New HandBrake 0.9.6

[nikorr]

HandBrake 0.9.6

Ubuntu PPA page.

For Fedora 16 ONLY rpm

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http://handbrake.fr/
https://trac.handbrake.fr/milestone/HandBrake%200.9.6


Linux GUI ¶

Audio panel

New advanced audio options section for gain and audio track names
Dynamic range compression and samplerate moved to advanced audio options
Other

Minor UI tweaks and usability enhancements
Miscellaneous

Target Size is gone. Constant Quality is the recommended encoding method.
CLI: Support for x264 presets, tunes and profiles
new --x264-preset, --x264-tune and --x264-profile options
DVD: fix issues with some discs
DVD: improved main feature detection
Updated libbluray (0.0.1-pre-213-ga869da8, late May 2011)

 

[nikorr]

 

[bmouring]

Meh, I still prefer good ol' mencoder (I don't need no steenkin' GUI) ((In all seriousness, handbrake is nice))

 

[nikorr]

Meh, I still prefer good ol' mencoder (I don't need no steenkin' GUI) ((In all seriousness, handbrake is nice))

: ))

I like HB, the quality is the best. Its easy to set it with plenty options.

I used mencoder, but it never re-ncode the quality, I can get out of the HB.

BTW, does the mencoder support multi-core encoding?

 

[bmouring]

In addition to so many, many, many other options that it's easy to overlook (the manpage is bit unwieldy), some of the target encoder types accept the "threads=N" option, some automatically try to make a reasonable guess before starting off, and some just don't support it at all.

 

[nikorr]

Cool : )

 

[skittle]

I used mencoder, but it never re-ncode the quality, I can get out of the HB.

complete nonsense and misinformation. Handbrake and Mencoder both use the same encoder, x264.
Fact: You will get bit-bit identical files encoded with mencoder,handbrake,ffmpeg...etc with same x264 settings and same x264 revision.

Also handbrake/mencoder/libav/ffmpeg/super/megaipodvideoconverter And any other h264 encoder gui in existence supports threaded encoding... because they all call libx264 which has both frame based and slice based threading...

 

[nikorr]

I used mencoder, but it never re-ncode the quality, I can get out of the HB.

complete nonsense and misinformation. Handbrake and Mencoder both use the same encoder, x264.
Fact: You will get bit-bit identical files encoded with mencoder,handbrake,ffmpeg...etc with same x264 settings and same x264 revision.

Also handbrake/mencoder/libav/ffmpeg/super/megaipodvideoconverter And any other h264 encoder gui in existence supports threaded encoding... because they all call libx264 which has both frame based and slice based threading...

I agree, its just that I have saved my custom profiles.

I know, it is just a matter of preference.

I remember on Mencoder was some annoyance with start up....

That have turned me off from staying more close to it : ))

I hope its gone!

 

[nikorr]

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[nikorr]

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[nikorr]

Update.

VLC Media Player 2.0.1

# Access:
* fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
* fix the samba module compilation
* fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
* multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
* multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
* fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
# Codecs:
* Support for MXPEG files
* limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
* fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
# Demuxers:
* Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
* Fix a crash when seeking in mka
* Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
# Muxers:
* Fix ogm header creation
# Audio filters:
* limit spatializer filter distortions
* Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
# Audio output:
* Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
* Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection. The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
* Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
# Video filters:
* Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
# Mac OS X interface:
* allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
* allow to hide the sidebar
* disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading , this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
* noticebly faster launch time
* correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
* re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
* improve track synchronization panel
* fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
* fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
# Qt interface:
* allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
* fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
* fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
# Skins interface:
* fix for menus display
* Addition of $R to display current playback speed
* documentation update
# Web interface:
* fix mobiles display for remote control mode
* support for .drc and .3ga extensions
# Service discovery:
* fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
* fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
* Update Jamendo selections
# Miscellaneous:
* fix DBus crash
* fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
* fix a crash on VLM close
# Security:
* Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
* Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
* Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201)
* Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202)
# Translations:
* Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations