HandBrake News

HandBrake 1.1.0

All platforms

General

• Improved user interface
  • Redesigned main window for consistency and usability; overall flow is top to bottom, left to right
  • Added new preset controls directly in main workflow
  • Added new summary tab for overview of settings at a glance
  • Updated interface icons to support high resolution displays
• New and improved official presets
  • Added new presets for Vimeo and YouTube
  • Added new 2160p/4K device presets for Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, and Roku
  • Added new Production presets for post-production video editing workflows
  • Added additional 2160p/4K Matroska presets
• Improved AppleTV 4K support
• Improved Intel QuickSync Video support
  • Added Linux support (experimental)
  • Added 10-bit H.265/HEVC encoding support for Kaby Lake and newer CPUs
  • Added support for multiple GPUs via D3D11 encode path
• Many bug fixes and improvements

Video

• Added new Unsharp and kernel-based Laplacian LapSharp sharpening filters
• Added CSM prefilter option to NLMeans filter
• Added support for mobile device orientation via auto-rotation container flag
• x265 10- and 12-bit encoders are now included by default; additional dll files are no longer required

Command line interface

• Added support for adaptive streaming (SPS and PPS before IDR frames) via the --inline-parameter-sets parameter
• Added --json parameter to output scan/status information in JSON format, useful for scripting
• Audio sample rate parameter --arate now accepts "auto" as a valid value

Build system

• Added support for FreeBSD 11.1 (must compile from source)
• Added support for compiling on Windows under MSYS (experimental, slow)
• Updated to mingw-w64-build 3.1.1 with support for mingw-w64 5.0.3 and gcc 7.2.0
• Update mac-toolchain-build to add NASM 2.13.2 (now required for x264)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

Third-party libraries

• Updated libraries
  • FDK AAC 0.1.5 (AAC audio encoding, must compile from source)
  • FreeType 2.8.1 (subtitles)
  • HarfBuzz 1.7.2 (subtitles)
  • Jansson 2.10 (JSON architecture)
  • LAME 3.100 (MP3 audio encoding)
  • Libav 12.3 (decoding and filters)
  • libass 0.14.0 (subtitles)
  • libbluray 1.0.2 (Blu-ray decoding)
  • libdvdnav 5.0.3 (DVD decoding)
  • libdvdread 5.0.3 (DVD decoding)
  • libiconv 1.15 (character encoding support)
  • libmfx (upstream API 1.23)
  • libogg 1.3.2 (Xiph codecs support)
  • libopus 1.2.1 (Opus audio encoding)
  • libsamplerate 0.1.9-35-g02ebb9f (audio resampling)
  • libtheora 1.1.1 (Theora video encoding)
  • libvorbis 1.3.5 (Vorbis audio encoding)
  • libvpx 1.6.1 (VP8/VP9 video encoding)
  • libxml2 2.9.4 (general)
  • x264 155 r2893 (H.264/AVC video encoding)
  • x265 2.6 (H.265/HEVC video encoding)
  • zlib 1.2.11 (general)

Linux

• Added option to configure low disk space warning level
• Added Intel QuickSync Video encoder (experimental, requires specific Intel driver)
• Added support for Ubuntu 18.04 and 17.10; Ubuntu 15.04 support is removed
• Many other bug fixes and improvements

Mac

• Added option to configure low disk space warning level
• Improved support for VoiceOver navigation
• Many other bug fixes and improvements

Windows

• Added option to configure low disk space warning level
• Added option to play a sound (MP3/WAV) when encode or queue is finished
• Added option to show progress, pass, passcount in the application title or task tray icon tooltip
• Added more granular progress reporting during search for start of file and muxing
• Added support for per-display resolution awareness
• Added support for running HandBrake in a portable mode (see included portable.ini.template)
• Added custom anamorphic to dimensions tab, it's back!
• Improved static preview window still previews rendering
• Improved audio selection behavior controls; dropdowns are now context aware and range limited with better defaults
• Improved UI constency throughout
• Many other bug fixes and improvements