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DESCRIPTION

HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but now has been ported over to Mac OS X and to GNU/Linux.

  • Supported sources:
    • Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (even encrypted)
    • PAL or NTSC
    • AC-3, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks
  • Outputs:
    • File format: MP4, AVI or OGM
    • Video: 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
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.9.2 release notes.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
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Developer:Eric Petit
Downloads:386,775
  - Version d/l:61,185
Multimedia & Design:Video
License:Free
Date:19 Feb 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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Aug 24 2008

ARMELLE8  my videos stop converting at 38 minutes...not sure why. it works fine other than that.  (Version 0.9.2)

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Aug 11 2008

CREATIVE NATIVE  I have had Harbrake for a couple of years and recently it says that no new source is found when I click on the disc yto open it, so now it has a 20% sucess rate, why is this what can I do  (Version 0.9.2)

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Jul 25 2008

GABRIELE DE SIMONE  Latest version crashes very often on Intel machines (same DVDs work fine on Handbrake for PowerPC.)  (Version 0.9.2)

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Jul 24 2008

BERTH  Handbrake doesn't work at all with my MacBook and Tiger. I don't know why...  (Version 0.9.2)

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