HandBrake
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| Developed by | HandBrake community |
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| Latest release | 0.9.3 / 2008-11-23 |
| Preview release | svn1913 / 2008-11-10 |
| Written in | Objective-C, C, C# |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | DVD / MPEG-2 Converter |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://handbrake.fr/ |
HandBrake is a software application that can convert MPEG video (including DVD-Video) into a MPEG-4 video file in .mp4, .avi, .ogm, or .mkv containers. The program is used by many people to convert DVDs into other forms so they can be viewed on iPods, iPhones and with the Mac QuickTime Player.[1]
Originally developed for BeOS, HandBrake is now cross-platform, and available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris.[citation needed] Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, HandBrake is free software.
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[edit] Features
[edit] Supported sources
- Any DVD-like source: VIDEO TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (supports decryption through VLC on OS X and libdvdcss on Linux) PAL or NTSC, AC-3, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks.
- Any input video file that is supported by the FFmpeg project. This includes nearly every .AVI and .MPG file found in the wild.
[edit] Outputs
- File format: MP4, AVI, OGM or MKV.
- Video: Theora, MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer encoding).
- Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks).
- Misc features: chapter selection; basic subtitle support (burned into the picture); integrated bitrate calculator; picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling; grayscale encoding.
[edit] Batch encoding
HandBrake supports batch encoding through the Windows, Linux, and OS X GUI. It is also easily automated using the HandBrakeCLI.
[edit] Supported file types
[edit] Input
- DVD, DVD image, DVD VOB files, MPEG-TS, Matroska, AVI, mpeg-4 etc (version 0.9.3 allows mkv, avi, mpeg and more as input)
Handbrake will not encode video from iTunes or Blu-Ray disc.[1]
[edit] Output
Container formats: MP4, AVI, OGM, and MKV
- Video Codecs: x264 (with H.264 output), Xvid and FFmpeg (with MPEG-4 ASP output)
- Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis, and AC-3
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Updated HandBrake Encodes More Than DVDs". PC World. PC World Communications. 2008-10-01. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151744/updated_handbrake_encodes_more_than_dvds.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
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