HandBrake 1.5.1 [Update]

HandBrake

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or BluRay sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.

Here is a detailed breakdown of HandBrake’s features:

Built-in Device Presets—Get started with HandBrake in seconds by choosing a profile optimized for your device, or choose a universal profile for standard or high quality conversions. Simple, easy, fast. For those that want more choice, tweak many basic and advanced options to improve your encodes.
Supported Input Sources—Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or Blu-ray sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.

Outputs:

File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV
Video Encoders: H.265 (x265 and QuickSync), H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265 MPEG-4 and MPEG-2, VP8 and Theora
Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis
Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC and MP3 tracks

Additional features:

Title/ Chapter Selection
Queue up Multiple Encodes
Chapter Markers
Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)
Constant Quality or Average BitRate Video Encoding
Support for VFR, CFR and VFR
Video Filters—Deinterlacing, Decomb, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and Scaling
Live Video Preview

HandBrake 1.5.0 changelog:

All platforms

Video

Fixed an issue on older Intel CPUs causing the CLI to fail to initialize (#3924)
Updated video engine to preserve chroma sample location information
Updated Intel Quick Sync to use the Intel oneAPI Video Processing Library (oneVPL)

Audio

Fixed MP2 audio sources not utilizing the fallback encoder when pass through is disabled (#3863)
Fixed FFmpeg AAC audio encoder quality mode scale range (#1295)

Subtitles

Fixed an issue with captions pass through durations (#3764)

Build system

Fixed multiple potential race conditions in Flatpak build process
Updated mac-toolchain-build script with newer tool versions

Third-party libraries

Updated libraries
FFmpeg 4.4.1 (decoding and filters)
FreeType 2.11.1 (subtitles)
Fribidi 1.0.11 (subtitles)
HarfBuzz 3.1.2 (subtitles)
Jansson 2.14 (JSON architecture)
libass 0.15.2 (subtitles)
libdav1d 0.9.2 (AV1 decoding)
libjpeg-turbo 2.1.2 (preview image compression)
libogg 1.3.5 (Xiph codecs support)
libvpx 1.11.0 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
zimg 3.0.3 (color conversion)

Linux

Fixed a filter settings issue that resulted in incorrect filters being added to jobs (#3910)
Updated Intel QSV Flatpak plugin to use Intel MediaSDK 21.3.5
Updated Flatpak dependencies
Freedesktop Platform 21.08
GNOME 41
Added Corsican (Corsu) translation
Updated translations
Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
Dutch (Nederlands)
French (Français)
Korean (한국어)
Spanish (Español)
Swedish (Svenska)
Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Mac

Requires macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later
Fixed potential issues where encoding process could get stuck on efficiency cores in some cases
Fixed an issue with automatic naming not applying correctly
Fixed main window not being shown upon editing a job in the queue
Updated queue statistics tab to include average encoding speed and percent of original file size
Added "Move to top" and "Move to bottom" to the queue context menu
Added a stop breakpoint to the queue, set when stop after job is selected and may be reordered (#2572)
Added native support for the VideoToolbox API, enabling advanced features such as frame multi-pass, mastering display and content light metadata, and chroma location; the previous implementation via FFmpeg's libavcodec has been removed
Added Corsican (Corsu) translation
Updated translations
Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
French (Français)
German (Deutsch)
Italian (Italiano)
Portuguese (Português)
Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Windows

Requires Windows 10 or later and Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0.0 or later
Fixed a potential crash when encoding using Intel QSV in 2-pass mode (#4026)
Fixed potential issues where encoding process could get stuck on efficiency cores in some cases
Fixed an issue with static preview not updating when switching between automatic and custom cropping modes (#3911)
Updated the toolbar preset dropdown to an overlay panel that utilizes a tree view which saves state
Updated UI with various improvements to layout, typography, and cosmetics
Updated queue statistics tab to include average encoding speed and content information
Updated automatic naming file format placeholders to be live options
Updated Send File To preference to set HB_SOURCE, HB_DESTINATION, and HB_EXIT_CODE environment variables, which can be used instead of arguments
Added new exit_code parameter to Send File To preference
Added "Move to top" and "Move to bottom" to the queue context menu
Added a stop breakpoint to the queue, set when stop after job is selected and may be reordered (#2572)
Added support for Windows 10/11 notifications, enable in Preferences > When Done
Added support for Right to Left UI rendering for languages that require it. This can be set in preferences
Added Traditional Chinese (正體中文) translation