{"id":44997,"date":"2023-12-25T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44997"},"modified":"2023-12-25T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T15:28:05","slug":"handbrake-1-7-2-released-with-encoding-fixes-linux-performance-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/handbrake-1-7-2-released-with-encoding-fixes-linux-performance-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"HandBrake 1.7.2 Released with Encoding Fixes &#038; Linux Performance Improvement"},"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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HandBrake, the popular free open-source video transcoder, released a new update for the new 1.7 series yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The new release fixed encoding issue for AMD VCN, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, NVIDIA NVENC, and VP9 encoders, which could cause the creation of an excessive number of keyframes.<\/p>\n<p>It fixed unintentional automatic pass through of closed caption side data when using NVIDIA NVENC encoder.<\/p>\n<p>For Linux, the release includes performance improvements by removing duplicate graphic assets and reducing file size, as well as fixes to Flatpak file chooser, file destination path, and memory leaks in the graphical interface.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved automatic selection of Dolby Vision Level<\/li>\n<li>Fixed crash opening an empty folder, and crash using VideoToolbox encoders on Apple Silicon Ultra.<\/li>\n<li>Workaround to prevent issues decoding H.264 video on Mac OS.<\/li>\n<li>Added Automation Properties to some controls on the audio tab to assist screen readers for Windows.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed NVIDIA NVDEC option being ignored in Windows.<\/li>\n<li>Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install HandBrake 1.7.2<\/h3>\n<p>HandBrake provides official Windows, MacOS, and Linux packages available to download at Github releases page under Assets<\/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:\/\/github.com\/HandBrake\/HandBrake\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download HandBrake (&#8216;Assets&#8217;)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Linux users, it&#8217;s Flatpak package which also available in <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/fr.handbrake.ghb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flathub repository<\/a>, though NOT updated at the moment of writing.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu &amp; Linux Mint users who prefer the classic .deb package, I&#8217;ve uploaded the package into this unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/handbrake<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/handbrake-ppa-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44729\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/handbrake-ppa-jammy-600x279.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/handbrake-ppa-jammy-600x279.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/handbrake-ppa-jammy-300x139.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/handbrake-ppa-jammy-768x357.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/handbrake-ppa-jammy.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Linux Mint users need to manually update the system package cache, after adding PPA, by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally, install the new HandBrake package via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install handbrake<\/pre>\n<p><i>For choice, you may also run <code>sudo apt install handbrake-cli<\/code> to install the command line tool<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-handbrake-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44728\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-handbrake-jammy-600x224.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-handbrake-jammy-600x224.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-handbrake-jammy-300x112.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-handbrake-jammy-768x286.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-handbrake-jammy.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When installation done, search for and launch the video transcoder from either start\/application menu or &#8216;Activities&#8217; overview depends on your desktop environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/launch-handbrake.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44730\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/launch-handbrake.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/launch-handbrake.webp 482w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/launch-handbrake-300x172.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the Ubuntu PPA, either open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/handbrake<\/pre>\n<p>or, just remove the source line using &#8216;Software &amp; Updates&#8217; tool under &#8220;Other Software&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-handbrake-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44731\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-handbrake-ppa-600x367.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-handbrake-ppa-600x367.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-handbrake-ppa-300x184.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-handbrake-ppa-768x470.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-handbrake-ppa.webp 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To remove the HandBrake video transcoder, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove handbrake handbrake-cli<\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s all. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; HandBrake, the popular free open-source video transcoder, released a new update for the new 1.7 series yesterday. The new release fixed encoding issue for AMD VCN, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, NVIDIA NVENC, and VP9 encoders, which could cause the creation of an excessive number of keyframes. It fixed unintentional automatic pass through of closed caption side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[504,1282],"class_list":["post-44997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-handbrake","tag-video"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}