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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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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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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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