HandBrake 1.9.0

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 1.9.0 changelog:

All platforms

General

Added Intel QSV VVC (hardware) video decoder
Added an option to enable AV1 screen content coding(SCC) on Intel Lunar Lake QSV AV1 encoder
Added support for lossless VP9 encoding
Added a preference to keep duplicated Blu-ray titles
Added support for Max Duration of Scan titles for disc based sources (#6304)
Audio
Added ALAC encoder
Added Vorbis passthru
Improved scan of DTS audio profiles

Subtitles

Improved quality of subtitles burn-in
Fixed a rare video corruption issue that could happen when burning-in subtitles

Third-party libraries / Updated libraries

AMF 1.4.35 (AMD VCN video encoding)
FFmpeg 7.1 (decoding and filters)
FreeType 2.13.3 (subtitles)
Fribidi 1.0.16 (subtitles)
HarfBuzz 10.1.0 (subtitles)
libdav1d 1.5.0 (AV1 video decoding)
libdovi 3.3.1 (Dolby Vision dynamic metadata)
libjpeg-turbo 3.0.4 (preview image compression)
libvpx 1.15.0 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
nv-codec-headers 12.2.72.0 (Nvidia NVENC encoding)
oneVPL 2.13.0 (Intel QSV video encoding/decoding)
SVT-AV1 2.3.0 (AV1 video encoding)
x265 4.1 (H.265/HEVC video encoding)

Linux

Fixed the Power Save option to pause the encodes only when enabled
Fixed the queue being stopped when removing completed items
Fixed chapters names not being saved properly
Fixed various issues related to presets
Updated existing translations

Mac

Add Range Limit controls to the "Add to Queue" selection window (#4146)
Fixed an issue that could cause corrupted video when using VideoToolbox HEVC multi-pass
Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
Updated existing translations
Added new translations
Swedish (Svenska)

Windows

Added Range Limit controls to the "Add to Queue" "Add Selection" window (#4146)
Added support for DirectX based video decoding when using the Media Foundation encoder on ARM devices
Added support for the AV1 Media Foundation encoder on ARM devices
Added a "Start Later" option to the Queue Window.
Performance Improvements in the filter pipeline for ARM devices.

Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements