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HandBrake is a complimentary and open source tool for converting video from nearly whatsoever format to a selection of modernistic, widely supported codecs. HandBrake is a cross-platform application, available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Ane of HandBrake's strengths is its ability to open a broad variety of video formats. HandBrake uses FFmpeg under the hood and generally tin open whatever FFmpeg will, in addition to disc-based formats like DVD and Blu-ray. HandBrake does non defeat or circumvent re-create protection of any kind. It does non piece of work with video files employing Digital Rights Management (DRM).

HandBrake's software video encoders, video filters, audio encoders, and other processes do good from fast CPU and memory. HandBrake's hardware video encoders also benefit from modern GPU hardware.

Congenital-in Device Presets

Become started with HandBrake in seconds by choosing a profile optimised for your device, or choose a universal profile for standard or high quality conversions. Simple, easy, fast. For those that desire more than choice, tweak many basic and avant-garde options to ameliorate your encodes.

Supported Input Sources

Handbrake tin can process most mutual multimedia files and whatever DVD or Blu Ray sources that do non contain any kind of re-create protection.

Outputs

  • File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV
  • Video Encoders: H.265 (x265 and QuickSync), H.264(x264 and QuickSync), H.265 MPEG-four and MPEG-2, VP8, VP9 and Theora
  • Audio Encoders: AAC / HE-AAC, MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis
  • Audio Pass-thru: AC-iii, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AAC and MP3 tracks

Even more features

  • Title / chapter and range option
  • Batch Scan and Queueing of encodes
  • Chapter Markers
  • Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)
  • Abiding Quality or Boilerplate Bitrate Video Encoding
  • Support for VFR and CFR
  • Video Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Denoise, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and scaling
  • Live Static and Video Preview

What'due south New:

  • Further refining the HandBrake engine to support native 10 and 12-bit encodes, including HDR10 metadata passthru.
  • Improvements to hardware encoding functionality for Intel QuickSync, AMD VCN and Qualcomm ARM devices. (Thanks to these companies all for supporting the development in HandBrake!)
  • Adds support for Apple Silicon based macs.
  • Adds support for Qualcomm ARM64 devices running Windows (HandBrakeCLI only for at present. Windows UI is coming later!)
  • Improvements to subtitle handling.
  • UI/UX improvements for all 3 platforms.
  • As usual, hundreds of other changes and tweaks to the app. Meet the full release notes below for details!