multiple files at
once. N.B: Does not include multiple VIDEO_TS folders / Image files) -
Peak framerate option (Capped VFR)- Many Bug fixes- Many Tweaks to
improve usability.- Ability to edit queue jobs- Point-to-Point encoding
(second or frame start and end times)### Mac GUI- New Audio Panel
supporting >4 Audio Tracks- VLC detection in /Applications and
~/Applications### Windows GUI- Encode Status in GUI. (CLI window is now
always hidden)- Improved Auto-Naming for Destination file name.- Drag /
Drop Video onto Main Window to scan.### Linux GUI- Multiple instance
support (run multiple copies of ghb at once)- Many Bug fixes and UI
improvements. ## HandBrake 0.9.4### Core- New build system, allowing
64-bit binaries (around 10% faster)- Soft subtitles and Closed Captions:
- DVD Closed Captions - ATSC Closed Captions - SRT subtitle import -
Text soft subtitles in MP4 and MKV output - Bitmap soft subtitles in MKV
output- Better support for DVD inputs: - Uses libdvdnav - DVD angles
support - Workaround for libdvdread malloc bomb on invalid PGC entry -
DVD drive region detection support in Linux - Handles DVD programs with
more than 16 streams - No longer tries to detect and discard duplicate
titles when scanning - Libdvdnav patched to perform read error recovery
- Libdvdread patched to allow raw device access in Windows - Handles
poorly mastered DVDs that had the menus ripped out of them- Better
support for non-DVD inputs: - Preserves MP4 metadata - TrueHD - DTS-HD
demuxing - 8 bit audio - Better handling of transport streams where
audio starts first - Better handling of transport streams that have been
spliced together, leading to duplicate timestamps - Better VC-1 frame
detection - Fixes bug that was causing one sec. of audio to be dropped
on many ffmpeg files - Looks harder for aspect ratio info from DV
sources - No longer truncates the last (dummy) chapter - Allows
specifying field parity for detelecine and decomb- Better AV sync-
Support for sources with no audio- DTS passthrough for MKV- x264 bumped
from r1169 to r1347, which means speed optimizations, new default
settings (see r2742 commit comment), the magic of macroblock tree rate
control (mbtree), a new CRF curve (meaning you will get different,
generally lower bitrates at the same RF, with similar quality metrics),
and weighted P-Frames (disabled by default for Baseline encodes and the
AppleTV preset). - Better sample interleaving- Better, optional
deinterlacer for decomb (EEDI2)- New mode structure for the decomb
filter- Variable verbose logging levels- Fixed timing for first two
frames coming out of filters- Libtheora bumped to 1.1.0- Improvements to
our theora implementation (2 pass encoding + soft target rate control)-
Caters to Theora's insistence on content having mod16 framing dimensions
specified- Flushes LAME encoder's final packets- Fixed interjob
framerate calculation- Fixed pthreads regression in cygwin- Tweaks for
packaging tools- Solaris 10 build support### All interfaces- Live video
preview- New subtitle tab- New filters and picture settings inspector-
Custom anamorphic mode- Updated Sparkle- Custom number of preview
images- Quality slider now works off actual rate factor/quantizer values
instead of percentages- Partially updated advanced x264 tab- New
built-in presets- Use libdvdnav by default on DVD sources- Removed
Constant QP encoding option for x264 (use CRF)- Various bug fixes and UI
tweaks- x264 turbo 1st pass mode now uses subme=2 not subme=1### Mac-
Core Audio AAC encoding- H.264 video source decoding crash fixed- Queue
displays varying row heights based on encode settings- Fixed EyeTV
package scanning- 64bit / 32 bit VLC detection - Preset import/export###
Windows- New audio tab- AAC audio source decoding bug fixed- Tray
minimization is now optional- Queue can now be started from main window-
Growl for Windows notification support- General UI improvements- Preset
import- Preferred language control for audio dubs and subtitles- Fixed
file extensions resetting to m4v when enabling chapter markers in mkv-
Faster updating of GUI elements from CLI data- Cleanup / Improved some
of the programs options. (Growl, use m4v, drive detection)- Numerous
fixes in the Picture Settings Panel and CLI Query Handling code.- Bug
Fixes and Usability improvements.### Linux- General UI improvements-
Inhibits sleep mode while encoding- Single title scan- Chapter duration
display- Notifications when encodes complete- Tray minimization- Full
screen preview- Preset import/export- Preferred language control for
audio dubs and subtitles- Preferences rearrangement- Preference to
auto-apply .m4v extension- New system tray icon behavior- Preference for
what to do when encode completes- Preference for how often to delete
activity logs- Preference to disable automatic scanning- New Gnome
session manager support- Improved "auto" audio selection- Use .m4v as
the default extension for the MPEG-4 container- Use .m4v when soft subs
are enabled- Alternate angle encoding fix- Only strips drive letters for
Windows builds- Show correct audio format info when it's been sanitized
for incompatibilities- Preserve chapter list modifications made to
queued jobs- Fixed error when navigating chapter titles with the
keyboard- Bug Fixes.### CLI- Options to handle new subtitle, anamorphic,
and preview features- --srt-file, --srt-codeset, --srt-offset,
--srt-lang, --srt-default- --native-dub option lets users request
dubbing instead of subs when the audio isn't in their native language-
Allow encoding sources with no audio without explicitly stating -a none-
Update checker on MinGW built exe should now work correctly.- Matches
GUIs' default verbosity level of 1## HandBrake 0.9.3- Better PMT
processing- Basic underlying support for live previews (encode from a
seek point for a set number of frames)- Better searching for IDR frames
in H.264 streams- Preset changes (iPhone goes CRF, some old Apple
presets resurrected as Legacy)- Assorted bug fixes## HandBrake 0.9.3
Snapshot 5 (SVN revision 1913)### Core Library- VC-1 stream input- Newer
libmp4v2, which fixes the issue with output > 2 gigs in Linux- Proper
allocation for preview frames- Avoids corruption of previews of sources
that use widths that aren't cleanly divisible by 8- Decodes DTS
internally instead of using ffmpeg, to allow mixdowns- Better support
for DTS in MKV files with implicit timestamps or large timestamp errors-
Ensures proper chroma size by rounding up when dealing with odd
dimensions- Ensures "auto" samplerate sends a valid value to faac
(22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, or 48000)- Bumped Theora to 1.0 final-
Bumped x264 to r1024, which includes Nehalem optimizations as well as
speed boosts for things such as b-adapt=2### Mac GUI- Allows multibyte
characters in chapter titles### Windows GUI- Fixes issue parsing presets
that use maxWidth and maxHeight (-X and -Y)- DRC defaults to 1 now-
Chapter markers disabled for non-DVD sources- Makes sure Normal preset
gets loaded- Fixes arithmetic overflow crash when scanning### Linux GUI-
Update checker- Limits range of chapters to encode to the number of
chapters on the DVD- Disabled entry of dimensions larger than the
source### CLI- Allows overriding of audio (tracks, bitrates,
samplerates, codecs, mixdowns) and x264 options in built-in presets###
Documentation- Documentation updates have begun on the wiki, although
they are not yet complete## HandBrake 0.9.3 Snapshot 4 (SVN revision
1896)### Core Library- Converts video in other color spaces to YUV420
(this means DV support)- Official, standards-based AC3-in-MP4- Tries to
base the AV timing for streams off audio when possible- Keeps some audio
fixes for lost packets in over the air streams from interfering with
other sources- Handles rendering of sources where the picture resolution
changes mid-stream (this fixes the long-standing bug reading a
particular episode of Doctor Who)- Wider window for clock references (AV
sync)- Fixed a crash when closing out data for AAC encoding on aborted
encodes- Rejiggered verbose activity log display to be more laconic by
default- Updated x264 to r1016, which means b-rdo and bime are gone and
replaced with new subme modes- DTS and HDMV DTS audio support in
streams- Doesn't show the audio track button on iPhones/iPod Touches
unless there's more than 1 track- Tries to avoid garbage data from AC3
sync by searching for two agreeing packets- As the MPEG4IP project is
defunct, switched to an independently maintained libmp4v2 which has
folded in all our cumbersome patches- Fixed SunOS compilation- Fixed
conflict between maxHeight and maxWidth and loose anamorphic- Warn in
the log when titles are being ignored during scan for lack of audio-
Fixed bug with Slow/Slowest deinterlacing and decomb which could leave a
flickering line at the top or bottom of the screen- Extracts audio and
subtitle types from DVD sources, to do things like label commentary
tracks- Better handling of the beginning of AVI and WMV sources that
start after time 0- Optimize MP4 for web download works with AC3 tracks
now### Mac GUI- Nested presets- Individual activity logs for each encode
(stored by default in ~/Application Support/HandBrake, can be co-located
with encoded file destination by preference)- Allows reading from ZFS
volumes- Fixed target size mode. It keeps breaking itself. Maybe it
should just be put out of its misery...- Assorted other improvements###
Windows GUI- Nested presets- Individual activity logs for each encode-
Slow and slower deinterlacing and decomb work now in Windows- Added
resizeable update window- Fixed parsing of non-DVD source audio formats-
Restored Copy to Clipboard to the Activity Log Window, among other
enhancements to it- Fixed bug with MKV presets showing up as .m4v-
Assorted other improvements### Linux GUI (GTK)- Nested presets-
Individual activity logs for each encode- Allows pending queue items to
be removed, and reloaded in the main window for editing- Better handling
of HD previews- Assorted other improvements### CLI- Updated presets to
the equivalent of the nested ones in the GUIs- Allows setting custom
audio track names in MP4 files- Allows selection of the COLR atom in MP4
files, between Bt.601 and Bt.709- Fixed reading of device paths in OS
X### A special note on the new presets (they're
collapsible-triangle-folder-thing-errific!)- Deux Six Quatre, Blind,
Broke, and Bedlam are gone. They were dead weight.- iPod Low-Rez is now
iPod Classic & iPod Nano- iPod High-Rez is now iPod Legacy- iPhone /
iPod Touch is now iPhone & iPod Touch, so take care CLI users-
Animation and Television now use the decomb and detelecine (VFR)
filters- High Profile presets now use psy-trellis and the new subme 9
mode with B-frame RD refinement- AppleTV is now CRF, so sizes will vary
with content- PS3 preset should be fixed- Constant Quality Rate still
needs its quality % lowered, probablyThe keen reader is already asking
"iPod Legacy? WTF is iPod High-Rez called iPod Legacy now?"The answer is
Universal.The Universal preset is designed to play on all modern iPods
(anything newer than the iPod 5.5G). It also plays on iPhones. It also
plays on AppleTVs. It should also play just about anywhere else, hence
the name. It is full anamorphic DVD resolution--no tricks with
downscaling like stuff from the iTunes Store. It includes chapters, and
has the first audio track in both AAC (DPL2 downmixed) and AC3
pass-thru, just like the AppleTV preset. In fact, it should give the
same quality as the AppleTV preset, but faster...and at a larger file
size. Like the AppleTV preset, it used CRF, so sizes will vary.##
HandBrake 0.9.3 Snapshot 3 (SVN revision 1797)### Core Library-
Universal input support, utilizing libavcodec from the FFmpeg project
for decoding non-MPEG-2 video- Newer, faster, better version of the x264
codec, including psychovisual optimizations- Better AV sync through full
compliance with the MPEG Standard Target Decoder timing model- More
accurate auto-cropping- Support for New Zealand and Norwegian HDTV
broadcasts (H.264 and AAC-LATM in MPEG-TS)- Detelecine is now "VFR
detelecine" by default, dropping some frames and extending others to
make up lost time, old behavior of keeping duplicate frames is enabled
by selecting a framerate besides "Same as source"- Threaded
deinterlacing in Slow and Slower modes- Threaded and entirely rewritten
decomb filter- Better audio resampling interpolator- Better gamma in
QuickTime through the use of the COLR MP4 atom- Better constant quality
encoding when using FFmpeg- Hopefully better cache and virtual memory
performance by recycling buffers that were most recently used instead of
least- Fix for MP4s with "negative duration" errors.- Set the detelecine
filter to work better with PAL by using "loose" breaks- Fix for missing
initial H.264 NAL units, improves reliability of 8x8dct- Fix for
subtitle-scan with XviD encoding- Fix for crash at the end of 2nd pass
using x264- Deblock filter works now- Rewritten update system, so the
core library can read a portion of Sparkle appcasts.- Updates for
libsamplerate, libogg, xvidcore, libtheora, libmpeg2, lame, faac, and of
course ffmpeg and x264.### Mac GUI- Entirely rewritten and far more
flexible queue that can be saved between sessions, capable of preserving
queued items after a crash- Now requires vlc 0.9.xx to read protected
dvd's in the users /Applications folder- Fix for 4x3 loose anamorphic to
keep it from downscaling- Countless other improvements### Windows GUI-
Resolution calculation- Better preset bar- Better queue (including queue
recovery feature)- Better activity log window- Improved UI (layout
changes, animated x264 options, DVD drive detection, duration
displayed)- More options - includes support for custom auto name format
& starting the CLI minimized- Countless other improvements### Linux
GUI (GTK)- It's alive!### Known Issues in Snapshot 3- Possibility of a
flickering line at the top or bottom of the frame after Slow or Slower
deinterlacing or decombing- Input bitrate display may be off by a factor
of 100 for H.264-in-TS sources- Constant Quality Rate preset probably
needs a lower quality level (60% - 55%)- With non-DVD sources that don't
have AC3 audio, you can't encode 1 input audio track to multiple output
audio tracks- Slow and Slower deinterlacing and decombing are BROKEN in
Windows- QuickTime won't read Xvid-in-MP4 output, although VLC will-
Windows GUI does not detect all audio tracks from non-DVD sources##
HandBrake 0.9.3 Snapshot 2 (SVN revision 1477)### Core Library-
Anamorphic PAR for the AVI container- Allow constant frame rates when
they different from the source's frame rate (otherwise pass through the
variable MPEG-2 frame durations )- Decomb filter (selectively
deinterlaces when it sees interlacing in the frame)- Filter bug fixed,
that would skip any filters after detelecine, if VFR wasn't enabled-
Loose anamorphic + FFmpeg video bug fixed### Windows GUI- Title dropdown
list bug fixed- Missing log file bug fixed### CLI- Default audio
samplerate changed to 48kHz, audio bitrate changed to 160kbps.-
Samplerate entry bug fixed## HandBrake Snapshot 1 (SVN revision 1457)###
Core Library- New audio subsystem (no more AAC+AC3, control each track's
codec and settings individually)- Removed libdvdcss (HandBrake no longer
decrypts DVDs on its own, will use VLC to do so if it's available)-
Added Theora encoder- Fixed x264-in-avi and ffmpeg-in-avi- Fixed xvid-
More accurate scaling- Major sync improvements- Major stream
improvements- AAC+AC3 support in MKV- MKV seeking fixes- Make sure
subtitles get displayed long enough to read them- Updated VBV 2-pass and
VBV 1-pass patch for x264- Adaptive Quantization for x264- Recover from
bad preview scans- Recover from invalid PGNs- Fixed vorbis bitrate
control- Snapshot builds### Mac- New audio interface- Loads libdvdcss
from VLC at runtime if it's present on the user's system- No more
general-purpose "Codecs" menu -- set video and audio codecs
individually- More robust preset system, in preparation for nested
presets- Made 64-bit MP4 file widget more prominent- Only allow useful
x264 options in the advanced tab- Various fixes and improvements###
Windows- New x264 tab- New audio interface- Various fixes and
improvements### CLI- New audio interface## HandBrake 0.9.2### Core- AC3
in MP4 support- Multi-track audio support for Apple devices- Better
handling of audio discontinuities- More flexible, "loose" anamorphic-
Variable frame rate encoding- MP4 optimization for progressive
downloads- Dynamic range compression for encoding from AC3 audio-
Ability to encode an audio stream and pass it through at the same time-
iPhone-compatible anamorphic (pasp atom)- Robust program and transport
stream support- Better handling of DVD read errors from invalid VOB
units- Detects and works around missing end of cell markers- Recovers
from loss of signal in a stream- Drops subtitles less often- Keeps
chapter markers in better sync and prevents duplicates- Better handling
of B-Frames- Tunes FIFO sizes by CPU count- Finally squashes the bug
that cut off the end of movies- Preset changes- Standardizes on standard
out for progress and standard error for everything else.- Correct
channel counts when passing AC3 audio to Matroska- Tag MP4 files as
encoded with HandBrake- No more merging short chapters- Newer copies of
x264,- VBV 2-pass patch for x264- Sets keyframes for x264 by frame
rate.- Support for >2GB MKV files in Linux- Code audio languages in a
way QuickTime understands- Better subtitle positioning- Fewer crashes in
2-pass encoding### Mac- Leopard Only- Sparkle- Reads .eyetv files as
well as .dvdmedia files- Much better queue- More white space- Code
restructuring- Activity window logging, complete with a "black box
recorder" for crashes- Ability to open a single title for a DVD instead
of scanning the whole thing- Warns people when they try to queue up two
files with the same name- Maintains picture filter states between jobs-
.xib Interface Builder files SVN can track- Switches to NSImageView for
previews, so no more useless OpenGL effects- Temporary loss of
localizations for foreign languages (the old system was broken anyway)-
Separate filter settings for every queued job### Win- Revamped preset
system- Sparkle-compatible update checker- Activity log window- CLI
built-in preset parsing- No more admin rights required in Vista- Handles
more display resolutions### CLI- Built-in presets- Short names for
denoising (weak, medium, strong) and deinterlacing (fast, slow, slower)
- Solaris port- No more x264b30 (use -e x264 -I -x level=30:cabac=0
instead or better yet an iPod preset)- Chapter marker .csv input fixed-
CRF as default quality mode for x264, now -q is CRF and if you want CQP
add -Q to it## HandBrake 0.9.1### Core HandBrake Changes- Added: Forced
subtitle support- Added: 6-channel Vorbis audio- Changed: Much better
buffer management, leading to impressive speed-ups all over the place-
Changed: Color subtitles now display in color, instead of being
transparent.- Changed: All errors to stderr with hb_log() instead of to
stdout with fprintf()- Changed: Accept stream input where the file type
is in caps (.VOB instead of just .vob, etc)- Changed: Better quality
Vorbis codec (AoTuV)- Changed: Faster (threaded) ffmpeg- Changed: Force
x264 to use a key frame at chapter markers- Changed: Try to recover from
bad preview scans instead of crashing- Fixed: No more hanging when using
MKV with chapter markers- Fixed: "Same as source" FPS now works
correctly when the end-credits of a progressive film are interlaced.-
Fixed: "Slow" deinterlacing no longer doubles up the chapter markers-
Fixed: Proper display of fading subtitles- Fixed: Nasty artifacts from
inaccurate rounding in the video scaler- Fixed: Improved compatibility
with streams that have missing/misplaced PMTs- Assorted other changes###
Mac Changes- Changed: Bigger buffer for the Activity Log- Changed:
Redesigned Queueing window- Changed: Redesigned Preferences window-
Changed: Structural reorganization of the code into more segmented
files- Fixed: Closing the main window no longer causes HandBrake to
quit- Fixed: Changing dimensions in Picture Settings no longer causes a
crash- Fixed: Target size bitrate calculation- Fixed: Picture Settings
previews now scale to display resolution and screen size- Assorted other
changes### Windows Changes- Added: More robust exception handling-
Added: On-completion options to shutdown, suspend, etc- Added: Turn
tooltips on or off- Changed: Open source, NullSoft installer- Fixed:
Add-to-queue issues- Fixed: Foreign language issues- Assorted other
changes## HandBrake 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## HandBrake 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: ìView DVD dataî 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
ìBrowseî 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 ìView Dataî buttons on the Title Selection Window.-
Removed: The ìRead DVDî button. - Automatically reads the DVD after
selecting a source now.- Removed: The Help and Support window. Been
replaced with a few Web Links.## HandBrake 0.8.0- MediaFork project
forked from HandBrake source http://handbrake.m0k.org/- 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## HandBrake 0.7.1- Universal Binary for PPC and
Intel- Bugfixes for missing subtitles, audio glitches with LPCM tracks
and more## HandBrake 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##
HandBrake 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## HandBrake
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## HandBrake 0.6.1-
Fixed LPCM endianness issue## HandBrake 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## HandBrake
0.5.2- Bugfixes## HandBrake 0.5.1- 2-pass XviD encoding- Bugfixes##
HandBrake 0.5- Bugfixes, rewrite of large parts of the core- XviD
encoding (1-pass only)## HandBrake 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## HandBrake 0.3- OSX & Linux ports-
Allow 2-pass encoding- Many internal changes & fixes## HandBrake
0.2- Fixed a major bug that made HandBrake probably crash after ~ 15
minutes encoded- Fixed a few minor memory leaks## HandBrake 0.1.1- Fixed
a stupid bug that prevented to scan volumes correctly if FAT/NTFS/etc
volumes were mounted## HandBrake 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## HandBrake
0.1-alpha2- Show length for each title- Fixed the screwed-audio bug-
Many bugfixes...## HandBrake 0.1-alpha- First version.
