HandBrake 1.3.1



It's a fundamental law of computing: multimedia files are never in the format you need. And so while in theory something like an iPhone is great for watching videos on the move, in practice they'll need to be in something like M4V, MP4 or MOV formats, and getting your files converted can be a problem. But that's where HandBrake comes in.

The program accepts video data in just about any source format, including DVDs (as long as they're unencrypted: commercial DVDs can't be imported unless you install extra libraries).

HandBrake is an open-source multithreaded video transcoder for Windows. HandBrake grabs video from a variety of sources, including DVDs, audio from sources as well, including MPEG audio tracks. You'll then be able to output a digital file in a variety of formats, including AAC, MKV, H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, or Theora video. Download HandBrake-1.3.1-x8664-WinGUI.exe free. Direct download link.

You can then choose your output format (MP4 or MKV), and apply whatever additional tweaks you might need. Videos can be resized or cropped, for instance, filtered in various ways (deinterlace, denoise, deblock, more), you're able to choose the destination frame rate, or even set a target size for the converted file so you can be sure it'll fit on your target device.

If you prefer a simple life, though, you can just choose one of the conversion presets like iPad, iPad or AppleTV. HandBrake will automatically set all its other options, and all you have to do is click Start and wait for your new video or audio file to arrive.

It's worth adding that HandBrake is 64-bit-only.

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Verdict:
HandBrake 1.3.1

HandBrake is an effective and highly configurable video converter. The interface can be intimidating, though, and you'll need some transcoding experience to get the best out of the program.

For anybody looking to convert DVD and Blu-ray discs to video files that can be played on a variety of devices, then Handbrake is the conversion and encoding application to turn to.

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As an open source project with a large community contributing to its development, Handbrake is grown into one of the most powerful DVD and Blu-ray video conversion utilities available. Although Handbrake has been most often used for optical discs in the past, it's fully capable of processing plain old video files like MKV, AVI, MOV, QT, etc.

It features a well thought-out graphical user interface that's powered by a variety of free video encoder and decoders under the hood.

Getting started with the application, you're able to open up a video disc or a video file and presented with a multitude of options for the final output. All of the options are arranged into tabs describing what modifications should take place.

Handbrake comes with a number of presets which have their default values already set. They range from 4K resolution to simple 1080p HD and some lower resolutions suitable for sharing on the web.

Even when applying a preset, you can modify the resolution, dimensions and apply cropping with relative ease in the 'Dimensions' tabs. Further on under filters, different modifications can be applied from denoise, sharpen, deinterlace with a few presents available. These can all be tweaked to preference.

Though the presets are certainly a way to save time, Handbrake is very capable of encoding other formats like MP4, x.264/x.264 and many others. It can also automatically select the format based on the device you wish to use the video files on such as a smart phone, portable gaming device or anything else.

All in all, Handbrake is an excellent choice for video conversion with a huge list of supported formats and codecs along with some useful video enhancement tools and settings included.

Features and highlights

  • File Containers: MP4(M4V) and MKV
  • Video Encoders: H.264(x264), MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 (libav), or Theora(libtheora)
  • Audio Encoders: AAC, CoreAudio AAC/HE-AAC (OS X Only), MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis.
  • Audio Passthru: AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC and MP3 tracks
  • Title / Chapter selection
  • Queue up multiple encodes
  • Chapter Markers

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This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from media converter software without restrictions. HandBrake 1.3.3 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows. As an open source project, you are free to view the source code and distribute this software application freely.

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