More posts about “HandBrake”

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HandBrake 1.10 Released with Discord-Friendly 10MB Presets

HandBrake 1.10 adds Discord-friendly 10MB presets, fixes metadata passthru issues, and misc encoder improvements for Linux, Windows & Mac.

9 August 2025
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New App to Compress Video to Target File Sizes on Ubuntu

New Python video compressor Constrict uses FFmpeg to compress videos to target file sizes on Ubuntu. Simple GTK4 GUI now available on Flathub.

17 July 2025

Linux App Release Roundup (Feb 2025)

February proved a bumper month for Linux software updates, seeing big release of productivity suites LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE and, plus a crop of smaller app updates which didn’t merit a full-length article on this blog. […]

28 February 2025
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HandBrake 1.9 Brings Lossless VP9 Encoding, Intel QSV VVC Decoding

A major new update to the powerful open source video converter HandBrake is available. In the 6 months (give or take) since the HandBrake 1.8 release arrived with its GTK4 (but not libadwaita) GUI in […]

1 December 2024
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HandBrake 1.8 Released with GTK4 UI, FFV1 Encoder + More

The popular, powerful, and cross-platform video converter HandBrake recently put out a new version with a notable improvement. HandBrake 1.8.0 now uses GTK 4 for the user interface, dropping GTK 3 entirely. This toolkit uplift […]

9 June 2024
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HandBrake 1.7 Released with AMD & NVIDIA AV1 Encoders + More

A major update to HandBrake, the cross-platform and open-source video transcoder, is now available for download. HandBrake 1.7.0 brings several new features that will benefit users on Windows and macOS, as well as a host […]

16 November 2023
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HandBrake 1.3.0 Released with UI Tweaks, Discord Presets + More

HandBrake 1.3.0 has been released. This update of the free media convertor tool adds AMD VCE support and new Discord video presets. Learn more in this post.

10 November 2019
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After 13 Years Handbrake Leaves Beta (Plus Other Linux App Update)

A number of Linux apps were updated over the Christmas break, including Handbrake, which hit version 1.0, Lyricfier, GNOME Recipes and music player Harmony.

27 December 2016
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Media Converter HandBrake Sees New Release

A new version of open-source, multiplatform video converter 'HandBrake' has been made available for download.

3 January 2011