HandBrake video transcoder announced new 1.9.0 release few days ago. Here’s new features and native .deb package for Ubuntu users.
The new HandBrake 1.9.0 added Intel QSV VVC hardware video decoding support, and an option to enable AV1 screen content coding(SCC) on Intel Lunar Lake QSV AV1 encoder.
It also added support for lossless VP9 encoding, meaning it can convert videos to VP9 codec while keeping 100% original quality.
HandBrake Dark Mode
For Linux, the release fixed some bugs, including Power Save option to pause the encodes only when enabled, the queue being stopped when removing completed items, chapters names not being saved properly, and various preset related issues.
Other changes include a preference to keep duplicated Blu-ray titles, support for Max Duration of Scan titles for disc based sources, as well as:
- Added ALAC encoder
- Added Vorbis passthru
- Improved quality of subtitles burn-in
- Add Range Limit controls to the “Add to Queue” selection window for macOS and Windows.
- Add support for DirectX based video decoding when using the Media Foundation encoder on ARM devices for Windows.
- Add support for the AV1 Media Foundation encoder on ARM devices for Windows.
- Add a “Start Later” option to the Queue Window.
- New translation: Swedish (Svenska)
How to Install HandBrake 1.9.0
The software website offers official packages for macOS, Windows, and Linux, which are available to download via the link below:
For Linux, it’s an universal Flatpak package that runs in sandbox environment. Ubuntu users can install it by running the 2 commands below one by one:
- First, install the Flatpak daemon:
sudo apt install flatpak
- Then, install from Flathub repo:
flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/fr.handbrake.ghb.flatpakref
After installation, launch it either from start menu (may need log out and back in), or by running command:
flatpak run fr.handbrake.ghb
For those who prefer the classic .deb package format, I’m being working on it for Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 22.04. Check the PPA page for the updates.
