Upgrade Notice

Before updating HandBrake, please make sure there are no pending encodes in the queue, and be sure to make a backup of any custom presets and app preferences you have, as they may not be compatible with newer versions.

Windows users, please make sure to install Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime version 6.0.x. Read carefully: you need the DESKTOP runtime. You must install .NET 6 even if you have installed .NET 7.

HandBrake 1.7.2

Video

• Improved automatic selection of Dolby Vision Level
• Fixed an issue in AMD VCN, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, NVIDIA NVENC, and VP9 encoders that could cause the creation of an excessive number of keyframes (#5530)
• Fixed unintentional automatic pass through of closed caption side data when using NVIDIA NVENC encoder
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Linux

• Improved performance by removing duplicate graphic assets and reducing file size
• Fixed Flatpak file chooser opening home directory instead of the previously selected directory
• Fixed last item in the queue sometimes having the wrong destination path
• Fixed some memory leaks in the graphical interface

Mac

• Added a workaround to prevent a system crash when using VideoToolbox encoders with macOS 14 Sonoma on Apple Silicon Ultra
• Added a workaround to prevent issues decoding H.264 video by disabling VideoToolbox hardware decoding for Level 6.1 and 6.2
• Fixed a crash opening an empty folder

Windows

• Added Automation Properties to some controls on the audio tab to assist screen readers
• Fixed NVIDIA NVDEC option being ignored (#5569)
• Fixed startup crash related to theme loading (#5567)
• Fixed subtitle language order not being honoured (#5590)