HandBrake 0.9.6 - Versatile video encoder; convert any source to MPEG-4 and more.. (Free)

HandBrake 0.9.6 - Versatile video encoder; convert any source to MPEG-4 and more.. (Free): "

HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded video encoding tool.

Supported Sources:

• VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted -- CSS is not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), BDMV folder, and some .VOB and .TS files
• Any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.

Outputs:

• File format: MP4 and MKV
• Video: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)
• Audio: AAC, HE-AAC, AC3, MP3, Vorbis, FLAC or AC3, DTS and DTS-HD pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

Misc features:

• Chapter selection
• Soft subtitle support (DVD/VobSub in DVD/MKV/MP4, SRT files, SRT/UTF-8 in MKV, ASS/SSA in MKV, TX3G/3GPP in MP4 - DVD/VobSub and ASS/SSA subtitles can also be burned-in the picture)
• Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
• Grayscale encoding

Version 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
• 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:

• Mac OS X 10.7 Lion support:
  • bug fix: Live Preview window widgets updated to work under Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • bug fix: fixed positioning of widgets in the Audio panel under Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
• Other:
  • wider main window providing more room for various widgets

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
• DVD: improved main feature detection
• updated libbluray (0.0.1-pre-213-ga869da8, late May 2011)

Mac OS X 10.6 or later

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(Via MacUpdate - Mac OS X.)