Handbrake is a free and open source tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. It was originally developed by Eric “titer” Petit in 2003 to make ripping a film from a DVD to a data storage device easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions.

Handbrake Supports:

Input:

Handbrake can process most common multimedia files and any DVD or BluRay sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection.

Output:

• File Containers: .MP4(.M4V) and .MKV
• Video Encoders: H.264(x264), MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 (libav), and Theora(libtheora)
• Audio Encoders: AAC, CoreAudio AAC/HE-AAC (OS X Only), MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis
• Audio Pass-thru: AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC and MP3 tracks

Instal Handbrake in Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli

The official download link will point Ubuntu users to the launchpad PPA, which only supports Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and earlier. I’ve tested the raring’s build in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and fortunately it works!

Handbrake now is available in the default Ubuntu repositories since 14.04 trusty, so all we need to do is update the system and then search for and install the package in Ubuntu Software Center.

When done, open the video transcoder from Unity Dash and enjoy!

This tutorial is going to show beginners how to install the popular handbrake video transcoder in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy while the PPA is not ready.

HandBrake is a general-purpose, free, open-source, cross-platform, multithreaded video transcoder software application. It’s available in its PPA for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric and their derivatives.

Install Handbrake Ubuntu 13.10:

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one:

1. Download the deb for Raring. Check 32-bit or 64-bit by top-right shutdown menu -> About This Computer.

For 32-bit:

wget https://launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/handbrake-releases/+files/handbrake-gtk_0.9.9ppa1~raring1_i386.deb

For 64-bit:

wget https://launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/handbrake-releases/+files/handbrake-gtk_0.9.9ppa1~raring1_amd64.deb

2. Then install the package via:

sudo dpkg -i handbrake-gtk_0.9.9ppa1~raring1_*.deb

3. Fix the dependency problem:

sudo apt-get -f install

That’s it. Enjoy!