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HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. It was originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit to make ripping DVDs to a data storage device easier. HandBrake's backend contains comparatively little original code; the program is an integration of many third-party audio and video libraries, both codecs (such as FFmpeg, x264, and x265) and other components such as video deinterlacers (referred to as "filters"). These are collected in such a manner to make their use more effective and accessible (e.g., so that a user does not have to transcode a video's audio and visual

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Vinony's link graph records 49 inbound references to Q607119, and connects out to Microsoft Windows, Theora and Q847465.

It is catalogued under topics including 2003 software, Cross-platform free software and DVD rippers.

Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Software.name
HandBrake
Software.logo
HandBrake Icon.png
Software.screenshot
HandBrake Screenshot.png
Software.caption
HandBrake 1.0.0 running on macOS Sierra
Software.author
Eric "titer" Petit
Software.developer
HandBrake Team
Software.programming language
Objective-C, C, C#
Software.operating system
Linux, macOS, Windows
Software.platform
x64
Software.language
English*, German*, French, Italian, Russian, others — *documentation available in the marked languages
Software.genre
Transcoding
Software.license
GPL-2.0-only (Third-party components have their own licenses)

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Wikidata facts

Official website
handbrake.fr
Image
HandBrake Screenshot.png
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Commons category
HandBrake
inception
2003-08-24
software version identifier
1.11.1
source code repository URL
github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake
IRC channel URL
irc://irc.libera.chat/#handbrake-dev
official forum URL
forum.handbrake.fr
publication date
2003-08-24
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Early versions
  • MediaFork
  • From 2007
  • Features
  • Hardware acceleration
  • Transcoding
  • Batch
  • Sources
  • Support
  • Input
  • Output
  • Reception
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. It was originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit to make ripping DVDs to a data storage device easier. HandBrake's backend contains comparatively little original code; the program is an integration of many third-party audio and video libraries, both codecs (such as FFmpeg, x264, and x265) and other components such as video deinterlacers (referred to as "filters"). These are collected in such a manner to make their use more effective and accessible (e.g., so that a user does not have to transcode a video's audio and visual components in separate steps, or with inaccessible command-line utilities).

HandBrake clients are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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