HandBrake 1.3.0

All platforms

General

• HandBrake is now translated into many more languages
• Redesigned queue UI
• Removed Windows Mobile presets
  • See the list of compatible replacements on GitHub
• Improved log output by silencing many lines at standard log level
• Improved quality of Gmail presets slightly
• Added Playstation 2160p60 4K Surround preset (supports PS4 Pro)
• Added Discord and Discord Nitro presets

Video

• Updated Intel Quick Sync Video to use Direct3D 11 API
• Updated minimum title scan duration to only apply to disc-based sources like Blu-ray and DVD
• Improved detection of MPEG-1 video in program streams
• Improved interface to FFmpeg avfilter and color handling
• Improved Nvidia NVENC constant quality encoding slightly by not setting qmin and qmax
• Replaced pp7 Deblock filter with FFmpeg Deblock filter
• Added support for reading Ultra HD Blu-ray discs (without copy protection)
• Added support for reading AV1 via libdav1d
• Added encoding to WebM container format
• Added Chroma Smooth filter (CLI only)
• Added zero-copy path for Intel QSV encoding removed in a previous release
• Added support for Intel QSV low power encoding (lowpower=1)
• Added support for AMD VCE encoding on Linux via Vulkan
• Added ability to select x265 encoder level and Fast Decode tune

Audio

• Updated audio resampling code to use FFmpeg swresample instead of libsamplerate
• Added source audio bit rate to tracks list
• Added ability to select unknown language tracks
• Added automatic track name pass through

Subtitles

• Added ability to import external SSA/ASS subtitles
• Added ability to select unknown language tracks
• Added automatic track name pass through

Command line interface

• Added additional unit aliases to --start-at and --stop-at, notably seconds and frames

Build system

• HandBrake now builds with libnuma on Linux
• Fixed Python bytestrings causing newlines to be ignored in build output
• Fixed Xcode ignoring make jobs parameter and utilizing all CPU cores (macOS only)
• Updated configure to enable most hardware encoders by default where appropriate by platform
• Updated all scripts for compatibility with Python 3
• Updated mac-toolchain-build script with newer tool versions many improvements
• Updated mingw-w64-build script with mingw-w64 6.0.0, GCC 9.2, and many improvements
• Improved compatibility with GCC 9 and recent Clang releases
• Improved compatibility with recent Xcode releases (macOS only)
• Improved host/build semantics
• Improved namespace isolation
• Improved handling of all options passed to configure
• Improved configure help output
• Improved detection of missing executable dependencies during configure
• Added support for building on NetBSD
• Added --harden configure parameter to enable buffer overflow protections
• Added --sandbox configure parameter to enable sandbox build target on macOS
• Added --enable-gtk4 configure parameter to build with GTK 4 instead of GTK 3
• Added summary of build options to configure output
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Third-party libraries

• Removed libraries
  • libsamplerate (audio resampling)
• Updated libraries
  • AMF 1.4.9 (AMD VCE encoding)
  • bzip2 1.0.8 (general)
  • FDK AAC 2.0.1 (AAC audio encoding, must compile from source)
  • FFmpeg 4.2.1 (decoding and filters)
  • FreeType 2.10.1 (subtitles)
  • Fribidi 1.0.7 (subtitles)
  • HarfBuzz 2.6.4 (subtitles)
  • Jansson 2.12 (JSON architecture)
  • libbluray 1.1.2 (Blu-ray decoding)
  • libdav1d 0.5.1 (AV1 decoding)
  • libdvdnav 6.0.1 (DVD decoding)
  • libdvdread 6.0.2 (DVD decoding)
  • libiconv 1.16 (character encoding support)
  • libmfx (Intel QSV support)
  • libogg 1.3.4 (Xiph codecs support)
  • libopus 1.3.1 (Opus audio encoding)
  • libvorbis 1.3.6 (Vorbis audio encoding)
  • libvpx 1.8.1 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
  • libxml2 2.9.9 (general)
  • nv-codec-headers 9.0.18.1 (Nvidia NVENC encoding)
  • x265 3.2.1 (H.265/HEVC video encoding)

Linux

• Fixed slider control not showing complete values
• Updated translations (levels of completeness vary):
  • Czech
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Thai
• Added translations (levels of completeness vary):
  • Afrikaans
  • Basque
  • Croatian
  • Dutch
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
• Added Intel QSV support to Flatpak (requires additional plugin installation)
• Added ability to double-click to edit audio track settings
• Added options to open encode log and log directory to actions menu on queue window
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Mac

• HandBrake now requires OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later
• HandBrake is now sandboxed and uses the macOS hardened runtime
• Updated priority for low-priority threads on macOS to avoid potential stalls in future macOS
• Updated translations:
  • German
• Added translations:
  • French
  • Italian
  • Russian
• Added preference to disable preview image on summary tab
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Windows

• Improved browse dialog recently used to fallback to parent directory
• Improved preferences layout
• Improved auto naming collision behavior and file overwriting
• Added preference to test selected notification sound
• Added preference to perform when done action immmediately without countdown
• Added preference to disable preview image on summary tab
• Added hardware.enabled option to portable.ini
• Added dark theme for Windows 10
• Added queue import/export removed in a previous release
• Added new low battery level and disk space safety measures
  • Encoding jobs automatically pause when battery level is low, system sleep is allowed, and jobs resume when power is restored
  • Encoding jobs automatically pause when disk space drops to critical levels
• Added translations (levels of completeness vary):
  • French
  • German
  • Chinese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Turkish
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements