HandBrake, a free and open source video transcoder, finally gets an update by releasing 0.10 beta. It has been such a long time since the last v0.9.9.

Today we are releasing the first of several beta’s for the 0.10 release with the hope of releasing a final build sometime in the next couple of months.
The 0.10 release will give us the opportunity to push out many improvements, but allow us to continue working on the new API we have planned for the 1.0 release.

Changes in HandBrake 0.10:

Core:

• Intel QuickSync Video Encode / Decode support.(Windows only currently)
• DXVA Hardware Decode support (Experimental and Windows only)
• Choice of Scalers: Lanczos, Bicubic (OpenCL) (Experimental)
• hqdn3d filter now accepts individual settings for both chroma channels (Cr, Cb)
• New NlMeans? denoiser. This is very slow, but results are significantly better than hqdn3d.
• Added Windows Phone 8 Preset
• Updated Libraries: x264 r2431-ac76440, Libav v10.1, libbluray 0.5.0
• Libavformat is now used for muxing instead of mp4v2 and libmkv
• The LibAV AAC encoder is now the default as FAAC has been removed.
• H.265 encoder (Experimental – available when compiled from source with –enable-x265)
• Added VP8 Encoder (using libvpx), available in MKV files only.
• Removed mcdeint deinterlace and decomb modes. This relied on the snow encoder in libav which has been was removed by upstream.
• Bug fixes and Misc Improvements

Linux:

• Automatic audio and subtitle track selection behaviours which can be stored per preset.
• Improvements to Auto-Naming feature.
• Batch Add to queue by list selection.
• Russian and Czech Translations
• Bug fixes and Misc Improvements
• Requires GTK3

Install HandBrake 0.10 beta in Ubuntu 14.04:

The new release is available in the snapshots PPA for Ubuntu 14.04 and its derivatives. To install it, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

Or you can grab the .deb package directly from the launchpad page.

via: handbrake.fr

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!