{"id":43510,"date":"2022-12-29T16:32:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T16:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43510"},"modified":"2022-12-29T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T16:32:36","slug":"handbrake-1-6-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/handbrake-1-6-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"HandBrake 1.6.0 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04 | 22.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/handbrake-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-36711\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/handbrake-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/handbrake-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/handbrake-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/handbrake-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/handbrake-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/handbrake-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HandBrake video transcoder and DVD ripper announced new major 1.6.0 release today. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu Linux users.<\/p>\n<p>HandBrake 1.6.0 is a big release with new <b>AV1 video encoding<\/b> support. They are <b>SVT-AV1<\/b> (software) and <b>Intel QSV AV1<\/b> (hardware) video encoders.<\/p>\n<p>This release as well introduced high bit depth and color depth support to various encoders and filters, including <b>VP9 10-bit<\/b>, <b>NVENC HEVC 10-bit<\/b>, and <b>VCN HEVC 10-bit<\/b> encoders.<\/p>\n<p>Other change include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4K AV1 General, QSV (Hardware), and MKV (Matroska) presets<\/li>\n<li>4K HEVC General presets<\/li>\n<li>H.264 levels 6, 6.1, and 6.2 for the x264 encoder<\/li>\n<li>H.264\/H.265 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 profiles for the x264 and x265 encoders<\/li>\n<li>H.265 4:2:2 profile for VideoToolbox encoder on Apple Silicon<\/li>\n<li>Support for Intel Deep Link Hyper Encode<\/li>\n<li>Fixed longstanding issue where slowest NVENC encoder preset caused encoding failures<\/li>\n<li>Bwdif deinterlace filter<\/li>\n<li>Remove VP8 presets, the VP8 video encoder is now deprecated<\/li>\n<li>Remove support for Intel CPUs older than 6th generation (Skylake) when using Intel Quick Sync Video<\/li>\n<li>Require .NET 6 for Windows.<\/li>\n<li>See more details in the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/HandBrake\/HandBrake\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project releases<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/handbrake-av1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43511\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/handbrake-av1-600x474.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/handbrake-av1-600x474.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/handbrake-av1-300x237.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/handbrake-av1-768x607.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/handbrake-av1.webp 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install HandBrake 1.6.0 in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p><b>NOTE: Please backup custom presets and preferences first if you&#8217;re trying to upgrade the software from an existing package.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>HandBrake offers official Linux package through Flatpak, an universal package format runs in most Linux. For Ubuntu, simply follow the steps below one by one to install it.<\/p>\n<p>1. First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to make sure the daemon package installed:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p>For the old Ubuntu 18.04, add <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~flatpak\/+archive\/ubuntu\/stable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this PPA<\/a> first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39141\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-300x115.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-768x294.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Then, either run command to install the video transcoder as Flatpak from Flathub repository by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/fr.handbrake.ghb.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><i>The package in this repository is not updated to v1.6.0 at the moment of writing, <b>check the <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/fr.handbrake.ghb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link page<\/a><\/b> to before running the command.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Or, download the flatpak package file from the official website:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/handbrake.fr\/downloads.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download HandBrake<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-handbrake160.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43512\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-handbrake160-600x265.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-handbrake160-600x265.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-handbrake160-300x132.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-handbrake160.webp 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), navigate to &#8216;Downloads folder&#8217; via command:<\/p>\n<pre>cd ~\/Downloads<\/pre>\n<p>And, install the local Flatpak file (change file-name in command accordingly) via:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak install .\/HandBrake-1.6.0-x86_64.flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-handbrakefile.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43513\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-handbrakefile-600x407.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-handbrakefile-600x407.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-handbrakefile-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-handbrakefile-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-handbrakefile.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: If it refuses to install due to old version already installed. Remove it first via description below.<\/p>\n<h3>Duplicated shortcut icons:<\/h3>\n<p>The Flatpak package won&#8217;t override the native Deb package installed from Ubuntu Software. If you have both versions installed, you&#8217;ll have duplicated app icons.<\/p>\n<p>As a workaround, either remove the old Deb package via Ubuntu Software, or launch HandBrake as Flatpak using the command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak run fr.handbrake.ghb<\/pre>\n<h3>Uninstall HandBrake<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the video transcoder installed as Flatpak, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data fr.handbrake.ghb<\/pre>\n<p>Also remove the QuickSync plugin (if installed) via command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data fr.handbrake.ghb.Plugin.IntelMediaSDK<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, clear unused run-time libraries via <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HandBrake video transcoder and DVD ripper announced new major 1.6.0 release today. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu Linux users. HandBrake 1.6.0 is a big release with new AV1 video encoding support. They are SVT-AV1 (software) and Intel QSV AV1 (hardware) video encoders. 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