After almost two years of development, the release of a tool for multi-threaded transcoding of video files from one format to another is presented - HandBrake 1.4.0. The program is available both as a command line version and as a GUI interface. The project code is written in the C language (for Windows, the GUI is implemented in .NET) and distributed under the GPL license. Binary builds are prepared for Linux (Flatpak), macOS and Windows.
The program can transcode video from BluRay/DVD discs, copies of VIDEO_TS directories and any files whose format is supported by libavformat and libavcodec libraries from FFmpeg. At the output, files can be generated in containers such as WebM, MP4 and MKV, AV1, H.265, H.264, MPEG-2, VP8, VP9 and Theora codecs can be used for video encoding, AAC, MP3 for audio , AC-3, Flac, Vorbis and Opus. Additional features include: bitrate calculator, preview during encoding, image resizing and scaling, subtitle integrator, a wide range of conversion profiles for specific types of mobile devices.
In the new release:
- Improvements have been made to the HandBrake engine to support 10 and 12 bits per color channel encoding, including HDR10 metadata forwarding.
- Expanded functionality related to the use of hardware acceleration mechanisms for Intel QuickSync, AMD VCN and ARM Qualcomm chips when encoding.
- Added support for Apple devices based on the M1 chip.
- Enabled use of HandBrakeCLI on devices with Qualcomm ARM64 chips shipped with Windows.
- Improved subtitle processing.
- Improved GUI for Linux, macOS and Windows.
Source: opennet.ru